Memorable Quotes from This Episode

"The magic ingredient is feeling like you're able to do a thing. "

"Music is a language. But it's not one language. It's a whole bunch of different languages. The idea is to treat it as a language so that when we are spoken to by another musician, we can understand what they said to us."

"The ideal is to keep our ears, to keep our fluency of hearing and speaking up, along with the fluency of our nervous system."

"At the end of the day, we are building reflexes. Because the conscious effort that we have is limited."

"For every musician, some sort of inventiveness or creativity with what you're given is possible, and fun! And should be part of your daily playing."

Guest Dallas Vietty is a world-recognized accordionist and band leader, most well known for playing American jazz, European swing in the tradition of Django Reinhardt (gypsy jazz) and French accordionists. His groups have performed at some of the top U.S. festivals including TEDx Philly, Djangoary Festival, and Djangofest Northwest. He has performed on Broadway, at Lincoln Center, and at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, as well as many performances in New Orleans and the Auvergne region of France. Dallas is also a thoughtful and attentive teacher whose accordion program is well known among aspiring jazz accordionists.

Podcast host Judy Minot is a music educator and musician, and the author of the award-winning book Best Practice, Inspiration and Ideas for Traditional Musicians. Judy is an evangelist for the power of trad/folk/roots music to bring richness to our adult lives. Judy herself has never been a professional musician. She enjoyed a long and successful career in broadcast television and in digital marketing, picking up two platinum records and a platinum video, multiple awards. She holds a 4th degree black belt in the martial art of aikido, is a certified yoga teacher, a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and has sung on the stage of Carnegie Hall. She teaches Best Practice concepts online and in person around the world.