The blues-rock Is now very important becase the people young get back at simple classic rock in 12 times.

Personally I've experienced this - where my performance anxiety overall went down after practicing improvisation regularly - so I wasn't surprised when Nancy reported: Her stage fright's basically gone. A little bit of adrenaline I think helps us perform well, but when our anxiety goes through the roof it can ruin a performance. If you had to rate your performance anxiety on a 0-10... and 0 is nothing, 10 is a full-blown panic attack, where are you at in your performance journey?

I was reminded of animal adjectives in Improv Games when Pavarotti described the voice as a horse in elegant, wild control. My favorite part of the video is where he uses his hands to describe the tube of sound for the "ooh" vowel. I think much of this wisdom applies to playing the flute as well. Changing the inside shape of the mouth can affect the tone color and intonation of the flute. After lots of experimentation with the different vowel shapes while playing the flute, I think now I subconsciously alter my vowel shapes to work with the intonation & tone color on flute. For example, a lower flatter tongue - like a yawn - tends to have a lower pitch and a more "open" or "full" sound, whereas a tongue that's pointier and more forward tends to have a higher pitch and a brighter or thinner sound. What do you think?

If you could design the flute of your dreams, what would its characteristics be and what COLOR would it be if it could ANY color... besides the obvious precious metals?? My purple flute doesn't resonate quite as beautifully in the upper register as my Pearl flute! But it seems appropriate for this song: Colors Flying! I'm grateful to have it for making music while my fav flute is in the shop. If you could have any color what would you choose?!

One the best ways to master a song is to practice it in all 12 keys. Have you tried it?