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I’ve just started up a new blog, MusicPracticeTips.com. It’s a blog about practicing, and the various methods and ideas that can help in developing effective practice sessions. The first post is on shortening your practice sessions to make for more effective time playing. Would be great if you’d head over and take a read, and possibly [...]
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:44:16 +0000 - An update (yea, real original I know)
This blog is dedicated to A, who I have been told reads my blog and has been annoyed that I haven’t updated recently. I always get shocked when I hear that someone reads my blog, especially someone that I respect so much as a musician, I’m always quite surprised that they would even be interested [...]
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:01:32 +0000 - Week One
Well, it’s been just a bit over a week since I made my decision. Here’s an update on how my week has been going. I focussed my practice this past week on the Bach E Major Partita - the prelude. Now, in the past, I probably would’ve needed a couple of weeks to be able to [...]
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:26:43 +0000 - The Chosen Path
Well I’ve decided to go for it. I’ve had support from my friends, and from my admired friends on Violinist.com, and most importantly, from my teacher. At my lesson yesterday, she said that if I was willing to work, she was willing to teach me, even extra lessons each week. That level of support I didn’t [...]
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:50:22 +0000 - Crossroads
I had a bit of a chat with a friend today, who asked me “Do you know what you want to do with your life?” and after a bit of a think, I’m not sure that I do. I really love Orchestral music, and I love playing in orchestras. I couldn’t think of anything better than [...]
Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:00:56 +0000 - Thursday Thirteen #6
Thirteen things I can’t do a Thursday Thirteen for, and the reasons Why Girlfriends - I haven’t had that many. Violins I’ve owned - A total of Three Houses I’ve lived in - Five Pairs of Shoes I currently own - 6 Concertos I’ve learnt - 4 Websites I visit on a regular basis - 5 Violin Teachers I’ve had - 7 Churches [...]
Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:24:13 +0000 - Thursday Thirteen #5
Thirteen Reasons to drink Coffee. Grabbed from Energy Fiend Cut the Pain - Two cups of coffee can cut post-workout muscle pain by up to 48%. From the Journal of Pain, March 2007 Increase your Fibre Intake - A cup of brewed coffee represents a contribution of up to 1.8 grams of fiber of the recommended intake [...]
Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:00:43 +0000 - Rubens Tube
Found this at Daily Cup of Tech, an awesome Physics experiment showing what you get when you mix Sound and fire. I wish I could set this up… however I don’t think my parents would appreciate it. Would be a cool party piece though. Hmm… maybe for my 22nd Birthday…
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:07:57 +0000 - Free Concerts
Drew McManus from Adaptistration brings up some very valid points in his latest blog, about the value of Free, Open Air concerts. While arts managers and performers often see these as having little to no value, there is often great community value and can often introduce people to the orchestra who would never step foot [...]
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:45:04 +0000 - Classical Keys Queue to see Royalty
The New York Times is reporting a story about Mark-André Hamelin, a Canadian pianist who is in town for the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, currently on at Mannes College in New York. To get an idea of how many people turned up, here’s a quote from the article by Steve Smith: The line of patrons [...]
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