The Music Mind Experience: Playing-Listening-Singing-Moving

by Karl Berger, Rick Maurer

TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE LISTEN AND PLAY! Karl Berger’s book The Music Mind Experience is all about how we can transform our playing and listening into convincing performances and satisfying meditations every time. "EVEN THE SIMPLEST MUSICAL THOUGHT CAN BE A PROFOUND EXPERIENCE " (David Soldier rock violinist). No neuroscience this is thoroughly practical, intuitive, chock-full of simple practices and deep, common-sense insights. "A FANTASTIC RESOURCE. KARL'S PURPOSE IS TO REACH BEYOND ALL INTELLECTUAL CONCEPTS AND FEEL THE MAGIC OF INTUITIVE PLAYING AND AND LISTENING THAT WE ARE ALL BORN WITH. VERY EASY TO READ AND FOLLOW" (John Medeski, keyboardist). The Italian composer Luciano Troja "KARL'S BOOK IS MIRACULOUS BECAUSE IT SPEAKS IN A SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND WAY TO MUSICIANS AND LISTENERS OF ANY BACKGROUND. IT OPENS WORLDS" 'The Music Mind Experience' speaks for all kinds of music and styles, because it addresses the elements common to all the music in the world. The great guitarist John Scofield "KARL'S BOOK REMINDS ME OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GREAT MUSICIANS I'VE KNOWN. THESE MASTERS SPOKE THE TRUTH ABOUT GETTING IN THE "FLOW" AND THE BEST MENTAL ATTITUDE WHILE PLAYING. I'VE FOUND THAT THESE TECHNIQUES ARE UNIVERSAL." In this book we emphasize the extraordinary power of our intuitive minds. The masters' "techniques" that John Scofield is referring to are all explored here in surprisingly simple practices and exercises. We learn to integrate them into our daily routines of musical practice and listening with astounding our satisfaction and confidence is growing strong and steadily. Even a master like John Scofield "RADING THROUGH KARL'S BOOK MAKES ME MORE CONFIDENT THAT I'M ON THE RIGHT PATH". And the eminent composer Laura Kamininsky "'THE MUSIC MIND EXPERIENCE' OFFERS AN OPENING INTO A WORLD VIEW; IT IS ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL." But there is much In the second part of the book the power of our individual expression and central role of listening are highlighted and, again, simple 'techniques' of gaining confidence and satisfaction concerning our very personal powers of expression and experience are offered for integration into our daily musical lives. Pianist/composer Carla Bley refers not just to this book only, but to Karl Berger's life-long work at the now world-renowned Creative Music Studio (www.creativemusic.org) when she "KARL HAS MADE IT OK FOR HOARDS OF MUSICIANS TO EXPLORE THEIR PARTICULAR AND PERSONAL IDENTITIES WITHOUT FEAR OF CENSURE". The German composer Markus Stockhausen "KARL SHOWS US THAT WE ALL HAVE A HIDDEN CAPACITY OF UNEXPLORED, INFINITE CREATIVE POTENTIAL". And he "LISTENING IS THE KEY TO ALL THE MUSIC MIND POINT.YES!". The chapters about "Our Sense of Space" and about "Listening" are great revelations about a simple path forward to enrich our musical lives and experience our music in new dimensions.The great saxophonist Loe Lovano "THIS IS A FANTASTIC BOOK THAT WILL INSPIRE FOLKS FOR GENERATIONS".Here are some of the quoted endorsements, in more "THIS BOOK HAS SOMETHING OF DEEP VALUE FOR MUSICIAN AND LISTERNER. IT IS A FANTASTIC RESOURCE. IN MY OPINION REQUIRED READIND FOR MUSICIANS AT ANY LEVEL, FROM NOVICE TO MASTER. VERY EASY TO READ AND FOLLOW, IT REVEAL A LIFE-TIME OF DEDICATION AND STUDY. KARL'S PURPOSE IS 'TO REACH BEYOND ALL INTELLECTUAL CONCEPTS AND FEEL THE MAGIC OF INTUITIVE PLAYING AND AND LISTENING THAT WE ARE ALL BORN WITH'. THAT'S IT!!! THAT'S WHAT IT;S ALL ABOUT. THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC BELONGS TO EACH OF US AND 'THE MUSIC MIND EXPERIENCE' HONORS THAT, GIVING US ALL SOMETHING TO EXPLORE."Laura "THIS BOOK GRIPS FROM BEGINNING TO END, LIKE A SATISFYING MILES DAVIS CLASSIC.

Genres: Music

196 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 9, 2020

Reviews

[Joe]

Karl Berger finally explains his "music mind" technique to book forum.

I had the good fortune to attend one of Karl Berger's CMS music retreats in the early 1980's. This book brought back many of the ideas I learned at that time. The conversational format of the book was an excellent way to learn about these techniques. Reading the book has made me want to go back and revisit what I had learned so many years ago.