{"id":71,"date":"2017-10-11T03:29:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T03:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axelin.com\/vindormusic\/?p=71"},"modified":"2017-10-11T03:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T03:29:45","slug":"2017-10-10-practicing-on-a-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/2017\/10\/11\/2017-10-10-practicing-on-a-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicing on a Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:66.68000030517578%;\n                \n                \n  overflow: hidden;\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\n              \"\n              ><br \/>\n              <noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1507692402752-IFE4TO5C3L6Q7VOMG78Q\/Vindor+ES1+on+a+Plane.jpg\" alt=\"Vindor ES1 on a Plane.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1507692402752-IFE4TO5C3L6Q7VOMG78Q\/Vindor+ES1+on+a+Plane.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1507692402752-IFE4TO5C3L6Q7VOMG78Q\/Vindor+ES1+on+a+Plane.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Vindor ES1 on a Plane.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59dd8f716f4ca380969a807b\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been able to practice music when people are listening in or watching me. I once had a friend want to watch me practice, and as much as I wanted to let them, it made it into a performance and I just played them some songs instead of working on things where I needed to improve. Practicing has always been a very personal space for me where I work on the things with which I&#8217;m weakest, and it&#8217;s hard to show that weakness to other people.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I traveled from Boston to Seattle to visit some friends and some people throw some fish around. Seattle&#8217;s a great spot, but it is a pretty long plane ride away. So, I did the only reasonable thing a saxophonist could do and bring my Vindor ES1 with me in my carry-on bag in case I had some down time on my trip. I was so sure the TSA was going to ask me about this device, but surprisingly it went through the screening without an issue.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:66.68000030517578%;\n                \n                \n  overflow: hidden;\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\n              \"\n              ><br \/>\n              <noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1507692436558-8PN9MPZ5F7LM35PEOO9L\/Playing+Vindor+ES1+in+the+Sky.jpg\" alt=\"Playing Vindor ES1 in the Sky.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1507692436558-8PN9MPZ5F7LM35PEOO9L\/Playing+Vindor+ES1+in+the+Sky.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1507692436558-8PN9MPZ5F7LM35PEOO9L\/Playing+Vindor+ES1+in+the+Sky.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Playing Vindor ES1 in the Sky.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59dd8f938dd041bee69845c9\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>About an hour into the trip, I got tired of reading and wanted to do something more active, so instead of playing a game on my phone, I decided to take out the ES1 and practice with it through my earbuds. I had a couple of songs I had to learn for some videos we were shooting, so why not practice when I had a couple of hours where I couldn\u2019t do anything else? It was awesome. I was in my own world practicing these songs and both of the people next to me had no idea. My wife was busy reading a book, and the kid who was on my other side was having fun playing video games. The Vindor ES1 even fit comfortably with the seat table down, so I could put my phone down to look at music transcriptions. I got a good hour or so of practicing in before the plane had to start landing.<\/p>\n<p>I never thought that I\u2019d play saxophone on an airplane, but here we are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been able to practice music when people are listening in or watching me. 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