Sometimes We Play Left-Handed

Sometimes We Play Left-Handed

Paul McCartney of the Beatles fame was a left-

handed bass player when the rest of the world played the electric bass as a right-handed player.  He did opposite from the rest of the world.  And his career turned out pretty good.

Music teachers are trained to teach us proper technique, proper stance.  However, sometimes a student needs to adapt, adjust to their own proclivities. 

I should have tried, at least a few times, setting my drums up to accommodate my left-handedness.  It was unheard of in those days, so I didn’t. 

See my point.  It matters not whether you are a bass player, a carpenter, a painter, a writer, a builder of homes.  You adapt your teaching to what works best for you. 

Learn the basics, by all means, and then adapt. 

Adapt

               Adapt

                              Adapt

Thoughts for Improving

Whatever Needs Improving!

P Michael Biggs

Steps and Skips Blogsite

Hope ~Encouragement~ Inspiration

The Greatest Growth and Improvement Secret

The Greatest Growth and Improvement Secret

Austin Kleon said this: “If you want to change your life, change what you pay attention to.” It’s from his book Keep Going.

The best of the best musicians do this.  In the secret of their practice rooms, they note the difficult passages, the tricky fingers, the stumbles and flubs and flaws in their delivery and they work on that one area.  They pay attention to what tricks them up. 

So do writers, artists, architects, speakers, teachers, thinkers.  They deal with the hard places, the difficult concepts and they master them.  I didn’t say “they agree with them”.  They understand the concept and they learn from it. 

What are you attempting to grow into?  In what skill are you seeking improvement.  Pay attention to it. 

Basketball players learn to master the free throw shot.  The pros pay attention to it.  They perform it in their sleep. 

We pay attention, and we just might get better at anything we attempt.

Thoughts for Improving

Whatever Needs Improving!

P Michael Biggs

Steps and Skips Blogsite

Hope ~Encouragement~ Inspiration

A Growth Principle Most Don't Like

A Growth Principle Most Don’t Like

Life and its pursuits is a string of attempts, and fails, and attempts again.  One thing is for sure … we will fail at some point. 

And then we get to try again … fail again. 

Even fail better, cause failing better just might bring us closer to our goal, our dream, our pursuit of happiness. 

What if this really worked?

Thoughts for Improving

Whatever Needs Improving!

P Michael Biggs

Steps and Skips Blogsite

Hope ~Encouragement~ Inspiration