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Originally posted by limey
Practising, with others or not, gives me the experience of effortlessly “living in the moment” which it would be nice to be able to do all the time – shutting out the brain
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Practicing is a huge part of enjoying the music for me. If you think of ability and technique on the instrument as a scale from 1 to 100, I try not to take anything “public” that’s any higher that about a 60. That’s means I have to practice my ass off to have another 40 percent in reserve over anything I’m trying to perform. For me, that’s the comfort zone – where I have complete control over the music, and am free to use it expressively.
It used to be a bitch, but I switched to a new teacher about 3 years ago, and gained a whole new perspective on practicing. It used to be a grind to do 2 hours a day – now it’s a breeze to do 3-4 as time allows.
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