
You need to develop many essential skills to move forward as a musician. Skills like: good technique on your instrument a great rhythmic feel knowledge of stylistic interpretation improvising

You need to develop many essential skills to move forward as a musician. Skills like: good technique on your instrument a great rhythmic feel knowledge of stylistic interpretation improvising
Categories: Practicing

Photo credit: Jack Haas (Omstrument inventor) – Thanks for the kind permission What do you get when you combine a harp, a tanpura, a dulcimer, a guitar and a strumstick? The Omstrument, of course. This is one of the most creative as well as beautiful instruments I’ve seen.
Categories: Instruments

You do have a practice plan, right? It’s one of the most important tools for any musician. But what do you put on your practice plan? Here’s the challenge: you list the important basics, the cool playing techniques, all the styles you’d like to get into, the tunes to master…
Categories: Practicing

You’ve made it through your technique exercises and now it’s finally time to have some fun jamming along with some cool play-alongs. Somewhere on your computer there’s these really awesome Blues jam-tracks that would be perfect for right now. Nothing like the Blues as a reward at the end of a practicing session.
Categories: Practicing

Mind mapping is an extremely powerful tool. It’s easy to quickly capture your brainstorms and then to organize them and get a visual overview. The main idea and concept is to start from a central topic and branch out – grouping together all your associated ideas and thoughts.
Categories: Creativity