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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-01-20 07:42
Thank you for the Sean Osborn link. He is truly a well polished musician. There is merit to the other linked selection, but it defies comment.....at this time.
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-01-20 15:51
Ok, I have a response to video dos.
So, all serious classical clarinet students have to learn Daphnis (amongst other very difficult excerpts) and there is this technical component. You go over it and over it, slowly, over it and over it and get to the point where you want to do like the girl in the video. But here is the thing, you cannot just mindlessly play what has potentially become a mindless task. Once you stop actively listening, you stop improving.
You can appreciate this through the Osborn video. You can tell just how "in the moment" he is. You couldn't even imagine Sean with a hula hoop. And his "performance" doesn't sound fresh because it was only the second time he is seeing this music. It sounds fresh and exciting because he makes it sound that way
He's a musician.
..................Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2016-01-21 17:50)
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2016-01-20 19:33
I had to smile, not "at", but about, the young gal trying to do so many things with her life she combines working on them. Is that how Martin Frost got going with the play & dance thing?
There's a somewhat oval path through several rooms on the first floor of my house. I often walk it for exercise, usually reading a book at the same time, an hour or so. OR - I'll play repetitive drills on my instrument, still walking around and around. Muscle memory, at least, can be trained this way. It's not exactly mindless, hmm, how to put it? Sometimes muscles work best when you don't think about them.
Hula hoops, though, and trampolines - out of my league!
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