I either learn a new tune by picking it out from a record, or play all the stuff I've already picked out. I have no patience with scales and arpeggios and stuff like that. I just want to play- to make music. Some will say that's not practicing- they may be right. I'd probably be better at improvising if I did those things...
Bill in Nashville On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Terry Bullin <[email protected]> wrote: > Lurk mode off. > > In some of the recent posts, there was mention of being lazy and the need > to practice more ect.... My question is, what is lazy? How much practice > is enough? There is only so much time in the day. Tater, how much do you > "practice" as opposed to playing/working. How much do the rest of you > practice. > I try to play some everyday. Some days it may be 2 or 3 hours, others, > hardly at all. It just depend on what else I've got to do. If I don't > have time, is that being lazy? > > So when you practice, what do you do? Tunes, licks, runs, scales? > Somebody told me years ago people shouldn't play by themselves (with no > music) because they would develop their "own timing" and it would then be > difficult to play with other musicians whose timing might not be the same. > I've seen people who did that and really had trouble in a jam. So, I've > always tried to play along with records or cds. Thats how I practice. I > have most of my music on the computer now, so I just try to play along with > one tune after the other. Is there is a better way? How do the rest of you > practice? Is there a routine, a plan, a method to the madness? I'm just > looking for other ideas and suggestions. > > Lurk mode back on. > > bull > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
