http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315 by Gerald Klickstein. Helping you become a successful musician. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:02:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315&cpage=1#comment-433 Practicing Performance « Guitar Emporium Online Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:49:32 +0000 http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315#comment-433 [...] To make your practice performances optimally concert-like, enlist concert protocol: enter to applause, perform complete compositions, and have listeners applaud afterward. In addition, use a recorder so that you can review your work later (information about personal recorders is posted on my blog). [...] [...] To make your practice performances optimally concert-like, enlist concert protocol: enter to applause, perform complete compositions, and have listeners applaud afterward. In addition, use a recorder so that you can review your work later (information about personal recorders is posted on my blog). [...]

]]> http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315&cpage=1#comment-265 Practicing Performance - Guitar Noise Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:59:26 +0000 http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315#comment-265 [...] To make your practice performances optimally concert-like, enlist concert protocol: enter to applause, perform complete compositions, and have listeners applaud afterward. In addition, use a recorder so that you can review your work later (information about personal recorders is posted on my blog). [...] [...] To make your practice performances optimally concert-like, enlist concert protocol: enter to applause, perform complete compositions, and have listeners applaud afterward. In addition, use a recorder so that you can review your work later (information about personal recorders is posted on my blog). [...]

]]> http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315&cpage=1#comment-66 Gerald Klickstein Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:54:37 +0000 http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315#comment-66 Thanks for the informative comment, Dennis, and for the flattering words - much appreciated. For those of you who haven't heard about the Zoom Q3, info is available via the above link to the part of MusiciansWay.com that features portable digital recorders. The Q3 debuted this month - Sept. 09. It records high-quality audio using the same mics and technology as the Zoom H4n audio recorder and can capture standard-quality video (not hi-def). It's compact and sells for about $250; it also has an audio-only mode. I haven't yet seen one, so, Dennis, if you pick one up, please let us know how it works for you - the Q3 is so new that there are few reviews available right now. Thanks for the informative comment, Dennis, and for the flattering words – much appreciated. For those of you who haven’t heard about the Zoom Q3, info is available via the above link to the part of MusiciansWay.com that features portable digital recorders. The Q3 debuted this month – Sept. 09. It records high-quality audio using the same mics and technology as the Zoom H4n audio recorder and can capture standard-quality video (not hi-def). It’s compact and sells for about $250; it also has an audio-only mode. I haven’t yet seen one, so, Dennis, if you pick one up, please let us know how it works for you – the Q3 is so new that there are few reviews available right now.

]]> http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315&cpage=1#comment-65 Dennis Aberle Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:24:52 +0000 http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=315#comment-65 Self-recording has helped me in all the ways that you mentioned and in one that you haven't mentioned. I don't have easy access to a master teacher and must rely on my self-recordings and my ears to discover problems that I may be having with certain passages in a piece. When I listen to myself, I can then take notes about the problem areas, and determine exactly how to trouble-shoot to solve the issue. Often times, for example, I think I am playing a piece with a lot of dynamic variety and come to discover that there are very little audible dynamic changes. I'm getting ready to buy the Zoom Q3 video recorder so that I can watch my body posture, facial expressions, reactions to small mistakes, and overall public presentation. Thanks for this wonderful resource, Jerry. Self-recording has helped me in all the ways that you mentioned and in one that you haven’t mentioned. I don’t have easy access to a master teacher and must rely on my self-recordings and my ears to discover problems that I may be having with certain passages in a piece. When I listen to myself, I can then take notes about the problem areas, and determine exactly how to trouble-shoot to solve the issue. Often times, for example, I think I am playing a piece with a lot of dynamic variety and come to discover that there are very little audible dynamic changes. I’m getting ready to buy the Zoom Q3 video recorder so that I can watch my body posture, facial expressions, reactions to small mistakes, and overall public presentation.
Thanks for this wonderful resource, Jerry.

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