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The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music | Victor Wooten
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From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Wooten comes the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great.
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mobill76

I've read a lot of these books on meta-music. They're interesting but not always applicable. If you don't know Victor Wooten, he was the bass player for Bela Fleck and also has some solid solo releases. I think if I didn't know how good Wooten was, I'd've dropped it. There's a lot of new-agey ideas that I wouldn't have even tried if I didn't trust him. I'll need to re-read but what I've learned so far has simplified improvisation and enjoyment.

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DivaDiane
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I wasn‘t sure what to expect. I‘d never heard of Victor Wooten before (his musical world and mine don‘t often intersect), but it sounded interesting.
It could all be made up, or it could‘ve really happened. It‘s a nice flight if fancy. Maybe just a little forced
Many of the lessons are familiar to me. But it was fun and interesting with great narration and music throughout.
Highly recommended, especially to anyone who enjoys making music.

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DivaDiane
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I‘m really enjoying listening to this! As a musician it is quite meaningful to me. Most of it is not new to me (but very well might be to a lot of trained musicians), because I had a great teacher/mentor, but a reminder is never a bad thing. I‘m not sure how much non-musicians would get out of this, but even amateurs would take a lot away from it. #MountTBR

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DivaDiane
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1. Walking or Housework/cooking
2. Audible (I've been a subscriber since 2006!)
3. x1.25 any faster and it sounds weird to me and takes me out of the story. But often I prefer it a little sped up.
4. Don't really have any faves, because I don't buy the book for the narrator. I've had some real duds though.
5. Some books work better in audio than other. Memoir is a genre that's great in audio if the author also reads it.

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Panpan

My husband knows me better than anyone else on earth. But he got this one wrong. I didn't enjoy it at all. It felt too Pollyanna and forced for me... ⭐️⭐️