Has anyone gone to any of the Matt Flinner Workshops that he has been doing this year? I Planing on going this Friday and just want to know what you all felt about it.
Has anyone gone to any of the Matt Flinner Workshops that he has been doing this year? I Planing on going this Friday and just want to know what you all felt about it.
I attended his workshop in Minneapolis last week. This was my first workshop experience so I have nothing to compare it to other than my lessons. We had a small group so Matt could provide some fairly detailed insight into the individual questions of the group. Our group ranged from rank beginners (me) to a very talented young man who -while he's only played for 18 months or so - shows a great deal of raw talent both technique-wise and musically speaking. I think it's fair to say that we all got something - if nothing else - inspiration!
Matt came prepared with handouts to help focus on common questions (as you can predict, people were interested in improvisation techniques). He also spent a good deal of time (at our request) on technique - how to improve tone, accuracy and speed.
Prior to the workshop, I was not familiar with Matt's recordings. He is definitely a talented individual and has excellent teaching and mentoring skills.
Dotty
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