Re: Advice on Practice, Playing etc. from SONNY ROLLINS
From dadsaster - ".....his mental game is on point. ". I love Steve Vai's playing & other 'Rock' guitarists like him eg. Joe Satriani. I don't think that you'd be too amazed at just how much these guys put into their playing. Steve Vai is just one good example. If you want to be ''good'' at any level,you have to go for it 100% -
Quote - '' The only thing that's holding you back,is the way you're thinking !! '' Oh boy ! - did he ever get that right. Our ''mental attitude'' to whatever we try to do ''is all''.
My PE Teacher at school got 2 of my school friends into the England Youth football team (he also got me playing UK Baseball for 6 years). He used to tell us in a similar way to what Steve Vai says - '' Imagine doing it / practice doing it & then do it ".
Ultimately,it all comes down to what we do (obviously),but a ''positive mental attitude'' is an absolute ''must have''. When i took up Bluegrass banjo at age 18,i never doubted for one instant that i'd make it as a player - if i put the work into it. Having done that one on banjo,when i came to mandolin,i adopted the same approach, & some 20,000 hours into it,i'm doing ok.
I'm also 100% sure that the majority of players on here have done exactly the same - but in their own way. The old guy that began to teach me 'Classic Banjo' back when i was 18 (it was just to get my fingers going to the right place - i wanted to play Bluegrass all along),told me " You'll reach a point where you don't seem to be making any progress ",54 + years on,i've yet to reach that point. That doesn't mean that i'm progressing all the time,it simply means that i'm not failing, & the interest & excitement is still there,
Ivan
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
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