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Sun May 24, 2009 10:39 am
Find a good teacher and practice at least 2 to 3 hours a day. A good teacher should be able to contribute to your improvement in a huge way. In other words what might take you 6 months to figure out on your own should take you a week or even less with the proper guidance.
Make sure to dig into the different harmonic languages and listen to as much GOOD quality music as you can. Whatever the style. Don't waist your time listening to crap. What makes music good? Anything that makes you feel something on the inside that is timeless and in tune is what I consider good. Miles, Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Tower of Power, Led Zep, Deep Purple, anything from Quincy Jones, Irakere, Chucho Valdez, Chick Corea, Bob Marley, Biggie, JZ, Meshugha, Metallica, etc... All that stuff is timeless and definitely of high quality. No Pro Tools "fix it" $hit over here. Just real players.
Unfortunately I don't know what the BAD ones are that you should avoid. The way I go about it is: If I'm listening and nothing is happening on the inside then .......it's not happening. If you can't feel something in your gut forget it regardless of what the pop powers that be, say: Media, Billboard Mag, American Idol etc.