The Highway RickEy Show!!!
While Joe is gallivanting around Europe with Eric, Highway RickEy is dimming lights and firing up computers and projectors in B1! This was not smoke and mirrors; it was a truly great lecture on the use of Media Center and Amazing Slow Downer to organize your music files and improve the quality of your practice.
RickEy began by distinguishing between "practicing" and "playing". If you're spending time working to improve, that is practice and it should be thoughtful, it should include a timing device like a metronome or a practice track and it will be hugely improved with a tool like the Amazing Slow Downer. If you're playing in a performance setting, for friends or even just to amuse yourself, relax and have fun. "Play" should be fun, after all, that's why we make music. But remember to take "practice" seriously.
Amazing Slow Downer is computer software (runs on PC, Mac and iPhone) that allows you to change the pitch and speed of a song as well as develop short loop segments. This is a fabulous way to practice! RickEy demonstrated the program and shared practice methodologies with us.
He also outlined how to use Media Center to organize and tag your music library. For PC users, this is a fantastic program to organize, sort and call up songs and playlists - again, great ways to improve your practice regimen.
Both programs are linked on the YouMissedMonday website gear tab.
The computer is your friend for a higher quality of practice - put it to use! As RickEy says:
"Master less, but master something!"
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