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Sometimes Practice Doesn't Make Perfect

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'…you’ve spent hours going through a piece and you know it very well. Surely you’re ready to unleash your performance on the public? Well, maybe not.'

I would think that just about every music teacher has at some time or other found themselves quoting that hoary old cliché, ‘Practice makes perfect’ to their students. I certainly have. At seminars I frequently write on the blackboard my own variation, ‘The answer is practice – now, what’s the question?’. Well, it’s good for a cheap laugh… But t…

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Pick Oct 16, 2009 11:44pm

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Perfect analysis! 'Great in the practice room, rubbish on stage,' makes more sense now. Although I have experienced that a band member's mistake, or a mediocre sound system are equally contributing factors. The bottom line is that despite of doing your best, you just cannot predict what will happen on stage.