Comments on: Practicing: A Musician’s Return to Music by Glenn Kurtz http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:04:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Josh Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:09:14 +0000 http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/#comment-120 @ntg Those passages are also very good. The book provided many insights that, I agree, transcend the guitar into everyday life. Thanks for visiting! @ntg

Those passages are also very good. The book provided many insights that, I agree, transcend the guitar into everyday life.

Thanks for visiting!

]]> By: ntg http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/comment-page-1/#comment-118 ntg Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:24:09 +0000 http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/#comment-118 I also enjoyed this book. I was struck by the passages you selected. I had copied these very passages myself along with a few others such as "I cannot begin anew. Instead, I have to begin again." "You reach beyond you for some imagined beauty. Discipline is just the outward shape of this hopeful desire." ' "Mistakes are never serious," he responded. "The danger lies in repeating mistakes, practicing them." ' Although Kurtz probably intended this book to be appreciated by guitarists, or musicians in general, its insights transcend. My metier is quantitative finance and my "instrument" is a software system called Mathematica. I also enjoyed this book. I was struck by the passages you selected. I had copied these very passages myself along with a few others such as

“I cannot begin anew. Instead, I have to begin again.”

“You reach beyond you for some imagined beauty. Discipline is just the outward shape of this hopeful desire.”

‘ “Mistakes are never serious,” he responded. “The danger lies in repeating mistakes, practicing them.” ‘

Although Kurtz probably intended this book to be appreciated by guitarists, or musicians in general, its insights transcend. My metier is quantitative finance and my “instrument” is a software system called Mathematica.

]]> By: Josh http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Josh Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:44:57 +0000 http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/#comment-73 It was a very interesting read. It's probably more interesting to people who have studied classical guitar, so you'd probably really enjoy it. Interestingly, I was also a metal and rock guitarist before taking up the classical guitar in college. I'm glad to hear that you got back into guitar playing. I don't like practicing much either, but I do enjoy just picking up the guitar and seeing what comes out. It was a very interesting read. It’s probably more interesting to people who have studied classical guitar, so you’d probably really enjoy it.

Interestingly, I was also a metal and rock guitarist before taking up the classical guitar in college.

I’m glad to hear that you got back into guitar playing. I don’t like practicing much either, but I do enjoy just picking up the guitar and seeing what comes out.

]]> By: Guitar Noize http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Guitar Noize Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:26:28 +0000 http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2007/09/03/practicing-a-musicians-return-to-music-by-glenn-kurtz/#comment-70 That sounds like an interesting read! I spent 4 years myself at The Conservatoire in Birmingham, England and 2 years of that was studying classical guitar before I switched to music technology and compostition. I realised I was never going to make it as a classical guitarist and really it was just a way in to Uni, I had been a metal and rock guitarist for years before I started classical! Anyway I quit playing for 7 years before buying an acoustic and starting all over again and although I hate practicing (it was all those monotonous hours a day that made me give up!) I now love playing for fun, if I start slipping I spend an hour or so on technique playing scales, but otherwise its just fingerpicking fun! That sounds like an interesting read! I spent 4 years myself at The Conservatoire in Birmingham, England and 2 years of that was studying classical guitar before I switched to music technology and compostition. I realised I was never going to make it as a classical guitarist and really it was just a way in to Uni, I had been a metal and rock guitarist for years before I started classical!

Anyway I quit playing for 7 years before buying an acoustic and starting all over again and although I hate practicing (it was all those monotonous hours a day that made me give up!) I now love playing for fun, if I start slipping I spend an hour or so on technique playing scales, but otherwise its just fingerpicking fun!

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