John O. -> RE: What do you think of????? (Dec. 19 2009 5:17:30)
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Oh yeah, I agree about the physical aspect of playing once you're at that level. With the hyperfocusing I was talking not about performing but about how one learns something they have a talent for, could be guitar, could be math. However I'd say a state of meditation and intense concentration on one specific thing could be called hyperfocusing, which is a medical term used with - ehhh - special people. With anything else many talented people are total space cadets (one could even say slightly autistic, there IS a connection), partly because they're thinking about that one thing, all day, every day. I knew a computer science major once who told me one morning she went to class wearing two bras. Einstein flunked out of school because all he could concentrate on was physics. Releasing the tension comes with the hours of practice that I'm sure Grisha put in too. Rafael Cortes also said once that a teacher can't show you how to do something to play well, you also have to put in the hours to figure it out for yourself. He used to bring his guitar to school with him and practice alone during the lunch break. That's what I mean by passion. Performing live is something you can get used to and does take practice as well. People with stage fright of course have more problems than those who don't, but stubborn people with stage fright like me who keep forcing themselves to get on stage do get better. Anything that ruins your concentration or depression can give the best player a bad night. Heck I've had a bad night after a fight with my wife, I can imagine what a divorce could do. I've even seen Paco play on a bad night, though you'd hardly notice - but a couple of the picados in his solo piece didn't work at all.
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