Bipolar Disorder and The Working Musician (Improvisation) Part 1
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- A short video that attempts to personally address some of the various creative pitfalls of Bipolar disorder and how recovery from these symptoms IS possible through medication and ways to combat non-creatiive side effects/non-inspirational elements of psychotropics/mood stabilizers through engaging other parts of the brain and using less abstract methods of inspiration. Music Theory, metronomes, scales, patterns and other concrete practice methods can and do counter the leveling effects of drugs like Lithium depacote and other meds. CORRECTION: The actual statitistic for those inflicted with BPD is: 1 in 100 sorry!. jason
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I worked in medicine for 30 years. JR’s description of Bipolar Disorder was clinical and very appropriate given this forum. This took balls, but I’m sure it was/is rewarding giving back as this cat does so often. Keep it up Jason, …it’s good therapy for us all brother!
That's good to know as I'm pretty crazy! Haaa!
Jason, I took a psychology course in college that I thought useless, but one thing stuck with me, the concept that the brain is adaptable...amazing to me, you've remained a virtuoso despite the huge change in your mind. I'm a scientist and harp player, but likely, the way I play now is by using the side of my brain that you've adapted to use (analytical versus creative?). I'd like to think that if the unknown were to happen, I'd also find a way to use a dormant part of my brain to keep playing.
Regardless of your condition, you are a wonderful player. Even on your lows the average player can only dream about reaching your level. I’m fairly new to harmonica and players like you make me smile and want to practice every day. Never stop Pal, you are special. Very best wishes from the other side of the pond.
After 2 brain surgeries, left me with a chemical imbalance I can honestly say you have done a great service and I applaud you.
But you look better and healthier now than before. I had stopped watching your videos so I felt bad when I saw you. But thank for your honesty.
This is one great, powerful statement. Jason, all of your fans miss you so much, but I bet most, like me, nenver knew what you were going through. Stay well, be well, live long and prosper.
You know, as a fellow musician, you were already one of my heroes. Now, you're one of my heroes as a person. I have friends and family with Bipolar Disorder, and I've been there for the highs and lows. I've seen how much it can interfere with a "normal" life. At the risk of sounding condescending, I'm so proud of you. Thank you for "coming out" and offering guidance and personal anecdotes that help "normal" people better understand...and those with Bipolar Disorder feel more "normal".
Hello Jason. I stumbled across your UA-cam bi-polar video this morning @ 12:30AM. It really struck a chord (no pun intended) with me. I'm almost 70 years old and am a musician as well and have suffered with bi-polar since as young as age 5. I applaud you for your public coming out and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. I'm sure as you know you're not alone in this battle. Feel free to touch base with me if you like. Your friend in arms.
Steve Gabriel
I never really understood Bipolar until I watched this vid. Your openness and honesty /bravery talking to the world about your condition .... Touches a lot of hearts, opens eyes. Makes this world a better place to live in... A lot like your music.. Thank you Jason...
From UK...
Hi, Jason. I'm brazilian, so don't you focus in my language errors. My brother is 18 years old and recently has come up with the symptoms of bipolar disorder. It's have been so tough to me and our family. I am so glad to see how you are goin up with your life and posting a video like this one. I will copy the audio and take it to him in the hospital psychiatric unit that he is hospitalized. I think it will cheer up him and bring new hopes for us all. Thanks very much!!!! And go on, man!
I’ve always been a fan of your work. Talking about mental illness on such a public forum takes more courage that most will ever understand. Thanks for helping!
Thank you for your honesty, and committment to dealing with the reality of mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.. At 66 years of age it's still a daily battle. One day at a time my brother...
Love, Peace....
Conrad
Thanks very much for posting this Jason. A dear friend told me about you. I am not bipolar but simply a music lover but she was quite moved by you and your story so she put me onto you. You have probably helped people with this video and I know that was your intent so my hat is off to you.
Jason, I've been a longtime subscriber to your channel. I'm also a harp player who marvels at your talent, enjoys your humor and appreciates your brutal honesty. For the past 20 years, I've worked in the mental health field with folks diagnosed with Bi-Polar illness. On occasion, I incorporate harp music as a therapeutic tool. I'd be honored if you'd permit me to present this video on my unit as a way of reinforcing the importance of med compliance. Hope to chat someday. Stay strong, Peace
I have worked in Inpatient psychiatry for twenty years. We don't get to see the results of our work very often, if ever. Thank you for this video for my fellow workers as well as for all the people that feel hopeless suffering from this disease. Also, your playing is amazing! Please never give it up, even if it's just in your own house for yourself. Cheers!
Thanks Tanglangfa, really nice to hear that man! I'm doing better and better, There are a few more parts to this series. Won't be giving up harmonica anytime soon check my website if your'e interested www.mooncat.org.
I watched them all after I posted this. It's even more inspirational to see that you didn't give up after Lithium! Going med free is hard, but can make sense with addiction issues.
I would love to see you play or do a clinic. Hopefully you'll come to the Dallas, Texas area soon! KNON radio has a decent blues following and the TBone Walker blues festival in Jefferson gets a big turnout every year. Anyway, best wishes always.
I am so proud where you have come Jason. You don't even realize how many people you probably touch through this video and your life in general. I would love to do a television show on you for the Telos Digital Network, which is mind, body, and spirit television. Please let me know if you are interested. Peace!
Nice one Jason, can't imagine what it must be like to suffer from bi polar. You made a great decision to go with the meds! And you've still got the music! BONUS!
Dear Jason, We met when you came to Lansing, Michigan a couple times to perform. I have admired your music, your talent, and your heart ever since. I am so grateful to you for making this series of videos. Your honesty and bravery will help eliminate the stigma of mental illness and help others save their lives by getting treatment. I pray you are still doing well. My beloved nephew has schizophrenia, and his struggles are pain-filled. Everyone who shares their story holds out a hand to pull others up. Keep on, and know you are loved. Yours, Wendy Sellers
Thank you dearly Wendy!!
Thank you for sharing this Jason. I know it's a constant struggle for people with bipolar. (I've family who've been diagnosed.)
One of the key things you said that tells me you are doing well with it is that you recognized that the world doesn't owe you, but rather you owe some specific people. (Maybe those who were always there for you but you didn't recognize it - Whether due to being manic, or in a self medicating drug-induced psychosis at the time.)
Anyhow, thank you for sharing. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend Shawn. (Sp?) I truly hope that you are well and wish you all the best. I discovered your brilliance right at a time when an epiphany happened in my life that brought me back to harmonica and music and you've truly been inspirational to me. Thank you.
Thanks Bob yeah…I don't know what changed and when or how thiink I jet got older and stopped having all the answers…My way never got me too much in the end or not what thought it would be anyway…Thanks a lot man. Really.
Hi Jason! I'm a big fan of your music, and you are much loved here in Brazil! I'm very happy to see you talking about all this personal stuff because you looks like different now... I can see a maturing and a new direction in ur eyes. I would like you to know that there are many people who cheer for this new path, and you have the wholehearted support of all of them! I really hope to meet you someday man! Peace
Courageous, touching an extremely helpful to those on the edge of denial. You have always given freely of yourself to the harmonica world and now there seems to be a 'wise calmness' to your creativity and talent ...rather than the "alternative state" that no one knows better than yourself. When you smile and laugh, your fantastic sense of humor shines through such that anyone on the other end of it can't help but SMILE! Thanks for continuing to help me in my quest to play the harp well.
Jason, Thank you for doing this. Take a lot of courage to be this open. I share some of the same traits yet have not been diagnosed. Its like, where do you go from those massive highs? Man, Im digging your music and your harmonica playing grabs my sole. People sit in there chairs receiving all these beautiful feelings you bring to life with your harmonicas and singing.. What a gift you are . Thank you, RL
Good for you Jason!, always enjoyed your talent and it will take more than lithium to squelch it. You were the FIRST live harmonica player I ever heard at Dave aqua lounge in Tampa and I still remember that show today. Look forward to seeing you again. Peace!
Wow Jason! I've checked out some of your recent videos and you look so healthy now. At first I didn't even recognize you. I'm happy to hear that you are clean and sober again. I battled drugs and alcohol for a long time before cleaning myself up for a second time on July 23rd, 2010. Step 3 was my biggest hurdle now it is my favorite step. God was waiting patiently to have conversations with you again and it's clear that you are listening to him again.
Jason, you are a true man. I've always seen you as being very big-hearted in your harmonica teaching, and the way you played background for others improvising solos at the harmonica festivals.
Thank you for this sharing this, which I'm sure will help save lives.
Jason,it's a pain to see you like this.I've learned so much from you!You seemed to me like the most confident dude with all the shit together all the time. Don't get me wrong, but being an economist, here's a question of causality for you: "maybe its all the positive things that has happened to you recently, which are correlated with the time that you started taking the medicine that has helped you and not the medicine itself?" You just seemed much happier before. I really wish you all the best!
Happy new year Jason, I'm a french 36 years old harp player and have a treatment since 15 years!!! I was very touched by your history. I hope that someday I'll be able to live without those fuckin' drugs!!!! You're a wonderful musician and seems to be a wonderful human been. Hope to meet you someday. Take care!
You have so many people that look up to you and totally love these videos. You have been blessed with an amazing talent, and I'm sure you've been hearing that for a while. Please continue to play!!
Stay longer Jason here with us to bring us the joy and happeness through your harp and beautiful music!! GOD bless YOU!!
Great young man and a great musician. God Bless and all the best. I congratulate you on this video. I am ADHD. Yes, there are gifts and challenges with these things. You took the right steps.
Still watching these Jason. Please release more soon ;)
When I first ran across your name as a blues harp great, I almost immediately read you were "controversial" at the same time. I have since determined you are honest, genuine and creative. You're my kind of artist. Mental illness doesn't get the publicity it needs. You're on an amazing journey and we're luckier that you're sharing it.
Johnny Million Thanks a lot Johnny! Never really meant to stir t all up just trying to be me…Well///maybe a few times I meant to but thats me. Three more vids up on this subject now!
There's nothing to say about this video except, I have a ton of respect for you. I mean a TON. Thanks for all you do Jason.
I share your pain brother. You have a gift to give you a lift whenever you need it and we are blessed as a result. You have mastered your craft and not only that but taken our lovely instrument to new levels. I know what an achievement you have made and i hope will keep doing. I love you dude. Also from uk over the pond. Peace man.
Thank you so much Brother!!!!! You are so kind and it means a lot you watching and taking the time to write! God Bless You Bro!!!
I needed a movie like this, I'm bipolar myself and lately life has been kicking me in the balls, and I feel old and alone, it's good to remember that it's not easy for others, it's not so lonely.
Thank you! You're not alone. Sometimes the heaviest thing in the house is the phone! ❤️
You're a class act, Jason! Your generosity and courage are strong testimony of your character. Be blessed, brother!
A brilliant mind is a brilliant mind, no drug ("good" or "bad") will change that. Glad to know you can still play but most of all, that you can still be happy. Hope to still hear from you since you've been really inspiring for lots of people (including me).
Tomás E. González Check out the newer vids on this subject and THANK YOU for the kind words!
Thank you Jason for this wonderful video, I just want to add that I agree on the dangers of not taking lithium. When I decided to not take it, it's caused me to do terrible things to people I love because of how quickly I lost control of myself and how I felt. Your video has changed how I feel bout bi-polar disorder, I feel it is more of a challenging obstacle that I need to work through instead of a burden. You have given me a shred of light when I feel like I'm surrounded by the darkness.
I am not a musician but I hear myself in your words. I went to hell and walked that road for years. They put me on the lithium and I slowly came back to life. I am not taking it anymore, they have me on something else that works great. But it did it's job. I am more productive and I want to live!
Thank you for making this video.
Thanks for posting this video Jason. Hoping and wishing all the best for you in your battle.
This video was really touching, even if it is very old. I had troubles with mood disorders too. I was diagnosed with depression back in 2015, I was bullied a lot throughout my school career and have dealt with a lot of abuse from my biological father. I wanted the pain to end really badly, but I thought there was no way out of the hell I was dealing with other than to self-destruct. I was afraid of dying, but all I could contemplate was how people would move on without me in the world.
These thoughts got so bad that I went to the hospital twice to receive inpatient treatment. The most recent stay was back in 2021. It confirmed my MDD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. But there was a diagnosis that intrigued me: Cluster B Personality Disorder. It was never specified, so I thought that I had Borderline Personality Disorder for the longest time because of my emotional dysregulation and that my mom was misdiagnosed with it (she later got diagnosed with Bipolar 1).
I just started to show obvious symptoms of mania/hypomania a couple months ago. I would be really happy and that would cause me to be more reckless with my money, not take my medication, and feeling very energetic the next day despite very little to no sleep. That was when I decided to do some research on bipolar disorder because I have heard of it, but not much about it. After doing research, I feel like I have BD more than BPD. I went to see my new Primary Care doctor today and told him about my symptoms. He thinks I might have Bipolar as well. Bipolar Disorder runs in my family as both my mom and biological father have it. My biodad didn't get any treatment for it and thought the doctors were making stuff up about him (as he was also a professionally diagnosed narcissist), meanwhile my mom has been getting treatment for her mental disorders for a long time. I feel so lucky that I'm in a better place and have found the instrument the way that I did.
I'm grateful you are in a better place too. I can relate to much of your testimony. I plan to make an updated video soon.
Yo Jason, Happy Thanksgiving brother. You are a good dude and you've been a tremendous influence on my life over the past several years. Thank you. I look forward to one day busting a chill with you. Have a good one.
Well said! I don't doubt you will have saved someones life by sharing an incredibly intimate side of yourself and experiences, and have given new insight to many others about their own situation
My respect for you and your talent only grows!
hello Jason, thank you very much for making this video that talks about a topic that happens to many musicians, in my case, I suffer from depression and episodic anxiety, but thank God because he put the harmonica in my hands and the melodies have filled my soul , my heart, I am very grateful for your videos and for the other harmonica players, music is a gift from God thank you Jason God bless you so much
Thank YOU ❤️
Hey Jason
Never imagine that you don't give back. You are a fantastic harp player who has inspired many, and have a sense of human truth that I am glad you share. Thanks
Thank you. Been there. I'm 66, have been a full-time pro, lead the crazy lifestyle, and it fucked me up health wise in my 50's, shortly after the music business just turned bad for me. I quit for quite a while.
Not on lithium, or any drug, but dealing with my demons by living consciously.
I'm getting out there again, solo at first, and eventually, getting a band together.
A dear friend (a drummer) has taken up harp fairly recently, and is a huge fan of yours. I just sent this vid to him. He needs it because he's going through some hard times now, and has for decades because of his M/D, drugs and alcohol use. He's determined to change more than ever. I hope this vid adds to his determination.
Peace.
Jason I am so very Proud of you .there is people in my family I love so very much that are BI-Polar and its a struggle I know ,please take good care of yourself and keep the faith and playing the Harp .Marie
I was wondering where you were! I am extremely happy to hear that you are doing fine and that you are taking care of yourself, keep doing it, I hope to be able to hear you playing your harmonica again soon, nobody plays it like you!!!! By the way you look so much better now!! It does not matter if you gain weight, you look healthier and more handsome right now!!!! Love you :)
You are brave and wonderful and I just love how much you enjoy talking to us. We are here for you, let us know what we can do as your tuned viewers.
Very well stated Jason. It's great that you've chosen to deal with it and that you've found a way to overcome the downside. When you said Bi-Polar I thought of Sean immediately.
Hopefully lots of positive energy coming your way will help, you and your harp cross my mind quite often. Even noodling for the video your stuff is inspiring.
I can't believe the cat slept through it all.
Thanks for sharing your battle, thanks for generously sharing what you've learned about the harp.
I have been on lithium and welbutrin 6 years. I understand, I appreciate, and I am comforted by your video. Thank you!
Good job Jason!! Stay strong and see you down the road. Miss the heck out of ya.
you're so brave to talk about this man.
Fantastic job, Jason. Thank you for posting this.
Jason this is about the tenth time I've watch this video...to scared to ever comment...but...God bless. Thanks for all the harp videos.... the evolution has been to much. I've learned so much from them. Stay well. The the wife and I are retiring this year if you'd like to spend some time on the beach in FL and decompress come see us. We will give you plenty of room to relax. Again God Bless.
You have balls for sharing this with us. Keep recovering from this! You're not alone.
Thanks Jason for this insight, you are a great player and obviously a great guy.. mental illness is really a common thing. All the very best to you ... keep blowing.. respect..
Happy Birthday Jason,
Like Dylan says "you gotta serve somebody."
Jason, I've followed your career, albeit online since 2007. I'm a songwriter and used to dabble in the harp, so you were like a 10 hole god to me :) I was so concerned for you when you dissapeared from youtube not that long ago, and I am so happy to see you back and to hear you are doing well. Hearing you talk straight about your condition makes you so much more in my eyes, I am so thankful for your honesty. Keep doing music, keep taking care of yourself. Lots of love from Charleston, SC!
Toco la armónica hace años sin mucho arte y tengo varios armonicistas en los que me fijo especialmente y uno eres tu . ANIMO con los problemas . Muchas gracias por tus vídeos , ERES GRANDE!!!.
You are a great musician and a lot of people admire you. Don't let you down, but don't get up artificially: you'll find yourself withour quimics. Thank you for all you've done and all you're gonna do. Good luck.
Very brave and inspiring Jason! Always amazed at what you share. As someone who fights depression and anxiety your videos always lift me up.thanx, peace and joy!
Liked, Favorited, and Shared. You keep finding new ways to teach and inspire.
It takes such courage to face BPD. It is known as the malady of the very intelligent. But, my wife is anything but creative... she has several Master degrees... yet, cannot use them. it is not just musicians or creative people that suffer this way. However, since they are in mass media... it may seem that way. Good luck... and always remember that the people who love and support you suffer right along with you... Take it from a veteran of 28 yrs living with her pain and suffering.
I don't even play harmonica that much anymore but I still think you're one of the most inspirational dudes out there. Thanks for opening up to us Jason.
Amazing! My sister is bipolar, I deal with depression, Something similar happened to me when a friend of mine died of a brain aneurysm, He was so young and he died during a theatrical production we were doing! (Live theater)!
I learned and I think you brother!
Oh and one more thing. If you are ever in Sonoma County CA. there is a great meeting on Saturdays in Santa Rosa at 8PM on the corner of Humboldt and Silva called Saturday Night Live.
You are the Cat keeping the time. Thanks for sharing this with us all and I wish you all the best now that you are well on the road to recovery. Strong, deep and touching. Thanks!
This really reached out and touched me .. RIP to your friend Sean , and RIP Robin Williams .. How sad
... Everyday is different brother , I try to express myself thru this harp
.. Keep my mind clear , this world isn't easy .. "It's a mean old world "! I TUNE out to Marvin's "Got to give it up , then that jazz , Flamingo sketches , Freddie Freeloader , Time after time ........love that muted trumpet from Mr Davis ! Let me know when your in Vegas Jason . I wanna take your class ... Also I must say .... I'm shocked by how modest you are.. It's an honor to follow your channel , but must say ... Your good in my book bro ! Thanks for all you do ... I wonder how many lives you've saved from this clip ? Kudos 💯
Thank you Ron for writing and for reaching out to me. It's always amazing to hear from people on these videos. Thank you SO dearly for watching and commenting. Love
J
Thanks Jason for your story. I have a Bipolar Disorder too. Lithium keeps me between the lines :) This video makes me strong. I play the bluesharp for about 1,5 year now and I'm learning a lot from you.
Oh Jason, i am so glad that you are doing well. My Mum is Bipolar since i was 7 or 8 i experienced a lot and i understand much of what you have lived throu. Its hard for people who love you. All the best wishes to you i hop you move on and live your life well.
crazy connection you made 12:37 this was before robin even committed suicide. you are insanely underrated as an artist and human being thanks for sharing your wisdom
Thank you Sir!!!
So glad to see and hear your getting better.
I have epilepsy and face similar difficulty with medication. Thank you for sharing.
Cool Jason, glad you are taking control and addressing the issue. I have those highs and low depression swings also. The great thing is playing music takes away the depression. When I get down about my playing I watch one of your harp videos and get reinspired and challanged. You personally have pushed me up several levels of playing ability, Thanks! Your needed so hang in there we are all pulling for you.
Mike
Jason, Thank you for sharing your story. I've learned quite a bit from you and have enjoyed your playing for a couple of years now having discovered you not that long ago. I'm 64 and have only played harp for about 3 years but I'm using it in my band now and love it. I have many of the same issues you experience and the music, guitar & harp have most likely saved my life when things feel black. Be well and play on.
Jason, I saw you several times at Sister's Coffee House in Princeton and at Dr. Smith's. You look so much healthier now. But you're still the best harmonica player around.
Man you can play that harmonica! & your story is soooo touching. I have a friend with this same problem, and she behaves in all the ways you have just explained. I understand her better just from watching this video. Thanx dude :)
Much respect, Jason. I really and truly respect and admire your honesty. I'm in your corner, brother. God bless.
Hi Jason, that was an awesome video and I bet it will save lives.
A very brave video. My daughter suffers from bipolar. This video helps me understand a little bit better.
Thank ⚜️ You Bill!
Thanks Jason very inspirational and emotional video, really struck my heart deeply. I an very pleased to hear that you are controlling your disease and managing things in your life better. Most of all I am proud to be one of your fans, saw you recently in Michigan and thought you were better then I have ever heard. Best of luck always.
Jason I've admired your wonderful musical talent, now I also admire the person you are. This is courageous stuff. In England Spike Milligan and Stephen Fry are considered national treasures.
Both brilliant men, who gave so much pleasure to me and many,many other's. Spike lived to a ripe old age and the nation mourned when he passed. Like you, Stephen 'came out' and made a brilliant film about this condition,some of it shot in the States. Well worth a watch. Deepest Respect and Regards to you.
thanks for sharing this Jason!!! a big hug and infinite good vibes!!
Thanks for the insight. I have struggled with similar brain chemistry issues for over 50 years. I am very creative but my mind always moves on to something else when a project is near completion. I play harmonica and guitar but it is nearly impossible to finish learning a song or riff because of my "bored brain". With my severe ADHD I am Manic nearly all the time and it's exhausting. Self medicated for most of my life. I smoke cannabis to turn off the crazy suicidal tug that is always there.
been watching your video's for 10 years, I will never be able to play like you but have enjoyed your Personality , you always make me laugh with your cute antics, so im shocked that you suffer from depression and bi poler, stay strong Jason, and remember we here for a good time not a long time, so make the best of it.
Lindy Rooney Thank you Liindy!!! Got a few new vids on this subject so glad to hear I made you laugh!!!!
Good on you Jason. Love and respect from your home state of Maine. Fall down, get up and keep going. A lot of players here talk about you all the time. Respect.
Wow, Jason, I am so glad you got such help! I was fearing that the next news we would hear about you would be that you were gone. My mother has bipolar disorder, so I grew up with it and know what it's like having a loved one affected by it. Thank you for making this video to educate people about this disorder, your struggles, and how you are getting back into playing. >'.'
Well done mate . Nice one that was as inspiring as your harp playing!
Jason-I knew I felt affinity with you (spoke with you at Aces) I have been diagnosed as rapid cycling by-polar and am a visual artist. I have read lots of stuff on the neurochemical connections between creativity and bipolar disorder and depression and guess if we didn't have our neurochemistry we wouldn't do what we do. Strangely enough, after being put on and rejecting lithium, I went to a gyn who put me on birth control pills since I was perimenapausal. The hormones made a significant difference in my cycling.
Thank you for your courage and honesty in sharing with all of us. I have found through my twelve step work and other recovery that sometimes that is all another person needs to look and speak honestly about their own demons.
Thank you for putting a light on this subject. You have helped influence me to seek help.
Good video, Jason. It taught me alot about bipolar disorder. Your harp playing is really cool too.
Powerful video, Jason. Thanks for giving back! You make me a better harmonica player and a better person.
God bless you. Your honesty and humility is a huge inspiration to me. This is over and above your incredible, awsome harmonica playing. 😀
Thank you and God Bless you too I definitely need to make a follow up video soon to this all these years later.
You really moved me. Keep strong!
I have really been enjoying your videos. OMG! This video brought me to tears. I too have a BP diagnosis and have played harmonica for about 5 years. Love it!! I have soooo much to learn, and want to learn it all today! Yep, impossible, Thank you so much for sharing your story of courage Jason. Rock on!!
I am so very proud of you... Amazingly honest and inspiring video-you are a superb teacher.
At times I've found practicing with a metronome to be a little bit daunting, as I would lose time easily.
I read something that Carol Kaye shared in one of her bass guitar method books about a technique that jazz musicians often used when practicing with a metronome:
Think of the metronome as clicking only on the 2nd and 4th beats.
Well, there you have it! Although you probably already knew this, I am happy to share it with your readers as well!
Thank you for sharing your insightful video.
MAESTRO RICCI gracias por su enorme valor y la belleza de su talento y trabajo .. espero pronto interactuar con usted .. un gran abrazo desde costa rica!!!
You're a brilliant guy Jason, thanks for the music and you're honesty - inspirational!!
Roger Whybrow Thank you Roger got three more vids upon this now check em out if u got time...