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Tal Wilkenfeld

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
930 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

And he said that there was some research done on learning fast and that if you practice something for a minute or so and then you let your brain rest for 30 seconds or a minute, that in that 30 seconds or a minute, your brain โ€“ does the repetition 20 to 30 times faster and in reverse. And I was like, whoa, that's so cool because that's what I used to do when I was a kid.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

And he said that there was some research done on learning fast and that if you practice something for a minute or so and then you let your brain rest for 30 seconds or a minute, that in that 30 seconds or a minute, your brain โ€“ does the repetition 20 to 30 times faster and in reverse. And I was like, whoa, that's so cool because that's what I used to do when I was a kid.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Like now there's science that proves that, which is really cool for musicians to know that. that that's a good way to practice efficiently. Because, you know, like some musicians, they're like practicing for six, seven, eight hours a day. I've never done that. I've never practiced more than an hour a day, even now. Like I've just, just that's my technique and it works.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Like now there's science that proves that, which is really cool for musicians to know that. that that's a good way to practice efficiently. Because, you know, like some musicians, they're like practicing for six, seven, eight hours a day. I've never done that. I've never practiced more than an hour a day, even now. Like I've just, just that's my technique and it works.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Like now there's science that proves that, which is really cool for musicians to know that. that that's a good way to practice efficiently. Because, you know, like some musicians, they're like practicing for six, seven, eight hours a day. I've never done that. I've never practiced more than an hour a day, even now. Like I've just, just that's my technique and it works.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Now I'm not practicing as much. I'm more always writing songs in my head, so that's why I like silence. That's why I love being in the empty hotel room and being alone. Songs come to me while I'm showering or walking around doing the dishes. occasionally when I'm hanging out with friends or like comedians and people just like say shit and I'll be like, that's a cool line.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Now I'm not practicing as much. I'm more always writing songs in my head, so that's why I like silence. That's why I love being in the empty hotel room and being alone. Songs come to me while I'm showering or walking around doing the dishes. occasionally when I'm hanging out with friends or like comedians and people just like say shit and I'll be like, that's a cool line.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Now I'm not practicing as much. I'm more always writing songs in my head, so that's why I like silence. That's why I love being in the empty hotel room and being alone. Songs come to me while I'm showering or walking around doing the dishes. occasionally when I'm hanging out with friends or like comedians and people just like say shit and I'll be like, that's a cool line.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

I'm just like jot it down on my phone.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

I'm just like jot it down on my phone.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

I'm just like jot it down on my phone.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

It's more lyrical than musical now because it's like, for me, it's like, well, there's so much music in the world. If I'm going to write a song, I want, I want the song to be about something interesting. And so, yeah, the words matter to me.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

It's more lyrical than musical now because it's like, for me, it's like, well, there's so much music in the world. If I'm going to write a song, I want, I want the song to be about something interesting. And so, yeah, the words matter to me.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

It's more lyrical than musical now because it's like, for me, it's like, well, there's so much music in the world. If I'm going to write a song, I want, I want the song to be about something interesting. And so, yeah, the words matter to me.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

And like when you mentioned Hallelujah, you know, he wrote like 80 verses to Hallelujah before he narrowed it down to like four. And it took him like 15, 20 years to write that song. So some writers will do that. And then other writers just vomit it out and it's beautiful. Mm-hmm. Like I've heard that Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell, they're fast writers. They just kind of comes out.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

And like when you mentioned Hallelujah, you know, he wrote like 80 verses to Hallelujah before he narrowed it down to like four. And it took him like 15, 20 years to write that song. So some writers will do that. And then other writers just vomit it out and it's beautiful. Mm-hmm. Like I've heard that Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell, they're fast writers. They just kind of comes out.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

And like when you mentioned Hallelujah, you know, he wrote like 80 verses to Hallelujah before he narrowed it down to like four. And it took him like 15, 20 years to write that song. So some writers will do that. And then other writers just vomit it out and it's beautiful. Mm-hmm. Like I've heard that Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell, they're fast writers. They just kind of comes out.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#408 โ€“ Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen

Yeah.