Tag Archives: practice

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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Independent, impecunious and heading for the recording studio: An exhortation to prepare excellently

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 2 September, 2010

A lovely coincidence of information occurred today that give me a chance to beat a drum for using good studios to record your music, if at all possible, and to do this sensibly by preparing thoroughly for the recording sessions. The first element is a great blogpost from warriorgirl announcing the release of the She Makes War album Disarm. […]

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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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