| So many times we Warm-Up....to Practice....to Perform!
I try to go right to...Performing!
My first notes (to my last notes) I try to imagine my self on stage, the long tone/flow study I might use for my initial tones are from Mozart. Play as if I could play like Ray Mase, or Phil Smith, or Manny or Wilmer. The closer I come, the better I play all day long.
Go right to performing, and if you khack a note, forget it right away. Just play the next note great, then go back and re-do the khacked phrase without the khack!!
Sometimes a KHACK can be a beautiful thing. I played next to Al Porcino on a gig years ago and he KHACKED part of a shout chorus big time. The leader said, "What the h$LL was that?" Al said, "Music, man, music!!"
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Dave Bacon |