Believe it or not, every single person has the potential to sit down and jam out some rush level shit, because we all have that little piece of infinite potential within and the power to tap into it! It's not about a series of memorized steps, it's about your own permission to let yourself experience something. To be carried away to the full extent of the feeling that arises within and not just testing your emotions like sips of wine. Chug the wine once in a while! You sip to find one you like!
Belief is always the limit
Come on... You have billions of neurons capable of making connections so complex that they can only be modeled by 11th dimensional-algebraic-topological equations... You really expect me to believe that you can't do something?
Your mind is the ultimate resource and where there is a will there is a way. Solve the riddle to get from A to B. Sometimes I'll play something amazing and get so in my head about how good it sounded I'll think I couldn't possibly do it again. Sometimes you have to prove it to yourself over and over that you can do it, and know without a doubt there is something superhuman inside you. There are two types of drumming, with the spirit and with the mind. Delve too far into the spirit without sharpening the mind and you lose track of timing and precision. The same is true vice versa. During focused practice on para diddles, fills, and timing a person is exorcising the mind and the nervous system. While you’re jamming with a friend the focus is on a spiritual connection and it’s time to let loose and experience the flow. Exploding and fading, waxing and waning with the vibe. It’s good to practice both because there are certain things you might never learn through deliberate practice, and a certain consistency that can be unattainable without it. Notice I say can, because the line between practice and play blurs and there is no reason to struggle. It isn't that rigid and everyone brings fourth a new and unique approach to music just as every individual takes a unique approach to their own life.
Listen to this guy, he’s like the Frederick Neitsche of Classical Guitar
To reach higher levels you must raise the energy in the room to an ecstatic frenzy and lose control on your instrument at least twice a week! It’s important for some people to have a substantial amount of deliberate practice in between.
Some musicians only play in a certain key
If you play the guitar and you find it difficult, try tuning it a little differently. Instead of the classic EADGBE notes tune the bottom cord to a frequency you like, that resonates deeply with the guitar and yourself. Then tune each successive string a little higher to a note that resonates nicely with the last, and the same onto the top string giving you a harmonic range that is more akin to blues and bluegrass style guitar. It’s an easy way to make beautiful music, sometimes you’ll create harmonics that will combine to make sounds you didn’t play. Eventually you’ll learn to hear the difference between a full step and a half step. When playing this way begins to feel restrictive you can build on the complexity of the tuning. Similarly with piano you can easily learn chords that make up the fundamental structure of almost every song, and you'll see that some musicians only play in a certain key.
Pythagoras developed the musical scale based on sacred geometry
Everyone has a musical sense. There is a scientific correlation with the way music is experienced as a type of emotional perception and language. That means the music is in you and it's all around! Just play!
Just know, when you run into your walls recognize you’ve been approached with a rittle. Something that requires a clever, simple, and delightful solution. Grown from a quiet mind ready to echo ricocheting sounds.
