Singing is also important as this helps with your projection. |
Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there. |
The first flute I ever had was a Henry Potter wooden 5-keyed flute. |
The mind of the performer is a very strange thing. |
The reason I play studies is to brush up my technique and style after a tour. |
The year 1984 was one of the great years in my life being the year I married Jeanne. |
There is no way Top Wind can think that I am going to breeze in and buy a flute, so I can truthfully say that the flute I bought from them was intended for the general market. |
They are all different and I find it hard to tell what flute suits me best. |
Until this time in my life Julius Baker was one of the most admired names in the flute world. |
What a lot of players do not realize is that you have to learn by feel what the lips are doing and not by looking. |
What ever you play, I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I have enjoyed playing all of these flutes over my career. |
What I suggest is to practice till you can do the job without being nervous. |
When I was a kid I was nervous too and it never crossed my mind to take drugs. |
When you are playing your Long tones, you need to have a certain amount of tension to ensure that you flute is not moving around while you play. |
Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes. |