Music as a Language by Victor Wooten. This guy is SO together.
 

 
The revolution will not be televised!

thanks for that-how eloquent-I had piano lessons as a boy and it was torture-especially as it encroached on playtime-and I still cannot get excited by keys-thank god I found the bass...........    
cheers

webbs hill studio
thanks for that-how eloquent-I had piano lessons as a boy and it was torture-especially as it encroached on playtime-and I still cannot get excited by keys-thank god I found the bass...........    
cheers

Same here. Started piano lessons at 8. Studied under the soloist for the St. Louis Philharmonic from 10-12. Two hours every Saturday. And she could tell within 15 minutes how much time I'd practiced the preceding week. Brutal.
 
But it formed the basis for everything I've done since. And that was 50+ years ago. I'll never forget her. I'll never forgive her. I'll never be able to thank her enough.
 
I've posted these links elsewhere on this forum, but this woman deserves another view. Stroke at 62. Left hand only. 80 when these videos were shot.
 

 
 
"But it formed the basis for everything I've done since. And that was 50+ years ago. I'll never forget her. I'll never forgive her. I'll never be able to thank her enough."
 
I certainly wish I had perservered with lessons-especially at that age,but football seemed more important -I can play most instruments but have mastered none and my advice to all young musicians is to learn the basics,no matter how boring and pointless they seem because they will serve you well later and hindsight is not much help when ingrained bad habits hinder your playing.
cheers
 
 

I love Victor and his artistry, and found some truth and understanding in what he talked about. But this was not an awesome Ted Talk or anything else. Inspiring, yes. Informative, no.

Sorry.

yorolpal
Inspiring, yes. Informative, no.

Are you kidding me?  Now I want to be born into a band the next time I'm reincarnated! 

yorolpal
I love Victor and his artistry, and found some truth and understanding in what he talked about. But this was not an awesome Ted Talk or anything else. Inspiring, yes. Informative, no.

Sorry.

Whether or not you accept the "awesome" adjective depends on whether you're using the word literally or in the vernacular meaning as a synonym for "excellent". That talk was indeed excellent, and inspiring. But it did not invoke fear, which is the literal definition of "awesome".

bitflipper

yorolpal
I love Victor and his artistry, and found some truth and understanding in what he talked about. But this was not an awesome Ted Talk or anything else. Inspiring, yes. Informative, no.

Sorry.

Whether or not you accept the "awesome" adjective depends on whether you're using the word literally or in the vernacular meaning as a synonym for "excellent". That talk was indeed excellent, and inspiring. But it did not invoke fear, which is the literal definition of "awesome".

Whoa!  Totally tubular dude! 

"Tubular" is acceptable, in this instance, as a metaphor.