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Don't you think that it's always the case that the longer you've been playing and the more competent you get, the greater the chance that you'll get into a rut. It's easy to find yourself playing the tried and trusted riffs, rather than something dangerous and on the edge and you end up just living in your comfort zone. This must be especially true if you've already made a fortune from it.




That is why we MUST initiate and maintain a constant educational/practice situation for ourselves.

No matter what level, every practicing musician can and should be 1) under the tutelage of a competent teacher or 2) engaged in a good self-education situation, which nowadays can really pay off when one considers the various DVD or other media courses offered that represent a lot of bang per buck.

And we must discipline ourselves to spend a bit of time each day, working on both the learning of new things and the practicing of same.

Finally, I am a firm believer that the working musician should also consider *teaching* what they know to others in some sort of organized situation, because teaching is learning. Sometimes having to put something that you take for granted into words such that someone else can get it can really open up new doors for us.

No matter what level your playing, you can find someone who needs to know that which you do, and teach.


--Mac

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