Venkatesh Rao@vgr@GabrielDuquette Curiously my teacher making drumming hard the wrong way is what made me quit tabla as too "technical" and not enough fun10:12 PM · Apr 13, 2015
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Apr 13, 2015Replying to @vgr@GabrielDuquette my teacher made me do endless textbook exercises, never teaching me improv accompaniment, which is the end goal.11
Misha Gurevich, Photographer, VC, Wives 0/1@drethelin·Apr 13, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @GabrielDuquette my violin teacher was great at finding me cool things to do if I was discontent with the default but I still gave up.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Apr 13, 2015Replying to @vgr@GabrielDuquette In his music school/tradition, you didn't start improv till 5th year. Only scripted exercises.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Apr 13, 2015Replying to @vgr@GabrielDuquette but friends from more relaxed schools were simply thrown off the deep end after being taught minimal basics, to develop ear1