“I can play like this, now I will go one more step.”
That is correct. Acknowledging what we already can and making percentage improvements is THE way to do it…
BUT, we still have the VISION in mind. The song…
How is it meant to sound… finally
How to play it so that the song sounds the way it is meant to sound…
We don’t just say I play this phrase, now I will add one more pull off to it, without knowing where we are going.
our measure is not just one step more than what I can.
it is clearly towards making our playing making sense as the song, a song we already have in mind… our own or someone else’s. already existing or one we are making.
naturally it is not enough to just think of where we are and think what can be added there.
beyond our current skills and abilities, we agree that with improvement in all kinds of areas, we are really striving and trying hard and somehow (at least in the beginning) to make that final sound vision a reality, to stretch and reach that skill. to practice enough, iterate enough, analyze, optimize and make fluent enough to be able to achieve that final vision.
pull to that. not just seeing what we can straighten or push now immediately without knowing why or where we are going.
so for the producer, for the composer, for the practising performing musician, it is OBVIOUS that we have a vision beyond where we are now, and to reach that vision is what we are practising for.
not just. where we are now. and add one step.
the three year vision. where we need to be according to the SONG we have in mind, the way we want it to sound, the way we want our life to be and then practising, learning, optimizing, getting all that is needed for that perfect vision, to fill that, which is beyond our natural abilities now.