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Advice on what to do before/during an interview to assess my Spanish?

I'm an intermediate Spanish speaker, and I have an interview in a couple days to assess my Spanish level. How can I be as successful as possible, both as far as brushing up/practicing, as well as keeping my nerves under control? [more inside]
posted by EmilyClimbs on Apr 25, 2013 - 12 answers

 

Will anyone care/notice if I lived in a 24 hour music practice space?

I figure if a practice space is open 24 hours it would be hard for the staff to determine if I'm living there or just practicing music alllllll the time. However, I also figure that a 24 hour practice space expects that starving artists will be trying to live there. However however, I also figure that the kinda people running a 24 hour practice space are cool with people living there and are kinda trying to say "shhhhh, don't tell nobody but this is a place where we turn a blind eye to starving artists trying to live here". I just wanna beat on my drum all day. [more inside]
posted by defmute on Apr 21, 2013 - 32 answers

Where can I find a practice room in northern LA/San Fernando Valley?

I'm going to be in Los Angeles for a couple months for work, and I'm going to be staying with a friend. I'd like to be able to practice my acoustic guitar privately, but I'm having little success finding practice rooms. [more inside]
posted by averageamateur on Apr 2, 2013 - 8 answers

Hanzi: How to increase patience?

Hello, I am currently studying Chinese. I'd be interested in any advice people could give me with regard to making my Hanzi practice more productive. [more inside]
posted by Musashi Daryl on Jan 19, 2013 - 11 answers

It sucks to have an early January Birthday

I'm looking for suggestions for an indoor golf practice net and mat (sturdy enough for real balls) for a January birthday. [more inside]
posted by mightshould on Dec 20, 2012 - 1 answer

I need to buy or rent a record lathe, please guide me in the right direction.

I need to rent or purchase a reasonably priced record lathe to cut short run vinyl LPs. Advice/contact info needed. [more inside]
posted by Ponderance on Nov 30, 2012 - 4 answers

Mortgage broker On the Level?

Is my mortgage broker drawing out the process on purpose? Is he getting paid now or is it a commission type business? [more inside]
posted by Kazimirovna on Jul 27, 2012 - 7 answers

Qigong for Daily Practice

Please offer encouragement and recommend resources for developing a daily qigong practice. [more inside]
posted by ottereroticist on Jul 3, 2012 - 3 answers

How to get over the golf hump?

You're a single digit handicap. You were more or less a hacker for years and years and years (hitting in the 90s+). How did you get better? I'm sure it means practice-- but how did you approach practice? How did you approach the game? [more inside]
posted by sandmanwv on Jun 28, 2012 - 4 answers

Is my voice gone, or just severely out of practice?

I didn't sing for eight years, and now I basically can't. Is my voice gone, or just severely out of practice? I'm 22 and female. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 20, 2012 - 13 answers

How can I get a hold of a brand new Lead21 Phonics Companion or Practice Companion?

Hello, How do I get a hold of a Lead21 Practice Companion or Phonics Companion for my 3rd grader? [more inside]
posted by lynnie-the-pooh on Apr 12, 2012 - 2 answers

Outliers lite: what can I accomplish in 3,000 hours?

I'm freeing up two hours a day in my schedule, and thinking about my mortality. In the next five years I'd like to spend that 3,600 hours to get really good at something in the area of music, art or programming, or some combination thereof. Which areas are most likely to show dramatic improvement with 3,000 hours of practice? [more inside]
posted by mecran01 on Feb 2, 2012 - 26 answers

Recently switched from digital drumset to acoustic. How do we keep them from being picked up by the vocal mics?

We played for years with V-Drums and just recently switched to acoustic drums. We've found that the cymbals get picked up by the vocal mics and distort or drown out the rest of the mix. How do we prevent that? [more inside]
posted by Alien Parachute Man on Jan 22, 2012 - 7 answers

Learning to jam

Keyboard players: A jam session might be in the cards for me soon. What is the best way for me to pick up a bit of basic skill on a synthesizer/piano? [more inside]
posted by crapmatic on Dec 14, 2011 - 11 answers

Song-learning playlist!

I am trying to learn a couple of songs really well for an upcoming drag performance. Is there any way to make either itunes or grooveshark(or other online music services) make these songs come up unreasonably often while shuffling through a larger playlist? [more inside]
posted by rosken on Dec 5, 2011 - 3 answers

How to learn social guitar in eight weeks?

I'm going to practice guitar half an hour a day for the next 56 days. I've never played an instrument before, and I'd like to learn basic social guitar. What goals make sense for that timeframe, and how should I practice? [more inside]
posted by jhc on Nov 6, 2011 - 20 answers

Pick an instrument and stick to it!

I love music, but every time I try to take up an instrument I get frustrated with sucking and give up. How do I not do this? [more inside]
posted by biochemist on Aug 31, 2011 - 21 answers

My doctor is leaving me. Should I follow?

My doctor is leaving me. Should I follow? [more inside]
posted by lpsguy on Aug 26, 2011 - 21 answers

Looking for good French reading material online

Seeking some French reading material online. What I am aiming for: blogs with good discussion like mefi, publications with long-form articles such as one might find in the New Yorker or the like, or I don't know, surprise me with something I haven't thought of! [more inside]
posted by marble on Jun 25, 2011 - 6 answers

Doctor recommendation - Huntsville, AL?

Doctor recommendation in Huntsville, AL area. [more inside]
posted by Snackpants on Jun 13, 2011 - 1 answer

Books re: the artist's journey

Please suggest some older (or not) books/films/things that talk about the idea that you're just going to be bad for a long time before you're really successful at, or really master something (particularly an artistic pursuit). [more inside]
posted by Glinn on Jun 9, 2011 - 7 answers

Help me find a typing-software styled memorization quiz for times tables

I am looking for a quiz program that will interactively help me practice my times tables, rehearsing the answers I get wrong a lot and waiting until I make progress before adding new questions to learn. [more inside]
posted by brenton on May 13, 2011 - 6 answers

Sock it to me, the owl of Minerva.

How do you manage your knowledge? What do you do about the inevitability of losing the skills you don't practice? [more inside]
posted by Nomyte on May 1, 2011 - 12 answers

Learning languages the smart way

What's the best way to apply the "deliberate practice" philosophy to language learning? [more inside]
posted by jweed on Apr 24, 2011 - 9 answers

Open parking lots for driving practice

Best place to practice driving stick in Chicago? [more inside]
posted by little_c on Apr 11, 2011 - 13 answers

Art Fundamentals 101 for a quilter

I need Art Fundamentals 101 -- what books should I get? I need to learn more about color (mixing, harmony, schemes), value, composition, and perspective. The trick is that I will not (primarily) be applying what I learn to any particular painting medium but rather to quilt art. What books can help me study me the fundamentals of art? [more inside]
posted by LittleMy on Feb 21, 2011 - 11 answers

En route to zoom

Best place online to find free/cheap Massachusetts DMV's permit test questions and answers for practice? [more inside]
posted by mooselini on Feb 17, 2011 - 3 answers

What are good ways to meet Spanish speakers/practice my Spansh?

What are good ways to meet Spanish speakers/practice my Spansh in Washington DC? Also, are there tutors who can help refine an accent? [more inside]
posted by wooh on Jan 21, 2011 - 3 answers

When an architect sits down to say, "this is what architecture should be about."

Help Me Assemble an Architectural Reading List Filter: looking for written works by notable architects which are intended as introductions to or overviews of the 'proper' practice of architecture, as the author sees it. [more inside]
posted by brightghost on Jan 6, 2011 - 15 answers

Coding Practice

Programming Filter: I'm applying for software jobs, but I don't want to forget what I know. How should I practice to keep my skills sharp? [more inside]
posted by Chicken Boolean on Oct 21, 2010 - 22 answers

Making Perfect - sometime before Sept. 1877

"Dr. Hans von Bulow is reported to have said," - and I've seen similar language credited to Paderewski, Rubinstein, Rostropovich, Nureyev, and Louis Armstrong - "'If I stop practice for one day, I notice it in my playing; if I stop two days, my friends notice it; if I stop three days, the public notices it.'" Dwight's Journal of Music, Boston, Sept 1, 1877, p. 84 (v. XXXVII no. 11). Do you know where this was first reported? Or do you have an earlier citation to a different person using comparable language? Perhaps it was in a German publication, which I can't read, but I'd still love to see it.
posted by Dave 9 on Jul 22, 2010 - 3 answers

How do I make the best of a trip to France?

I'm studying abroad in France this fall. I want to learn the language. How do I prepare so that I can make the very best of it? [more inside]
posted by superiorchicken on Jun 30, 2010 - 16 answers

How to productively spend practice time?

What's the most productive way to spend 45 minutes of daily practice time for the piano/keyboard? [more inside]
posted by gacxllr9 on Jun 29, 2010 - 5 answers

Toastmasters for writing?

Is there something like Toastmasters for writing, specifically the functional, everyday kind? [more inside]
posted by cosmic.osmo on Mar 19, 2010 - 3 answers

Who's on first?

Our son's Little League coach is constantly changing the practice schedule and practice location, albeit for legitimate reasons. Is this a standard part of the Little League experience? [more inside]
posted by mosk on Mar 12, 2010 - 5 answers

Assertiveness pracitce

Is there any way I can get more practice in being assertive? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 21, 2010 - 14 answers

Free TOEFL practice tests

Wife is taking the Internet-based TOEFL exam in a couple of weeks. We'll buy the official practice test (from ETS) a couple of days before the actual exam, so she can get a feel of the entire test before going for the real thing. Meanwhile, do you know of any good free practice tests she can use?
posted by dcrocha on Feb 3, 2010 - 2 answers

De-constructing 'code' (picking apart its assumptions)

De-constructing 'code': I am looking for philosophical (from W. Benjamin through to post-structuralism and beyond) examinations of 'code'. That both includes the assumptions contained in the word 'code' and any actual objects or subjects that code is connected to - including, but not limited to: computer programming, cyphers, linguistics, genetics etc. [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Feb 2, 2010 - 16 answers

more interesting beats than a metronome...

Drum tracks. I want basic percussion only beats on mp3. [more inside]
posted by verisimilitude on Dec 11, 2009 - 7 answers

How can I improve my in game basketball shooting?

How can I improve my in game basketball shooting? I have a pretty good shot when I'm just shooting around, but it drastically falls off in in-game situations. How can I practice in-game shooting when I mostly practice by myself?
posted by ben5757 on Nov 8, 2009 - 8 answers

Please recommend some accordion music to practice.

Some interesting music to learn to play on the chromatic a. Accordion? I've started with fiddling around with chord combinations, "He's a Pirate", "La Valise de Amelie" and playing some pentatonic improv stuff. And a little bit of reggae. I'd like some suggestions for pieces to learn that will help with technique - left hand fingering and two handed playing. [more inside]
posted by singingfish on Nov 8, 2009 - 0 answers

SWM seeks casual encounters with Piano - you must host!

Where in Portland, OR might I go to practice piano...for free/cheap?? [more inside]
posted by Lutoslawski on Nov 4, 2009 - 9 answers

How to start marketing a dental office.

How do I start marketing a dentist? [more inside]
posted by beingresourceful on Oct 13, 2009 - 14 answers

The Bored Psychologist

Please help me fill up my time. I am a psychologist in private practice, and thanks to the recession, I have multiple times during the week with nothing to do--this is a new experience for me, and aside from the anxiety of not working as much as I need to, I am also bored to tears. Unfortunately, it is an hour here and an hour there--never any good block of time, and although in the future I may have to rearrange my schedule and put all my hours together, at the moment I am trying to maintain hope that I will be able to fill those hours with new patients. I am sick of surfing the internet, going for walks, updating patient files, and reading whatever (professional literature, novels). Any suggestions, Mefites, for how I can spend my time more productively, or at least entertainingly?
posted by chaoscutie on Oct 8, 2009 - 21 answers

What would you focus piano practice on if you could do it all again?

You play the piano fairly well, you've had lessons, you enjoy it and when I tell you that I'm learning the piano you tell me that looking back on all the years of lessons and practice, the one thing that helped you the most of all was ________, and the thing that you felt was a biggest waste of your time was ________. [more inside]
posted by HopStopDon'tShop on Aug 27, 2009 - 19 answers

Where can I practice piano in DC/NoVA?

Is there anywhere in the DC area I, being relatively broke, could practice on a real piano? [more inside]
posted by phrontist on Aug 21, 2009 - 7 answers

I want to rekindle the love of music!

I liked piano at first, but under the stress of preparing a huge portfolio for college, it's quickly replaced by resentment and boredom. More inside. [more inside]
posted by Yasuo on Aug 2, 2009 - 7 answers

Comparing methods of preparation by gymnasts and musicians

How do Olympic gymnasts (and other gymnasts at the elite level) train for their routines? Do they break their choreography into segments? Is there a set, systematic schedule or program used across the sport? A way to measure their progress? How might this compare (or apply) to the way a musician might prepare for an audition or a competition? [more inside]
posted by Busoni on Jul 30, 2009 - 4 answers

Movies in Spanish

What are some good movies that are entirely or mostly in Spanish? [more inside]
posted by swellingitchingbrain on May 28, 2009 - 40 answers

Two man enter, one man leave

I kinda feel like rounding up a couple of rubber practice knives and coating the edges in lipstick and having some simulated knife fights just for kicks. [more inside]
posted by GleepGlop on May 26, 2009 - 18 answers

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