by Gerald Klickstein | Jun 17, 2017 | creative process, music literature, Self-recording, The Musician's Way
“When musicians with scant listening experience try to play or sing repertoire from unfamiliar genres, they produce the musical equivalent of a clumsy accent.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 98 Most of us can recall hearing music that left us cold initially but that we...
by Gerald Klickstein | Jun 21, 2010 | creative process, music literature, Self-recording
“For you to perform with native inflection, you have to listen and listen until you break through to the soul of a style.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 98 We all enjoy listening to music. But there’s a level of musical perception that transcends ordinary hearing. Deep...