It's all in your head!

[MPWall1]

Well I just got back from a weekend with Mr. Adam...two awesome lessons and I bought some cool CDs with Adam students, including PH's very own CD (it's really cool).

As many times as I've heard Mr. Adam and his students tell me that "a concept is damn near everything" and that trumpet playing is mental, the way Mr. Adam put it yesterday really hit home.

He told me that at 85, if he practiced like he used to, he'd be better NOW than ever before because now he really has a better concept of what's going on.

I've always been a believer in The Force, but there's something special about driving 800 miles one way to take two lessons from Yoda. Any Adam student will tell you that. You can hear something a million times, but he really knows how to say it "correctly" for each of us.

I only get out to see him maybe 2-3 times a year and I'm blown away. I envy those of you who study/studied with him every week!

Well, enough talk, time to practice...

Michael Wall
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Michael Patrick Wall, Ed.D.
Independent Researcher in Music Education

[dbacon]

[ This Message was edited by: dbacon on 2003-09-23 23:15 ]

[psalt]

Dave, you've hit the nail right on the head.
Peter Salt