Windworks Lecture 1 Stinkin' Thinkin'
Windworks Lecture 1 Stinkin' Thinkin'
Windworks Lecture 1 Stinkin' Thinkin'
Stinkin’ Thinkin’
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Now I'm going to share with you a little secret. Your lips are too strong already. Your body
is too strong already and we use them to fight against the instrument. Why? Because of
our Stinkin’ Thinkin’.
Now I'm really excited to share WindWorks with you. You're about to discover that it is a
strategic online course. It's not just a book with a bunch of exercises and you go through
and play whatever exercises are your favourite and do it however you think is the right
way.
Everything is explained in detail and I'm going to show you how to do it.
This video lecture is 1/ 7 and if you are truly hungry for success, watch the entire video, it
is the most important video of the whole course.
Now I'm going to walk you through the course, step-by-step, showing you exactly what to
do. Showing you what not to do, traps to avoid and help you recognize things that you're
already doing that are severely inhibiting your playing now and limiting your development.
You have to watch the videos over and over. Watch them, re-watch them. If there's
something that you don't understand, the answers are there. I've tried to make the videos
as concise as possible, but a lot of people email me asking questions of things that are
actually mentioned many times in the videos. However, if you've watched them a few times
and you're still confused, please just ask.
Now, I recently became aware of a term called Stinkin’ Thinkin’. It's bad playing because
of the bad processes that are involved in creating sound.
Any physical act is driven by either or both a conscious or subconscious thought, and we
want those thoughts to be constructive and positive to get a positive physical outcome.
There is a better, easier way to play your instrument. And the cool thing is WindWorks is
fun, it's logical and it will work for you. I honestly believe anyone can play anything that
they wish on their instrument.
The entire course takes you from beginner standard to professional level or can take you
from a frustrated semi-pro or professional player to a happy professional player.
What is WindWorks?
I’ve studied… this is just the handful of methods. Most of the methods and when I say
most probably nearly all of the methods out there and whilst a lot of them have a lot of
great stuff to offer, they generally all miss the most important point.
And that is the process of learning, giving you a real understanding of what you need to
do, how the instrument works, what it feels like to play, how to program ourselves, how to
recognize negative tension in the system and how to eliminate any bad habits.
WindWorks is not just a course about exercises. It is a course about correct playing
processes. The exercises are merely a test of your new processes and programming. Let
me say that again, the exercises are merely a test of your new processes and
programming.
You can practice the many WindWorks concepts which I call the WindWorks Secret,
anywhere: here's an example. Take your finger. Bend it around. Close your eyes, then
hum a note.
Easy to do.
I'm going to explain to you why simply doing that… is one of the most important exercises
any wind player can do.
The essence of WindWorks is to change your approach and that is done in the mind.
Changing the way you think about playing is paramount to your success, and that can be
done while you're awake and believe it or not, when you are asleep. It is proven that the
brain actually keeps solidifying your new instructions when you are sleeping; that is cool.
You can practice WindWorks anywhere. There are two elements to upgrading your
playing, your understanding and your execution. Obviously, the playing needs to be done
in a practice room or in a park but many of the concepts and drills can be done anywhere.
How does WindWorks work?
It's really simple. Follow and copy the instructions and demonstrations on a daily basis and
let the new ideas and approaches integrate into your playing over a period of time.
WindWorks teaches you new sensations and a new psychology, new feelings and new
ideas. It uses powerful drills and concepts, tools like tissues and balloons, closed eyes
visualization and awareness of the body and also the voice; this will amaze you, but it's
very, very powerful.
And from doing all of these concepts and exercises, you're going to really start and
understand why you need to change the way you are thinking about approaching your
playing.
As I've said previously, people waste a whole lot of time doing ineffective exercises in the
wrong way and it's time for that to stop.
I already know that there will be elements of this course that you will disagree with, that
you will not understand, and that will contradict your belief systems.
In fact, one subscriber, a professional player said “At the beginning, I thought Greg was a
crackpot” but thankfully he immersed himself in the course and is now playing all over the
range of the instrument with far more freedom than ever before, and he’s a top line
professional player.
I want to change my playing, but I don't want to change the way I play.
Think about that for a minute. I want to change my playing, but I don't want to change the
way that I play.
People always want to improve their playing, and that's why you're here, but often, when
they are confronted with new information that does not align with their current ideas and
beliefs, known as cognitive dissonance, they resist change and of course, that is crazy.
I see this on a daily basis. People threatened by new ideas and being too scared to let go
of their very firmly held feelings/sensations and beliefs/psychologies.
Consider this: you are currently wired in a particular way. You want to get on and you
want to play some exercises. That's great. But what will happen if you pick up your
instrument and play the exercises? You're going to do it the way you've always done it,
which means that you're going to use and engage your current wiring, which means you're
going to get the same result.
That's engaging your stinking thinking and if you want to make a change to your playing,
you need to change the way you do things, which requires a change of the way you think
about it.
That's enough. I'm done, now I want you to get into the course. I can't wait to see you over
there. Now make sure you do the quiz below and let's get started.
Welcome to WindWorks.