David's Tip of the Day: I'm lost... what do I do now? Part 1 (Why We Memorize)

Students commonly worry about the memorization of a song in preparation for a student concert... missing a lick, a chorus or getting off in rhythm is a scary thing in performance to a new player.

First... why does a new player memorize a song? Simply stated, this offers the new player the highest probability of sounding good. Work on a song until it's mastered and the end result is darn good if you can reproduce it well on the bandstand (or home recording).

The good thing is that in the process of learning a song... especially a very challenging one... you're already working on memorizing it... it's a byproduct of the process. In this series we'll explore the learning process of a song, the memorization process and some tools to help you when get off in performance.