One of the best advices from the sweep-picking wizard:People spend a lot of time practicing technique & not enough practicing musical things- a sad state of affairs. Like the old adage "You are what you eat" musically speaking "You are what you practise". If you spend too much time practicing scales, when you get on a bandstand, you'll probably play a bunch of scales, which is not music.
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I agree! And I'm guilty of it too. Man.
so many of us are such blind people, but it's ok to make ammends along the way...
when i play these days, i take my time to manifest what's in my thoughts, however ridiculous the fingerings, however long i may take. only after figuring it out do i pick up tempo.
so the lesson learned here is: technique propels music, it should never be a primary occupation.
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