http://martymusic.wordpress.com on music and musicians Mon, 11 May 2009 15:11:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://martymusic.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/worship-leading-and-sin/#comment-33 Jeff M. Miller Mon, 11 May 2009 15:11:14 +0000 http://martymusic.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-33 Hey, thanks for the linkage! Nice to find your blog. I'm adding you to my reader. Hey, thanks for the linkage! Nice to find your blog. I’m adding you to my reader.

]]> http://martymusic.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/patterns-flow-and-life/#comment-27 sfrack Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:44:59 +0000 http://martymusic.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-27 I think what you experience is quite normal in learning music. I have been teaching for MANY YEARS and have found that because music is so complex the brain can only do so much at once. When I teach a child something new I can almost see the sparks flying from their head. The concentration is so intense! Then I can see them collapse and know they are spent. Their eyes glaze over and no matter what I say no longer is absorbed. So...what I am saying, is that once notes and rhythms are learned, then 'getting in the zone' and enjoying the music as music can begin. Learning music is an extremely complex discipline. Maybe that's why musicians score higher on standardized tests! I think what you experience is quite normal in learning music. I have been teaching for MANY YEARS and have found that because music is so complex the brain can only do so much at once. When I teach a child something new I can almost see the sparks flying from their head. The concentration is so intense! Then I can see them collapse and know they are spent. Their eyes glaze over and no matter what I say no longer is absorbed. So…what I am saying, is that once notes and rhythms are learned, then ‘getting in the zone’ and enjoying the music as music can begin. Learning music is an extremely complex discipline. Maybe that’s why musicians score higher on standardized tests!

]]> http://martymusic.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/not-over-the-hill-songs/#comment-26 fireball3316 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:04:43 +0000 http://martymusic.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-26 i havent got them yet - but hopefully am for christmas! i havent got them yet – but hopefully am for christmas!

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