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Jeff Au Hoy
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Erv Niehaus
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 7:36 am
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I like a guy that doesn't "pussy foot" around!
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Jesse Pearson
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 8:30 am
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Aloha Jeff, don't you think maybe there might be a big difference between true anger and artistic passion?
I have seen two types of music teachers over the years, the one who pacifies the student by never pushing them to reach beyond what they can do at the moment and the passionate teacher who pushes the student to go beyond their current limitations.
The passionate teacher always seems to expect allot of themselves and it shows in their own playing. Call it tuff love, creative tension or whatever, it's not true anger.
Here's a famous quote: "Art is great emotion transformed into tranquility"...
Great art (music) is not usually made by the 9:00 to 5:00 person. It's made by neurotic, obsessive compulsive individuals who use these feelings as fuel for their art. Musicians are very lucky people to be able to sublimate these uncomfortable feelings through music. There is a universal harmony, it can heal mankind. It takes a passionate person to search it out and find it. It takes a bigger heart to share it. Merry Xmas...! |
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Gary Slabaugh
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 9:22 am
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| Since I stopped taking the newspaper I really get pulled in by the headlines. When Jeff has a "headline" about Jerry Byrd it is bigger than the tabloids saying Wynonna is having an alien love child. Jeff I have enjoyed your posts, honest, stimulating, informative and controversial at times. When my son was young we played frisbie (hang on) and one day it hit him in the cheek and made a little cut. For weeks he picked at it and it got red and ugly looking. When people ask him what happened he would always say "Dad hit me". Not exactly a proverb, but keep picking. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 12:49 pm
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Erv Niehaus
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 1:59 pm
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I had a guitar teacher that used to slap my fingers if I made a mistake. After a while you learned not to make mistakes! And believe me, I did learn a lot and love him to this day!
Uff-Da! |
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Russ Young
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 2:12 pm
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Gary -- I was thinking about starting a thread called "Jeff Au Hoy is The Man." But I got concerned that the resulting flames might melt my iMac ...
Webster's defines "forum" as a "medium for open discussion." I'd say bOb has succeeded in providing the medium; Jeff has really opened up some discussions! I think the results have made for some interesting reading.
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HowardR
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 3:05 pm
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Russ, I agree with you. The no peddlers section has been anything & everything but a stagnant, boring place. Jeff is a welcome addition in my not so humble opinion.
Back to the topic. Like everything else...balance. Teaching in itself is an art. Did you ever have a teacher that motivated you into wanting to reach further? A slap on the wrist may correct a mechanical mistake, but does it give incentive? I suppose it depends on who's doing the slapping. |
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Russ Young
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Posted 19 Dec 2002 3:26 pm
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| I think it also depends on who is getting the slapping. What "motivates" me might make somebody else decide to give up ... a "good teacher" is defined in part by the student and how they learn. |
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Jesse Pearson
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 20 Dec 2002 12:26 am
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Mike Ihde
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Boston, MA
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Posted 20 Dec 2002 1:23 am
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I had the honor of studying with Jerry for a short 2 weeks about 5 years ago. I was lucky to have him accept me as a student. I was intimidated as you might expect sitting next to "God" in a tiny room at Harry's Music Store, but he put me at ease quickly and we got down to work. Because I can read TAB and standard music, we didn't have to spend any extra time worrying about the "paper" so he could get right into what's wrong with my technique (or lack thereof) Within the first half hour of the first lesson, I sounded better and that was enough to convince me that Jerry was one hell of a teacher. From then on I was all ears and occasionally all thumbs  but I progressed with each lesson and learned a tremendous amount. So much so that I now teach the only Lap Steel class in a music college (Berklee) on the planet. Each semester I have a class of 8 new guitarists that want to learn Lap Steel and during every class I can hear Jerry saying things like,"More thumb on those slants!" or "Keep your wrist up" He may be opinionated and a bit one sided now and then but he knows his craft and is an expert in showing others how to improve their own playing. Thanks Jerry! |
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Roy Thomson
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 20 Dec 2002 6:29 am
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Nice post Mike!
Reminds me of an old saying:
When the student is ready, the teacher
will appear.
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