“Practice, practice, practice.” Ask any professional about the keys to success in music and you’ll usually get this answer. Of course, this is correct, but incomplete.
Success requires a combination of at least five factors separate elements:
Practice (learning by accurate repetition) is vital to get your skills up to a level where you can participate [...]
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Posted in art, life, tagged art, awaken the soul, daniel w. jacobs, energize the body, love of music, music, remind you that you're still alive, stimulate the mind on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The secret glue of music lies in the welcome anticipation of the next note.
The love of music engenders the music of love.
Music should provide both familiarity and surprise . . . but not too much of either.
Melodies, harmonies and rhythms that are heard but not played provide the most sublime pleasures in music.
Good music has [...]
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Posted in art, life, tagged future, life, artists, dan jacobs, jazz, d.w.jacobs, arts, rock star, dreamers, creative imagination, daniel w. jacobs writing, dreams into action, dreams into reality on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Whereas . . .
when a culture has sunk to a level where there is no appreciation of the fine arts - where only the crude arts, hastily presented without aesthetic subtlety, are supported;
when there is no recognition that the number of people active in the arts is a measurement of the ultimate survivability of a [...]
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The following is the first in a series. These are excerpts from a featured interview that I did with Jazz Improv Magazine in 2005. - daniel w. jacobs
INTERVIEW:
JAZZ IMPROV: How has working in the music business affected your life?
DAN JACOBS: To begin, I read something by a famous producer that clarified this area for me. [...]
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Posted in art, life, music, tagged d.w.jacobs, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, getting a product, invisible steps, metaya, patience, perfection is a trap, perservance, persistence on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The following is the second in a series. These are excerpts from a featured interview that I did with Jazz Improv Magazine in 2005. - daniel w. jacobs
INTERVIEW:
JAZZ IMPROV: How has your playing and overall perspective grown as a result of the two jazz albums you’ve recorded, “Jazz Standard Time” and “Blue After Hours?”
DAN JACOBS: [...]
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Posted in art, life, music, tagged stress, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, toxic connections, trust your instincts, artists are valuable, staying balanced, distractions, dan jacobs interview, metaya on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The following is the third in a series. These are excerpts from a featured interview that I did with Jazz Improv Magazine in 2005. - daniel w. jacobs
INTERVIEW:
JAZZ IMPROV: How do you stay balanced-as an artist, as an individual given the many distractions that surround us and the stress?
DAN JACOBS: I have learned to trust [...]
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Posted in art, life, tagged artist, artists' secret, belief, belief in self, competence, confidence, dan jacobs, daniel jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, metaya, performance, secret, your message on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It can’t be bought and it can’t be sold. Although invisible, intangible, and sometimes elusive, it’s native to every artist.
To the audience, this secret is sensed as an undeniably visceral experience that touches and moves them. From the artists’ viewpoint, the secret is to gain sufficient technique to get their message across, but not let [...]
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Posted in art, life, tagged art, artistic connection, artists, connect with people, d.w.jacobs writing, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, do what you fear most, metaya, perfection, performance anxiety, talent, technique vs. message, what scares you on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Don’t hide your talent inside you . . . share it with others, then she said, do what you fear most and you will fear nothing” . . . and I could tell she meant it!
I got this advice long ago and it’s a concept I highly recommend, adding only . . . do it [...]
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Posted in art, tagged art, artist, artistic technique, artistic value, artists, creation, creations, culture, d.w.jacobs writing, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, dreams, metaya, quality of art, technique, value, vision on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
OBJETS D’ ART
1. Works of art are created by people.
2. Works of art are seen, heard, read, perceived, felt, sensed, and experienced by people.
3. If you leave people out of the equation, you don’t have a work of art, as at least one person must be involved to create, view, hear, see, sense and experience [...]
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Posted in art, tagged art, artists, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, music, painting, writing, creativity, metaya, d.w.jacobs writing on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
An artist is someone who produces beautiful or thought-provoking works in music, painting or writing or
other forms of art as a method of individual expression involving great skill and creativity.
You definitely qualify as a member of this select group of individuals, each separately known as . . . an artist.
I have observed over our [...]
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