Practice makes perfect. How many times have we heard this phrase? I have heard it too many times to count! I started playing the piano when I was 6 years old. I started playing the organ when I was 11. My piano and organ teacher was a wonderful friend and neighbor, Corella Johnson, who had […]
I can attest to Melissa’s commitment to practice. She takes it seriously and is religious about it, as long as her “day job” doesn’t interfere. But practice gets a bad rap, that is a bad name. Melissa’s practice time is often better characterized as “playing” as in “playing the bass.” Practice seems repetitive and punitive. […]