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I fixed it. That's what happens when you're cooking lunch, practicing and keeping up with the forum. I hope those are sweet potatoes in the soup.
It gets better, Wim!
I need one that says “Currently terrible and working hard to get to the level of just being bad.”
Have at it, this is who made them
The 'I suck more' worked better at first draft
The gold standard is when others can’t wait for your solo to be over but you play another one anyway.
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Can you make me one that says "I'm tired of learning new stuff & just want to cruise and be content with what I know for a while"?!
Remind me if I turn into that guy!
I wore that hat, it wasn't that great.
I'm definitely better than I was a year ago. I think I'm two years solidly focusing on Christiaan Van Hemert's method and books and I can honestly say it's the best thing I've tried in 25 years of attempting to play jazz.
I don't know if I sound good or bad but I know that I am making progress. That's way better than the past where sometimes it felt like I was making negative progress.
Progress begets progress I think. The better you get the more it seems possible to get better.
Anyway this is just some practice with a metronome. I wish I'd made this channel a long time ago. I did have an Instagram by the same name which I neglected for a long time.
Great thread idea, Buco. Upcoming Django in June is a good time to assess one’s progress.
While I agree that I too have made progress over the year, I am often discouraged at persistently difficult technical problems that I sometimes think I have solved, only to repeat mistakes in performance. I’m trying to perfect a performance of “Passion“ waltz, which I have been working on for the last three years, and still struggle mightily. I have been studying and playing “Indifference“ for 10 years, and don’t you know, I still make some mistakes in performance and even practice.
It can be frustrating to struggle with skills and technique that need to be maintained. I miss strings and fumble finger placements regularly. It makes me wonder why, if I can still ride a bike without relearning it or practicing it, can’t I play “Indifference” without making so many mistakes?
That said, here are a few things I have learned over this past year and try to incorporate in my playing on a regular basis:
One more shout out for Christiaan Van Hemert, as I am in agreement with paulmcevoy75 here. His output of videos on YouTube and Patreon over the years, and his method books and accompanying discord conversations in the last few years have been the most productive resource I have ever discovered. Even retired, I simply can’t keep up with the material he puts out. It’s a resource I will treasure for learning this instrument the rest of my life.
Chief, I think your analogy to being able to ride a bike but not perform Indifference flawlessly is not quite the same and maybe being overly hard on yourself! I would submit that "riding a bike" equivalent is being able to play a C cowboy chord or strum through a basic pop song using a simple rhythm and chords (i.e. not note-for-note reproduction). You learned that skill long ago and can probably do it without thinking. I submit to you the following video of a pro cyclist riding up a hill....on one wheel. Along the way, he is passing people who are climbing somewhat effortlessly, some who might be nearly out of breath, and others who have had to walk their bikes (even though they all have good professional gear and are in better than average shape). This rider has no doubt ridden constantly for his young life, probably practicing with 5-6 hr daily training rides, monitoring calorie intake and post-workout recovery, etc. All can ride a bike in this video, just not all at the same level as he can.
And then lest you think this is the pinnacle of bike riding, you get the Joschos and Jimmys and Djangos who are so good and their playing so effortless, that they make even the impossible seem so simple and smooth.
In reality, there is some kid somewhere struggling to play the big F barre chord that would see what you do when you play onstage and think it is YOU riding the one-handed wheelie.👍️