@Corky_Music is always dropping knowledge that is too good to only read once, so I thought I’d start a thread to start pasting these quotes to, so I can come back and revisit them easily. Here the first:
There’s really nothing better than to play for just yourself. On the other hand, the “biggest” way to “share” your music (if “share” is what you are asking about) is just you playing for someone else. However the more people you play for the “smaller” you become when you look at the ratio between you and the size of an audience.
LOL! It’s not really bigger. Think about that! Maybe the word we should use is “socially relevant.”That’s the wrong reason to play music. You are on our team. You are a music maker. I don’t care what level of “skill.” you are at. You decided to make music, you are a music maker. Regarding playing with other music makers: Answer: Don’t ask. Just find someone else that wants to experience this adventure with you.
Music is one of the most powerful and beautiful and mysterious experiences in the world. When we allow social relevance to have anything to do with it we … (I will let you all finish the sentence). But I have been finishing that sentence for over 60 years. LOL! - Corky - your partner in music.
note: I (Luke) added bold fonts and paragraph breaks to Corky’s original post.
I hope this will be the first of many Siegel quotes posted here…To the stars…
Absolutely love this quote from Corky Siegel! It’s a great reminder that the true value of music lies in the personal experience and passion, not just in how many people hear it. Looking forward to more of these insights!
When I was recovering from my wounds. It was suggested to me that I play a wind instrument to help build up my lung. Many instruments were suggested. That week I saw a documentary about Chicago blues, I was just getting into the Blues back then I had little idea of that music, I saw Corky Siegal play Billie Jean won’t you come out tonight I think it was called. I saw that and it prompted me to choose the Harmonica I was totally inspired! And it changed my life so thank you Corky!
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to improve technique (we need to technique in order to be able to express ourselves freely.) Nothing wrong with setting goals, scheduling practice time, applying discipline to sharpen our skills.
Let’s just remember to take a deep breath, realax, and enJOY playing. EVERY time our lips touch the harmonica! This is the whole point.
Luke is correct as usual. Always listen to Luke.
I was a little careless with my statement. But let me support what Luke is putting across. Practice, learning, goals, scheduling, discipline and sharpening skills for me are all joyful pursuits. I don’t really call that “struggle.” Certainly there are always moments of hurdles but I just never called it struggle. My silly semantics. But I’m only one person and there are many ways of getting to that joy. So I take back everything I have said in the last 60 years. Listen to Luke and all will be good.
Listen to Luke and all will be good.