tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post3225596515000687282..comments2024-03-23T13:46:21.790-05:00Comments on Street Musician Daniel: Tuesday's Not Gone YetDaniel McKenna IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-31841655247737678042015-04-29T06:16:25.452-05:002015-04-29T06:16:25.452-05:00OK the shitty tablet's battery was running out...OK the shitty tablet's battery was running out ... what I meant to say, what I actually said to Leroy was, "If you can't hear in your head where you're going, you're likely to end up somewhere else!" - This got a big laugh. <br /><br />Of course X times 10,000 hours makes Tanya a real wiz, I just mean to say that the violin is very user-friendly. Much more so than a fretted instrument.alex carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458022111793552536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-35167348861924512442015-04-29T01:56:30.261-05:002015-04-29T01:56:30.261-05:00Then, I guess that I would be one of the best viol...Then, I guess that I would be one of the best violinists here, should I ever get one. I'm able to sound out notes on the harmonica; and (I hope to post up an example of that; after I wipe out all of the "crappy outdoor recordings" and replace them.<br />I think I will start tomorrow.<br />Tanya took the melody of "Pop Goes The Weasel" and played it in all 12 keys, right in front of my ears; and it didn't seem like she was struggling, just to prove a point to me.<br />And she didn't just slide the moveable fingering up and down to achieve the different keys ("I know what you're saying, but I don't do that," she said)<br />and, although, as I improve as a musician, even at this ripe age of mine, and I begin to hear that Tanya is just not that good, I am still impressed with her ability to play the basic recognizable melody -the one that puts money in Dorise' pocket.<br />Brian Hudson once said that Dorise was the best hustler out on the street; and I think what he meant was that she tapped into this resource which is a Taiwanese girl who had been brought up and nurtured into the mindset of thinking that 16 hours per day of practice, her whole life, was to be expected; and that, making less money than a doctor (as her father is) in anything she does; is accepting a substandard subsistence;<br />and now Dorise makes as much as a doctor; and is a real estate mogul and, etc. etc.<br />Props to her; she isn't addicted to an expensive drug (though she used to be a heroin addict -according to herself- but that is a story for another time)Daniel McKenna IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-25839298294310219032015-04-28T19:14:15.653-05:002015-04-28T19:14:15.653-05:00Uhh err, Tanya's ability is not freakish, it i...Uhh err, Tanya's ability is not freakish, it is normal. Violin is probably the most intuitive instrument there is. Youn hear the note in your head, and you play the note. If its not the same note, you move your finger. Its really easy to play. Trouble is, unless you can afford a carbon fiber job, since it's made of wood, its really delicate. <br /><br />The same principle applies in trumpet, you gotta hear the note in your head first, as I told local sax busker Leroy,you gotta hear it!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916394695449933164noreply@blogger.com