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In our last class, when the few who showed up to say goodbye decided they wanted to share their faves I was surprised the girl from a very far away […]

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Part of what I looked forward to, in performing at the UJPO fundraiser last week, was that Naomi Klein was the main speaker. Many years ago I was asked to […]

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Student: The most talented musicians were born with advantages in talent. Teacher: Would you believe me if I told you there is no difference between you and Bach, Beethoven, Buddy […]

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I was listening to a channel playing only the Kinks. I used to have both Preservation albums but they didn’t play any excerpts from those. It disappointed me. Still, every […]

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At my daughter’s violin lesson I overheard her teacher, Soozie Schlanger, explaining how you just have to practice this or that for ten minutes and your relationship to accuracy and […]

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There was an opera singer who realized at a young age she could be so critical as to make herself feel inadequate so much so that she could quit singing, […]

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A woman practiced playing arpeggios in the 2cnd inversion almost always landed incorrectly on the uppermost notes. What is the proper response to this?a) keep doing it over and over […]

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Lenny Breau had a heroin problem and a staggering talent problem. I met a person once who told me they attended a concert at The Ting in Winnipeg, a small […]

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A musician noticed even when his facility improved, the mind allowed very little self satisfaction. It was as if the complaint department was hot wired to life.

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Guy at the open stage played great piano, nothing flashy but inventive harmonies throughout. A real pro and later unexpectedly, there was a second round. When his turn came up […]