Category Archives: Musicainship

Connecting the dots: Learning to read music is worth the effort

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 26 November, 2010

Matt Stevens, the excellent loopist and guitarist, posed a question on Twitter recently, “Is it important for musicians to be able to read music?” This is a perennial discussion point amongst musicians and often seems to divide down the lines of those who already can and those who can’t favouring their own state. I’m in the can […]

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Become a better musician: No substitute for practice

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 13 August, 2010

Practice is a means to an end, playing well, and it is a vital component to reach that end. I don’t think I have ever met a musician who I thought was a great player who didn’t practice and practice effectively. When I first went to conservatory I would stumble around in awe of all the amazingly talented people I was surrounded by. They seemed […]

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Two Fundamentals to Becoming the Guy Everyone Wants in Their Band

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 19 August, 2009

There is a tendency among musicians to value technical facility when discussing favourite players. Outrageous, difficult and esoteric passages often played at stupidly fast tempos and sometimes in unusual time signatures are fun to discuss, but it’s largely an intellectual exercise. The folks who are the most fun and the most valuable to have in your […]

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