An Eastcoast Tour And A Birthday

For the last two weeks I was away on tour across the East Coast – I played shows in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New Jersey, Long Island, and at the Mohegan Sun Casino. Every show was different, yet fun. Do you believe I was a better musician after the tour? The answer is yes, because I played my instrument every day for more than two hours.

Of course most people do not have the time to practice two hours or more a day, but the ones that do really excel. So, what I am suggesting to everyone is this: practice your instrument every day, even of it is only for ten or fifteen  minutes. It makes a world of difference.

Stereo And Mono

After the tour I had a birthday and I received a vinyl album – The Beatles “Rubber Soul” in Stereo. I mention that it was in Stereo, because in these first Stereo mixes (“Rubber Soul” is one of these) the instruments and voices are often panned hard left and right (in Mono, all instruments are placed in the middle). What that means is that you often, for example, can hear only the vocals and one guitar in the right channel (or your right ear when you are wearing headphones) and the drums, bass and piano in the other. Nowadays, almost all music is not mixed in this way.

Hearing the instruments clearly in one ear and the other actually makes it easier to figure out individual parts, so for ear training these older stereo recordings offer a great resource. For a more in depth look and listen into the world of stereo and mono mixing and how you can hear certain things more (or less) please look below.

If you would like to actually learn to play any or all of these Beatles songs, feel free to contact me ;-)

 

 

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