If you haven't seen or heard about Victor Wooten's book, "The Music Lesson", you might look it up. It's a bit of a flight of fantasy (maybe?), but he does get to the heart of the subject. I seem to remember Tater saying something about reading it at one point or another.
While I'm on the subject of books, another one I like is called "The Art of Practicing" by Madeline Bruser. It's got all kinds of stretches in it and really focuses on posture/relaxing/no tension/no injuries while playing. It also explores the deeper meaning of playing music, as does Victor's book. There's another book whose title escapes me at the moment (my memory is good, it's just short), a kind of journal about a classical guitarist who has quit playing for a while and then picks up the guitar again. The book is about his rediscovery of his love for playing music. I remember it as having some good stuff in it. Anyone know the title of that one? What books have you folks found that have helped you deepen your understanding of playing music? I'm not talking mando instruction books as much as books that explore playing/practicing music. Maybe we could start at Taterbug Reading List. -- My CD of original tunes played on mandolin, mandola, and mandocello http://www.HillbillyChamberMusic.com -- 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.
