practice in a corner

I spend a lot of my practice time in a corner. No it's not because I've been a bad boy. Most horn players know the value of facing a corner and practicing towards it. A player can hear himself much better since the sound is bouncing off two walls and right back at your ears. Whether one is working on tone control, scales or just some riffs it is a great place to find out how you are doing without having to record yourself.

Because I spend a lot of time in my corner, I made it a bit more interesting and added a painting on one of the corners. It didn't take a way from what I need to hear while at the same time, I wasn't staring at a blank boring corner. I thought about painting it different colors or even purchasing a mural  just to keep me interested and not get bored staring at the blank corner. Murals are fairly easy to install and the ones I've seen has a sticky back to them...peel and stick. Some have to be installed like wall paper but either way, it'll be a fun area to practice in. If you or someone you might know who is talented with a brush, ask them to paint you something in the corner.

Above is a video showing me playing a short jam in my special corner. The painting is one my sister had painted many years ago when I was learning to play the tenor sax. I found it hidden in the garage of my late parents home behind a fridge. The painting in the video is just one side as there is another on the backside equally good an interesting as the front....or is this the back and the other the front? Oh well what ever!