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rowuk · 02-01-2007, 12:19 PM

Here we are back into the "true" artists being born and not "learning" how to get there.
The true aspiring Artist will jump over any hurdles in their way - even electronic entertainment. I know and teach musical "nerds" that have "nothing" else. I try and get them distracted to broaden their scope!
For the rest of us, it is always a case of setting priorities. The problem is not the quantity of distractions, but the unwillingness to COMMIT. Wait until the last minute and then pick what seems best - at the expense of all the other people that take the time to plan.

Get your kids to take one of their ring tones and transpose it into other keys, make them finish the tune, play the nintendo themes from memory, ask them to define the musical significance of their favorite band. - tie those "distractions" into the musical agenda. If nothing else, you will raise their awareness off what we are bombarded with every day. If you also teach theory, have them write their own ring tones - or some for you!

02-01-2007, 12:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,572	Re: "Distractions"... Here we are back into the "true" artists being born and not "learning" how to get there. The true aspiring Artist will jump over any hurdles in their way - even electronic entertainment. I know and teach musical "nerds" that have "nothing" else. I try and get them distracted to broaden their scope! For the rest of us, it is always a case of setting priorities. The problem is not the quantity of distractions, but the unwillingness to COMMIT. Wait until the last minute and then pick what seems best - at the expense of all the other people that take the time to plan. Get your kids to take one of their ring tones and transpose it into other keys, make them finish the tune, play the nintendo themes from memory, ask them to define the musical significance of their favorite band. - tie those "distractions" into the musical agenda. If nothing else, you will raise their awareness off what we are bombarded with every day. If you also teach theory, have them write their own ring tones - or some for you! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.