by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 17, 2019 | music education, music literature, music performance, music practice, sight-reading, writing
“I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.” –John Coltrane The Musician’s Way, p. 98 In The Musician’s Way, I...
by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 21, 2011 | creative process, creativity, writing
“The real essence of art turned out to be not something high up and far off – it was right inside my ordinary daily self.” –Shinichi Suzuki, violinist, author & teacher The Musician’s Way, p. 109 I’m always surprised when I hear people attribute creativity to...
by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 20, 2009 | creative process, music education, music performance, music practice, The Musician's Way, writing
Why write about music and musical expertise? Is it as abstruse as that old saw – “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” – would lead us to believe? In the Preface to The Musician’s Way, I wrote, “Words are destined to fall short when it comes to...
by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 15, 2009 | creative process, creativity, music practice, writing
“Take the action and the insight will follow.” -Anne Lamott, author The Musician’s Way, p. 107 Whether we plan to create a performance, composition, essay, or mousetrap, we have to launch our project and work on it regularly. But we all know that creative ventures...
