The Music Lesson
A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music
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4.8 • 14 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them.
The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual journey, and teach him that the gifts we get from music mirror those from life, and every movement, phrase, and chord has its own meaning...All you have to do is find the song inside.
“The best book on music (and its connection to the mystic laws of life) that I've ever read. I learned so much on every level.”—Multiple Grammy Award–winning saxophonist Michael Brecker
Customer Reviews
Not just for bass-players
This has got to be one of the most thought-provoking books of music philosophy I, and several friends of mine, have ever encountered. Victor Wooten (bassist-extraordinaire and a founding member of the multi-Grammy-winning jazz-fusion band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones) uses a fictional guru named “Michael” to share a collection of musical insights collected and created over a lifetime (so far). Each chapter contains at least one gem that can change the way you approach creating, even listening, to music. I plan to reread it every couple of years, and have purchased extra copies to give to friends!
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The embodiment of Music
I recommend, buy, or pass this book along to every musician I encounter. After 3 reads in two years, I am still blown away by the new things I learn and experience through Music. Thank you Victor, and all those that "keep the flame alive"!!!
Read it now -- you will not be disappointed.