Mike Block: On Discovering Your Musical Identity, “Exploratory” Practice, and Taking Creative Risks
The Bulletproof Musician
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What Was the First Tiny, Little Step in That Direction?
i was always jealous of those who were pursuing composition degrees, but i wasn't getting any formal training outside of maybe a music theory class. The first glimpse of the creative process that i held on to was in a summer camp right before my senior year of high school. That was a really important experience for me. Not that it was a great canenza, but just the fact that a teacher asked me to do it was all i needed. And then the second break through, as you know, ihad started improvising and composing a little bit, just on his own through college and cunovon he side.
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