Posted 2016-05-10 8:24 AM (#525104 - in reply to #525093) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan
It sure was a good time.
I was using a hand held recorder and Moody had a tri-pod set up on the balcony. It was the days before Hi Def but Waskel's edit makes it interesting.
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I had an educational reset at that tour. After watching what Matt did with that standard EliteT I was never again able to think that all I needed was that one guitar with just the right grade of top, just the right bracing, and that elusive set of string tubes and I'd play and sound soooo much better. Kinda like the ol' "If I Only Had That New Set Of Golf Clubs" syndrome.
I still appreciate the art and fine details of a well made guitar but I could never again think that that alone would improve my playing.
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And talk about re-imagining how a song is played ! .... yet another lesson.
Posted 2016-05-10 7:44 PM (#525133 - in reply to #525093) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: March 2010 Posts: 486
Location: Suisun City, Ca
<p>Makes me want to either give up and never play again or practice, practice, practice... Click on the slide lessons.... so cool!</p><p>Hmmm. Tried to link vid.</p><p> </p><p>D</p>
Posted 2016-05-10 8:21 PM (#525135 - in reply to #525133) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713
Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota
AstroDan - 2016-05-10 7:44 PM
Makes me want to either give up and never play again or practice, practice, practice...
I always figure that there are very few people this Gifted, and they got this Gift for a reason. Maybe to inspire us to a higher level, maybe for us just to sit back and enjoy their sharing of their Gift. I don't need to play as well as Matt (Thank God!) to enjoy playing, so if I never get any better than I am right now, I will always enjoy playing.
I have however, given up on becoming a Prima Ballerina, you have to have some common sense, and acknowledge physical limitations sometimes too.... LOL!!! (But there again, I will always enjoying watching them, and be thankful that they share their Gift! )
Posted 2016-05-11 3:05 PM (#525158 - in reply to #525093) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12759
Location: Boise, Idaho
I'm not a big believer in this idea that musical ability is a gift or "talent". Most everyone I know that is any good worked his or her *** off to get that way. "Practice, practice, practice" is the only way. When I told Damon I wished I could play like him (he's part of a very large group), he told me modestly that if I had spent as much time practicing as I had in school, I could play like him. After I heard of Matt from the OFC, I got his book. It didn't help a bit, because I didn't practice. The only gift is having enough interest to keep working at it.
I think our next generation of stars will be a few that play guitar instead of spending all their time on social media and then stick with it when they don't have instant gratification.
Posted 2016-05-11 3:11 PM (#525159 - in reply to #525093) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan
The term"GIFTED" might be a little strong and carry a religious context.
But I firmly believe that some people are just flat out wired different at birth.
Ya gotta have some kind of natural born inclination to explain what some folks can do.
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I can "practice, practice, practice" till the cows come home ... but I'll never play pro hockey.
Posted 2016-05-15 10:47 AM (#525270 - in reply to #525093) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: November 2002 Posts: 3650
Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire
I think this thing boils down to aptitude versus achievement, & "The greatest burden, is high potential". I play around as a tennis coach, in other venues, & as I remark to my players, "It's nothing a million balls won't fix." Ya just gotta put in the time, & "practice with a purpose".
Posted 2016-05-15 9:43 PM (#525281 - in reply to #525159) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: November 2005 Posts: 4832
Location: Campbell River, British Columbia
Slipkid - 2016-05-11 1:11 PM . I can "practice, practice, practice" till the cows come home ... but I'll never play pro hockey.
you'll never know how far you can go until the coach tells you "you didn't make the cut for the next advancement kid." (P.s. Most Canadian males who are not me know where that is...)
i prefer the attitude contained in the Miles Davis quote about how long he had to play just to find out what HE sounded like.
Posted 2016-05-16 8:41 PM (#525302 - in reply to #525270) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2333
Location: Pueblo West, CO
seesquare - 2016-05-15 8:47 AM
I think this thing boils down to aptitude versus achievement, & "The greatest burden, is high potential". I play around as a tennis coach, in other venues, & as I remark to my players, "It's nothing a million balls won't fix." Ya just gotta put in the time, & "practice with a purpose".
The generally accepted term, is putting in your '10,000 hours.'
The basic concept is that to master any skill requires 10,000 hours of hands-on experience. It doesn't matter whether the skill is computer programming, playing a musical instrument or playing tennis.
As I like to tell people is that you can read about playing piano or computer programming until you're blue in the face, but until you actually sit down and start banging on the keyboard, you haven't learned a thing.
Posted 2016-05-16 8:55 PM (#525303 - in reply to #525093) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: July 2005 Posts: 1609
Location: Colorado
I can even attest that you lose some of the skill - even if you once had it...if you don't play and practice. I played non stop from 1973 until 1997ish. I was decent....never like Matt...but hey that's cool...few are like Matt. Have been a couple times a month player except for a few scattered events over the last 18 years....(raising a family). I cannot play like I used to, however, I am beginning to pick it back up, as I will be an empty nester in about 15 months, and hope to play professionally again....yep...I have pulled out the chop shop book to begin work, here's hoping it does not take a dozen years to get back to where I once was....hoping it is just a year or two. Curiously when I played a lot - I only had one or two guitars of various types...now I have several...yet play less....weird....Cavalier - thought of you the other day....I had to play Pachelbel's Canon for a ceremony....had to practice to get it perfect....and it is only 7 chords....a lotta notes though.
Posted 2016-05-16 10:01 PM (#525306 - in reply to #525158) Subject: Re: For your consideration...
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713
Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota
Mark in Boise - 2016-05-11 3:05 PM
I'm not a big believer in this idea that musical ability is a gift or "talent". Most everyone I know that is any good worked his or her *** off to get that way. "Practice, practice, practice" is the only way. When I told Damon I wished I could play like him (he's part of a very large group), he told me modestly that if I had spent as much time practicing as I had in school, I could play like him. After I heard of Matt from the OFC, I got his book. It didn't help a bit, because I didn't practice. The only gift is having enough interest to keep working at it.
I think our next generation of stars will be a few that play guitar instead of spending all their time on social media and then stick with it when they don't have instant gratification.
I can learn the Skill, but I will never have the Talent. I think both have to work their butts off to ever get to a point where they are happy with their ability. But some people have 'the Touch' or 'the Talent' and their practice keeps pushing the Standard higher and higher. I could practice until I have stumps at the end of my knuckles (ewwww!) and I might learn the Skill, but I would never have the Talent. People with the Skill can be VERY skilled at what they do, they put allot of determination and sweat into their passion. But I think it comes more instinctive or naturally to someone with Talent, it is so much a part of them. Watching my ex-Nephew-in-law (that is a mouthful, and a downright shame!) play was amazing. He had the Talent, and he said that he felt like bursting there was so much music trying to come out of him, and what came out was like Matt did with a familiar song, it was totally different than the original, but every bit as good, only different, maybe better. More depth, and exploration of the sound, and how the notes worked together. It was an amazing thing to sit there and watch him. I miss him.
For your consideration...
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I miss him.