Dear Topher, Trey, Mark & Dawn, thanks for the reinforcement, good advice. Music not notes.
And yes, I have had Mike ask me if I'm having fun. He must have seen the look of concentration on my face trying to decipher something on paper :-) I'm still curious to know if the professionals feel nervous before or during a show, especially when performing in front of or beside someone noteworthy? My latest trick is a nip of Red to warm the palate and it also makes all the notes sound much smoother. Ok, I'm off to 'let it rip'. Cheers, HK On Jun 9, 7:29 am, Dawn Bradbury <bluegrassdes...@gmail.com> wrote: > I concur....and AMEN! Mike always asks.."Are you having FUN?" The whole > purpose. MUSIC-- not NOTES. AMEN. > > 2009/6/8 Mark Seale <mark.se...@gmail.com> > > > > > Holstein - > > > You just have to let it rip. Sit back, smile, and let the notes pour out. > > You'll miss some, but you'll hit more of them. I've been playing in front > > of folks for 30 of the 35 years I've been on this Earth and some days are > > good and some days just aren't. The important thing is to play the music > > you like and to enjoy it openly. The crowd will get that more than the > > perfect triplet you just pulled off. Music, outside of Mozart, isn't about > > perfection. It's about feel and interpretation. If you're trying to play a > > perfect note for note transcription of a tune, you're playing notes and not > > the tune. The music will sound like a sterilized version of what was > > intended. So back to my original statement, quit thinking and let it rip! > > > Mark- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
