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Summary:
From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes The Music Lesson, the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual journey, and teach him that the gifts we get from music mirror those from life, and every movement, phrase, and chord has its own meaning...All you have to do is find the song inside.
Customer Reviews:
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A Must Have For Any Musician
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The Music Lesson is a wonderful book that is full of interesting and useful ideas about music herself. Every Bass player must read this book, it helped my bass playing tremendously. Even if you do not play bass,this book will be very helpful to you. This is not the standard music book, there almost no music theory, scales, or exercises, instead this book talks about the spiritual aspect of music. I highly encourage any musician at any level to read this book, several times. It will change many things that you thought music was or could be, and it will improve your playing.
Soul Pleasing & Mind Opening
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This book is a must read for the musician-old and new alike. Mr. Wooten has given musicians, not bass players, away of accessing something that many of us seemingly take for granted. The power of music is formidable! I, for one, thank him for writing the text.
The Music Lesson Everyone Should Experience
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This book is truly worth the value. There are other comments about this book being "warmed over new age cliche", but Victor Wooten is a bassist and not a philosopher. This book is clearly intended for a wide range of people with varied backgrounds and belief systems.
This book is an easy read for anyone, high school kids, adults, musicians, virtuosos, fans, and so on.
I was very pleasantly surprised to find that Victor Wooten and I share many of the same spiritual values, but he also gives some valuable insight about musicianship.
For example, within the book you find the very reason why so many of us practice, practice and practice certain techniques for years and years but never really master them.
You'll discover the most important elements of Music that Music Theory leaves out and you'll learn the crucial elements to making any musician successful that is not taught in any school of music.
Victor also explains how some mediocre musicians are so successful and able to move the crowds. I've always thought that if I just learned to be the baddest player I would instantly be successful. That's not the case.
Don't let the simplicity of this book fool you, there are some very deep insights within the book that only come from many years of experience.
The book doesn't necessarily talk about anything new, but it does take you in another direction and can give you a new way of looking at things that you may not have had before. It can help you make those breakthroughs in your playing, practicing and performance.
It can even help you make breakthroughs in other areas of your life, because in reality, this whole universe is nothing but a symphonic of vibrations = Music.
Regards, Enigma Valdez
Even better the second time
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This book is a "must-have" for every serious musician. I keep buying copies for my good friends and students.
Warmed Over New Age Cliche'
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I will state first that my spiritual beliefs are liberal, so I am not giving this book a poor review because it goes against any "dogma" I may have. I agreed with everyone's review who mentioned how great a bass player Victor is. So why one star? Because this is rehashed, 101, 1960 new age type philosophy (I hate to use the term as this is so elemental a book on music and spiritually). What we need is a complex discussion of the two, and there are examples do a google or Amazon search, of books, thesis and Research studies in the fields of Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and even in books which discuss practicing an instrument. I brought this book without really looking at it, since I assumethat Victor's writing would be as interesting and informative as his playing. Wrong.
My recommendation: Read someone else on this topic.
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