What I Learned Today - Page 13

limey · 02-25-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I learned it's time to hang up my gig bag. I no longer have the edge I need to play.

Nope. You may not have it right now, but it'll come back. Good luck.

capnhowdy · 02-26-2006, 07:59 AM

Everyone has 'off'days.... I have my share. It's prolly not your first and prolly not your last. I usually have most of mine when I'm anebriated.
Today is another day.

SteveDallas · 02-26-2006, 08:25 AM

It wasn't one off day, it was the culmination of a series of declining efforts, climaxing in the sloppiest performance I've given in about 15 years. When I keep practicing and it doesn't sound better, it's time to quit.

capnhowdy · 02-26-2006, 08:28 AM

DON'T GET RID OF YOUR RIG

If you do you'll just wind up replacing it. That has happened to me umpteen times.

Griff · 02-26-2006, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I learned it's time to hang up my gig bag. I no longer have the edge I need to play.

Maybe you need to change gigs? Do something different that'll hold your attention.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2006, 10:37 AM

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When I keep practicing and it doesn't sound better, it's time to quit.

Depends on how you practice...... playing the same mistakes 20 times won't sound any different. Vary what you practice..... work on chops rather than a particular piece.

wolf · 02-26-2006, 02:06 PM

There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ...

limey · 02-26-2006, 03:43 PM

Oooohhhh! Classical! Time for a change, perhaps ... romantic, baroque, avant garde, classical, early music to name but a few ....

SteveDallas · 02-26-2006, 04:45 PM

Well I have a couple more concerts I'm committed to play this spring and also an opera in the fall (for Mrs. Dallas, so I can't back out of it and still remain amongst the living!) so this won't happen overnight. But unless something drastic happens I'm not likely to change my mind. It's completely irrational to expect that I play at the same level as in the late 1980s (when I was a full-time music student) but I've now fallen so short of that peak that I can't deal with it.

Undertoad · 02-26-2006, 04:52 PM

Is it a physical limitation?

Cerdded · 02-26-2006, 04:59 PM

Nothing learned,but I saw Brianna's post re: different guage railroad tracks.
During WW2, (not 3, we're just starting that),the UK badly needed Locomotives.
The US sent some over, bloody great huge things,compared to the Brit. ones.
Anyway, they were different guage.
I guess they found a way to use them, but have no idea how.
My intention was to add something interesing,but-------
You're probably all wondering,"Who the hell is this"?

lookout123 · 02-26-2006, 07:29 PM

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You're probably all wondering,"Who the hell is this"?

wow, a little self impressed aren't we. show up in this esteemed meeting place for some of the greatest minds to ever... oh wait this is the cellar - what was i thinking. we don't give a damn who you are, as long as you want to be one of us. welcome to the cellar.

SteveDallas · 02-26-2006, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Is it a physical limitation?

Ultimately yes I suppose since playing an instrument is a physical activity--but it's not tendonitis or anything like that.

Undertoad · 02-26-2006, 09:46 PM

Is it a lack of motivation?

richlevy · 02-26-2006, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ...

He didn't say what instrument. If it's clarinet or violin I vote for Klezmer.

02-26-2006, 07:59 AM	#182
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Everyone has 'off'days.... I have my share. It's prolly not your first and prolly not your last. I usually have most of mine when I'm anebriated. Today is another day. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-26-2006, 08:28 AM	#184
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	DON'T GET RID OF YOUR RIG If you do you'll just wind up replacing it. That has happened to me umpteen times. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-26-2006, 02:06 PM	#187
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-26-2006, 03:43 PM	#188
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Oooohhhh! Classical! Time for a change, perhaps ... romantic, baroque, avant garde, classical, early music to name but a few .... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-26-2006, 04:59 PM	#191
Cerdded Layperson Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toronto,Ont. Canada Posts: 13	What I learned today Nothing learned,but I saw Brianna's post re: different guage railroad tracks. During WW2, (not 3, we're just starting that),the UK badly needed Locomotives. The US sent some over, bloody great huge things,compared to the Brit. ones. Anyway, they were different guage. I guess they found a way to use them, but have no idea how. My intention was to add something interesing,but------- You're probably all wondering,"Who the hell is this"? __________________ I put tape on the mirrors in my house so I don't accidentally walk through into another dimension. Steven Wright

02-26-2006, 08:25 AM	#183
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	It wasn't one off day, it was the culmination of a series of declining efforts, climaxing in the sloppiest performance I've given in about 15 years. When I keep practicing and it doesn't sound better, it's time to quit.

02-26-2006, 04:45 PM	#189
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well I have a couple more concerts I'm committed to play this spring and also an opera in the fall (for Mrs. Dallas, so I can't back out of it and still remain amongst the living!) so this won't happen overnight. But unless something drastic happens I'm not likely to change my mind. It's completely irrational to expect that I play at the same level as in the late 1980s (when I was a full-time music student) but I've now fallen so short of that peak that I can't deal with it.

02-26-2006, 04:52 PM	#190
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Is it a physical limitation?

02-26-2006, 09:46 PM	#194
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Is it a lack of motivation?

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