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We Wouldn’t Practice Without Infinity
We practice in an effort to improve, to grow. To get better at music, relationships, work, life. Why do we do this? Because we’re not there yet. We’re not at our best, our most fulfilled, with all of our potential realized. Is there a limit to how good we can get? Some would argue that there is. However, I think there’s always possibility for growth. Here’s why… You’ll likely get incrementally better by practicing over a set period of time. “Incrementally” may not seem like much, but you are, in fact, getting better. Can you read, watch, study others to learn from them? If so, you’ll improve. If not, you’re…
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T-Bone to Chuck to Keith to…
Chuck Berry passed away March 18, 2017. He was 90 years old. Art is a stream that flows from one generation to the next. It’s up to every artist to get their words, music, painting, film into that stream. For T-Bone Walker, it was Call it Stormy Monday, (but Tuesday is Just as Bad). Released in 1947, Stormy Monday is a classic blues tune which goes straight to the gut. Nestled among the song’s 7th and 9th chords is a solo which contains the essential elements of rock and roll guitar. Note bending, chromatic runs, double stops: it’s all there – measured, paced, prowling, ready. Chuck Berry picked up this…





