Jacob Collier's practice tips with demos

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[contemporaryschoolofpiano]

So so so many golden nuggets here to studying music: "follow your goosebumps", "learn to just tread water in the chosen scale" it might be impossible to become a Jacob Collier, but that's not the point, it's possible to become a natural creative musician, with the mindset of one.

[ksheavyhitter]

He said children were unqualified to learn language and now my mind is blown 🤯

[christina]

Basically, practice isn't practice as long as you're solving problems, creating, and just having fun with it. As a classical musician this is totally different from how I grew up learning. Mindblowing!

[ml-einz]

This video shows exactly what is important in practice, regardless if music, sport, science or whatever. Passion creates a drive to check out, for countless amount of time, without any pain of “practicing”, cause it’s actually “playing”.

[geoffroymb]

I love how these are almost more compositional tips than practice tips

[arthurreckelberg]

jacob collier needs to have a conversation with Victor wooten... they're talking the same thing!

[TheSIGHTREADINGProject]

I love everything Jacob said here! It’s so refreshing!

[stevebradley]

This is good stuff... I've always felt the same way about practice. I've learned so much more by just playing than by practicing. My mom used to teach piano out of our house and would yell at me "you're just playing, you're not practicing!" But I learned more that way. Especially when I got into jazz in high school.

[SuddenUpdraft]

He’s amazingly brilliant yet humble and unfailingly generous. He exudes joy, which is intrinsic to his being, and he leaves the world a better place.

[jasonruffjr]

This Guy's knowledge of music is both inspirational and daunting. I hope one day I can catch up to him

[rachelkarengreen]

What a profoundly mature answer. Love this guy.

[miguelangelriccione]

Children are utterly unqualified, but spend every second surrounded by proficient users of the language. Victor Wooten suggests that as musicians we should play with the best musicians we can early on, so we can best learn their language.

[milesmossman]

“You cadence to each degree of the scale of every scale note is a bass note”

Is anyone able to explain this? I’m not sure I quite understand

[gbovm]

Talking about the most important and fundamental things in life in a very simple and comprehensible words.

[mathewstafford]

I don't really practice guitar in any formal way, but I can play acoustic guitar in the way folks like Andy Mckee, Antoine Dufour, Michael Hedges, Don Ross, ect can. I end up wanting to play a song of theirs and I "practice" the specific techniques and sounds needed to achieve that song, and along the way I end up better because of it.

I think structured practice can definitely be helpful, but just playing and creating like Jacob suggests often ends you up with a good amount of skill on it's own.

[NMages]

The way he explains the difference between playing and practicing is brilliant. I have that problem too. I play a lot more than practice which in my opinion is a problem

[kadeandkeys]

Listen to the whole interview at the Topcast podcast. Really one of the best! So much gold!

This episode is in my Top 5 best podcast interviews ever. And I listen to a lot of different podcasts.

[seffbally]

Wow, that's got to be the longest piano I've ever seen behind him!

[LocalManMakesMusic]

Cool, so step 1: be a genius.
Step 2: keep on going.
Got it.

[harveyg]

IF you explain every single nuance of your creativity, there can be no wonderment left over.Less talkin, more rockin.🤔😇🥸