Read on for inspiration from the greatest musicians and thinkers of all time. The quotes are broken into seven categories: 1. Life Advice 2. Sound Advice 3. Master Your Instrument 4. Attitude is Everything 5. Writing & Creating 6. Music & Spirituality 7. Leave a Legacy Read the best quotes from people like: Bob Dylan Ray Charles Miles Davis Robert Plant Bob Marley Duke Ellington Muddy Waters Albert Einstein John Coltrane Elliott Smith Johnny Cash Nat King Cole John Lennon Jimmy Cliff Prince
(Berklee Press). Become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of how you use your body to allow for proper posture and ease of movement while performing, helping you to avoid overuse injuries and play with greater expression. These concepts, exercises, and practice routines present yoga from the musicians’ perspective, focusing on the direct relationships between using yoga and creating music. You will learn to: * Practice meditation approaches, breathing techniques, and yoga postures that will help improve musicianship * Play using healthy posture and technique * Get more out of your practice through improved focus * Use your breath to improve your phrasing and also to ease performance anxiety * Play with deeper expression through inspiration.
Music, which some call the universal language, has been with us as long as life itself. From each continent’s birdsong to the thumping of elephants on their moonlit jaunt across a grassland, from the Neanderthal’s bone flutes and triangles to Mozart’s orchestral harmonies to today’s electronically generated sounds, music has been created, advanced and enjoyed by every living creature in history. Acoustic, electrified, natural or man-made, sounds which speak to us, which harmonize and touch the soul, are perhaps the truest and most spiritual form of communication ever devised by life forms. Indeed, among many life forms, they are the essence of communication itself. Jean Paul Richter reminds us that, “Music is the poetry of the air.” Add to that the admonition of British composer Edgar Elgar that, “there is music in the air, music all around us…simply take as much as you require,” and it is certain we can never be the poorer for living in this world if we only take a moment to listen.
Music, which some call the universal language, has been with us as long as life itself. From each continent’s birdsong to the thumping of elephants on their moonlit jaunt across a grassland, from the Neanderthal’s bone flutes and triangles to Mozart’s orchestral harmonies to today’s electronically generated sounds, music has been created, advanced and enjoyed by every living creature in history. Acoustic, electrified, natural or man-made, sounds which speak to us, which harmonize and touch the soul, are perhaps the truest and most spiritual form of communication ever devised by life forms. Indeed, among many life forms, they are the essence of communication itself. Jean Paul Richter reminds us that, “Music is the poetry of the air.” Add to that the admonition of British composer Edgar Elgar that, “there is music in the air, music all around us…simply take as much as you require,” and it is certain we can never be the poorer for living in this world if we only take a moment to listen.
Music performance is an intuitive art. Music practice is a conscious managerial skill. To practice music effectively the musician must be in touch with his intuitive artistic impulses, and at the same time, stand outside the process as a coach, making an endless series of conscious managerial decisions. Most music practicers are ineffective coaches because they have never been taught explicitly the intricacies of managing their practice. “Practicing for Artistic Success: The Musician’s Guide to Self-empowerment” is dedicated to describing both the strategies that achieve consistent gymnastic control efficiently and the strategies that facilitate musical expression and communication. It presents an easy-to-learn system to all musicians who are ready to reduce frustration and bring greater meaning and joy into their practice space.
