Dixie Bosco @ Lions Den NYC
Monday, June 27, 2005
My "Practice" Schedule
My "Practice" Schedule
When you want to improve quickly you'll need to set up a practicing schedule and stick to it. Here's my "Practice" Schedule. This helps me stay on track and fills each day w/ an area I want to improve in.
Sunday : Scale Work : Memorize & practice w/ metronome
Monday : Lean A Cover Song/Write a chord chart for it
Tuesday : Sight Reading
Wednesday : Chord work : Memorize & practice w/ metronome
Thursday : Pick fretting and tone development
Friday : Write Music
Saturday: Record Music
When you want to improve quickly you'll need to set up a practicing schedule and stick to it. Here's my "Practice" Schedule. This helps me stay on track and fills each day w/ an area I want to improve in.
Sunday : Scale Work : Memorize & practice w/ metronome
Monday : Lean A Cover Song/Write a chord chart for it
Tuesday : Sight Reading
Wednesday : Chord work : Memorize & practice w/ metronome
Thursday : Pick fretting and tone development
Friday : Write Music
Saturday: Record Music
Friday, June 24, 2005
Dixie Bosco's Guitar Blog
Dixie Bosco's Guitar Blog
Inspiration
Inspiration is that X factor that you cannot practice play or schedule. It’s an elusive passion, which makes or breaks a player. Listeners always know when they are hearing an "uninspired" performance don’t they. And many descriptions of great performances center around a difficult to quantify energy that came across no doubt as a result of the player’s inspiration. It cannot be bottled or switched on or off. W/o it you drift on dead calm waters writing w/ no wind in sight. With it you’re writing & singing and doing it all. I seek it in everything around me. But mostly i try to be curious and as passionate in life as i can be and i hope it finds me. I’m looking REAL hard for something to pull the music out of me.
Inspiration
Inspiration is that X factor that you cannot practice play or schedule. It’s an elusive passion, which makes or breaks a player. Listeners always know when they are hearing an "uninspired" performance don’t they. And many descriptions of great performances center around a difficult to quantify energy that came across no doubt as a result of the player’s inspiration. It cannot be bottled or switched on or off. W/o it you drift on dead calm waters writing w/ no wind in sight. With it you’re writing & singing and doing it all. I seek it in everything around me. But mostly i try to be curious and as passionate in life as i can be and i hope it finds me. I’m looking REAL hard for something to pull the music out of me.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
SCC CGI Session Initializer
SCC CGI Session Initializer
Acoustic or Electric....?
My approach for playing acoustic is very different from how i play electric. Some might say; "Um, Ah duh, dude!" Even so, many players don't apply this knowledge in a musical way.
Re. Practice : "Practice" mostly on an acoustic. That's formal practice of scales chords, those muscular bends, fretting notes for tone etc. Then go to the electric to work out your ideas there.
Re Developing Tone: Working out solos out on acoustic will surely help your tone on the electric. Vintage guitars and amps are great but true tone come from your hands. Developing a dynamic feel to the way you pick and fret notes is as important as developing your chops. You should be able to play the same note w/ multiple "feels" to add color and your personality to your tone.
Acoustic or Electric....?
My approach for playing acoustic is very different from how i play electric. Some might say; "Um, Ah duh, dude!" Even so, many players don't apply this knowledge in a musical way.
Re. Practice : "Practice" mostly on an acoustic. That's formal practice of scales chords, those muscular bends, fretting notes for tone etc. Then go to the electric to work out your ideas there.
Re Developing Tone: Working out solos out on acoustic will surely help your tone on the electric. Vintage guitars and amps are great but true tone come from your hands. Developing a dynamic feel to the way you pick and fret notes is as important as developing your chops. You should be able to play the same note w/ multiple "feels" to add color and your personality to your tone.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Filling an Empty Cup
Want to write songs like the Beatles? The stones? ...Abba? Its easy..
...Learn their songs, steal the parts you like for your songs. A man once said immature artists imitate. Mature artists, steal. But seriously this is a legit and time honored way to open up your writing vocabulary and filling your empty cup w/ new ideas.
Learning Beatles songs allows the study and analysis of the blueprint of pop writing. The stones will teach (force) you to explore a different tuning of your guitar. (open g) Abba? Well im not sure what you'll learn from them per se, but hey you'll increase your stock w/ indie chicks.
...Learn their songs, steal the parts you like for your songs. A man once said immature artists imitate. Mature artists, steal. But seriously this is a legit and time honored way to open up your writing vocabulary and filling your empty cup w/ new ideas.
Learning Beatles songs allows the study and analysis of the blueprint of pop writing. The stones will teach (force) you to explore a different tuning of your guitar. (open g) Abba? Well im not sure what you'll learn from them per se, but hey you'll increase your stock w/ indie chicks.
Friday, June 17, 2005
I hate practicing but I love having practiced.
I hate practicing but I love having practiced. Nothing will get you to where you want to be faster than practicing. Not to be confused w/ "playing", practicing is a focusing on spending 5-10-30 minutes...on one thing & one thing only. Wynton Marsalis's simple practice advice works for your guitar as well as his trumpet.
http://abel.hive.no/trumpet/practice/WYNTON_MARSALIS_RULES.html
I get great results when i practice one thing at a time using a metronome.
I know your thinking " Dude If I asked Keith Richards if he used a metronome he's say something like "Oh Yhea, metronome, that's what I used to kick Heroin with..." ". Lousy Joke…
But seriously, nothing will tell you faster, if you’re in or our or where your chops are like that annoying little click.
http://abel.hive.no/trumpet/practice/WYNTON_MARSALIS_RULES.html
I get great results when i practice one thing at a time using a metronome.
I know your thinking " Dude If I asked Keith Richards if he used a metronome he's say something like "Oh Yhea, metronome, that's what I used to kick Heroin with..." ". Lousy Joke…
But seriously, nothing will tell you faster, if you’re in or our or where your chops are like that annoying little click.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Big Hello from Dixie Bosco
A Big Hi from New York
I am starting the Blog to discuss rock, blues funk roots and jazz guitar. If im not playing guitar i'm thinking about playing. If youre like me I'd love to talk all things guitars.
Respect to All, Dixie Bosco
I am starting the Blog to discuss rock, blues funk roots and jazz guitar. If im not playing guitar i'm thinking about playing. If youre like me I'd love to talk all things guitars.
Respect to All, Dixie Bosco
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