MENTORING PHILOSOPHY
MENTORING PHILOSOPHY
The Three P’s to Perfection
- Preparation
- Practice
- Process
- Inspire to Require
- Boredom destroys any practice effort
- Internal enthusiasm trumps external pressure
- Playing songs you enjoy, well, is better than playing “classics” poorly
- Learning why “classics” are great will enrich your soul
- Music is a performance art
- It’s ok to fail miserably - again and again
- Failure is a prerequisite for growth
- Passion comes from good technique
- Good technique comes from passion
- Fingering is written into music in order to make it easier to play.... I promise!
- Accuracy over speed
- In order to play fast you must play slow
- Rhythm is life
- The most important element in music is… rhythm