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‪”Consolação‬”‪ – Rosinha de Valença‬, 1966

How beatboxing can help young people with speech problems

via How beatboxing can help young people with speech problems

James Taylor – The Making Of “Sweet Baby James”

Bola Sete: Tour de Force

The Joy of Practice (Advice from a Circus Performer)

Avi Pryntz-Nadworny

Make Loops More Interesting

Hours and hours of practice to perfect using Joe Gore’s excellent suggestions for less boring loops:

The One Thing: Superb Practice Advice (and a book!)

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Can’t believe I just discovered this book, The One Thing, by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan.

Here’s a nice summary for musicians, from bassist Geoff Chalmers.

 

Born Stupid: Your Plastic Brain, III

The Practice of Practice

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Man is unique not because he does science, and is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind. ~Jacob Bronowski

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Want to learn more about the best ways to practice? Get an e-mail with a discount code when The Practice of Practice is published (June, 2014). To learn more about the book, check out a sample from The Practice of Practice.

I keep hammering away at the brain’s ability to re-wire itself because 1: It’s so darn fascinating, and 2: To combat the old saw that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” which research is telling us is completely false. Here’s some more evidence of the lifelong plasticity of the brain. Anyone over 18 who is considering doing something new and unfamiliar should be required to watch the following video.

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Best Practice: Infographic

Taken from Practice Like This. 

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and here’s what getting better the fastest looks like up closer:

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An Hour of Play Reveals More Than…

Is there enough play in your practice? Play can lead to innovation and improvement, and you can do it with others, too. For some people, play is pretty much the only kind of practice they do.

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Often mistakenly attributed to Plato. The quote’s origins are obscure, but I like the Portuguese version:

Mais descobre huma hora de jogo, que hum anno de conversação.