The Music Lesson
by Victor L. Wooten · first published 2008
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Effortless Mastery, by Kenny Werner. The Music Lesson, by Victor Wooten. Both of these are about music, but are really about mastery. Shop Class as Soulcraft, by Matthew B. Crawford. This is a much more philosophical/academic argument that skilled manual…
on “Ask HN: How to learn best practices when you have no one to teach you?” ↗…repertoire is the "work," but it's hardly work if your only goal is to make something that moves the audience. I recommend anyone with any passing interest in music or musicianship read Victor Wooten's "The Music Lesson." It's short, but an absolutely beautiful expression of what music is - and why it's more about community and communication and connection than anything else we (humans) have - music and fire are the…
on “Turning music into a chore is how I became a musician” ↗…musician, stop focusing on scales, theory, improvising, and correcting miniscule mistakes and start focusing on keeping perfect time and memorizing a whole shitload of songs. If you look up "Victor Wooten Music Lesson" on YouTube and basically watch every single thing he has to say you'll make more progress on your sound in one year than you did in the previous ten. Music is meant to be played together, and to play…
on “Thelonious Monk’s Tips for Musicians (1960)” ↗> If you look up "Victor Wooten Music Lesson" on YouTube I can't recommend Victor Wooten enough. His book "The Music Lesson" is also great.
on “Thelonious Monk’s Tips for Musicians (1960)” ↗> The best book on the matter I've read of how to learn by ear is "The Gift of Music" by Victor Wooten. Do you confirm the name? I cannot find any reference to it. We do have 'The Music Lesson' and 'The Spirit of Music'.
on “Jazz Comping” ↗