It is hard for me to believe that this fall (2019) I have been playing the violin for 50 years! I guess that qualifies me as an official “old guy.” Some chronological markers are worthy of a bit of retrospect I think. In this video I talked about the 3
Is reading music essential to being a good musician? Obviously NOT! …there are too many good musicians who do not know how to read a lick of written music to successfully argue that point! Can it be a very help tool and skill to have? ABSOLUTELY! Wait… I’ve heard that
Rhythm is definitely one of the weirdest spelled words in the English language, but in my opinion one of the, and most likely THE most important concept in music! It has been proven by me in thousands of tests with students and music fans that Rhythm is more important to
“Fake Books” are collections of minimal music notation charts for popular songs that give just enough information so that the players can “fake” or rather create on-the-spot parts for their instruments solely based on the notation symbols in the chart for that song. This might seem daunting to some at
In creative endeavors, technique is helpful, but not at all necessary. Raw creative expression is as simple as playing or doing something simple, completely on purpose, with complete inner authority. This is something that someone who has never played a note before can do in their first day, if they
This one was first produced for a direct Facebook ad campaign. I think it is good info (even if it is a bit long-winded). I cut out the FJI commercial in this version for you, but you may still hear me reference “as you will see on the site” in
Reading the latest (December 2013) issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine today (with another of my own inspirate-ors, Willie Nelson on the cover), and liked very much something that Babik friend and supporter, super guitarist (one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s top 100 guitarists of all time) Stephan Wremble said in a
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