For me the thing that kills me about learning music is the immense technique you have to get in order to just stand up and say something through your instrument. For me, that is what marks a real musician: not being able to ride the chord changes in a fancy way, but being able to transmit the emotions that you have within the context of the song. Or in fact letting the song do its work, with you as a vehicle. That's why Monroe is a master. When I'm practicing I always have that idea in mind, and hopefully the enormous gap between what I would like to express, and what I am able to express will get ever smaller.
I like this theme, and I like the messages. On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Mike Hoffmann <mikehoffma...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Music is odd for me because, like any relationship, my lust for it > comes and goes. There are times where I am driving in my car and I > hear a melody in my head and I can go home and arrange it on the > mandolin. Or I will have a particular tune that I hadn't planned on > learning running over and over in my head and it will be pie to > learn. Other times, I really really want to learn something and it > doesn't stick. > > I think where the passion comes in is when I know to stick with it. > Playing music has provided me with more joy than anything else, save > my relationship with my gal, over the past seven years. Sure, I will > sacrifice playing music on a come and go basis to play baseball > (interferes with sunday busking session) or to do something with my > family, but music is always there. I have lifelong friends whom I > have met through playing. How could I not be passionate! > > When I first heard that Frank Wakefield gives lessons I drove two > hours once a month to sit in his kitchen and drink coffee and play > mandolin and listen to stories. Now, I drive over five hours six or > so times a year to play music with dear friends. > > The nice thing about music is it is CHEAP! I do my budget every two > weeks and music takes up a tiny little sliver of my income. Sorry > Mike, wish I could take more online lessons; I will pay your electric > bill in the future when I can pay mine. Honestly though, people are > so willing to share with a young musician that I have been able to > learn so much without having to buy books, videos, lessons. With the > internet, there are ooooodles of resources out there for the taking. > > Anyhow, I am passionate > Hoff Jessin > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
