| Re: what to people consider to be "big" hours of practise?
Anybody ever seen the book "Trumpet Profiles" by Louis Davidson? It's a questionnaire sent out to famous trumpetrs everywhere and from every field. One of the questions is Howmany hours did you practice each day as a student? How many as a pro 1)on a performance day 2) on a day with no performance. The responses vary greatly. Nobody said six to ten. Cat Anderson said four hours a day, gig or no, who was the only one not to vary between on and off days. Andre, one hour a day when performing , 3 or 4 when not. Vacchiano half an hour on gig days, an hour on off. Same for Bud, who said he did two hours a day when a student. I maintain what you do is more important than how long the session is:if you practice incorrectly you'll get worse, not better.
Michael McLaughlin
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