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Musical humor, gig stories, and bits of wisdom for you to chew on, learn from, plant seeds for further though, and generally assimilate into your own playing and life.

The Perils of the Classical-only Music Education

Article by Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry published on EzineArticles.com The Perils of the Classical-only Music Education The Classical Dead End The “Classical-only” music education model, as good as it is as a technical foundation, can be, and sadly, usually is, a dead end for performance opportunity. If you are a talented

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BOOGIE WOOGIE SECTION

About BOOGIE WOOGIE (see links to individual Boogie Woogie lessons below) Unfortunately, we really can’t just go “nuts” all the time! (see “Gig Etiquette” for more info on this)  It may be fun for a while (especially when we are just starting out) and important to get things

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Oh Yeah… and don’t forget to breathe! – Wit & Wisdom

Wit & Wisdom Oh Yeah… and don’t forget to breathe!” As odd as this sounds, you’d be surprised at how many people stop breathing unconsciously, or even hold their breath on purpose when trying to concentrate.  Breathing is probably the most important and necessary thing you can do.  It’s the

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Wit & Wisdom – “OBEDIENCE TO THE MASTER, GREATNESS, and SHOWING OFF”

 Wit & Wisdom “Levitating while receiving cosmically channelled alien musical ideas, and reeling in his audience with appropriately frosted cake!” huh?….. read on. OBEDIENCE TO THE MASTER (you), GREATNESS, and SHOWING OFF The ultimate and lofty goal of an improviser (and possibly anyone in any place or discipline!), is

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