[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Practice in Public Makes Perfect: how playing for your fans makes you better"}, {"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Price, 57, has played music nearly her whole life, starting with piano when she was five years old. But in the fall of 2009, the guitar was still something of mystery to her. She had been playing for only a couple of months and was struggling a bit with the new challenges. Yet, instead of holing up in her living room to practice until she felt more confident, she did something totally unexpected: she packed up her guitar and sheet music, headed into downtown Los Angeles, and set up outdoors to work through the new techniques."}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Twice a year, Active Arts, a series of programs run by the Music Center in Los Angeles, invites recreational musicians to the arts center\u2019s campus for a 30-minute outdoor practice session called Public Practice. There are no rules about what participants can and cannot play, and mistakes are more than welcome."}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "\u201cI looked at it as a way to make the time to practice, because I\u2019m always so busy,\u201d explains Price, a legal secretary. Having participated in Public Practice three times, she\u2019s found that bringing her music outdoors helps her focus. \u201cPlaying out in public encourages me to approach things a little bit differently. Even though it\u2019s not a performance, knowing that I might have observers helps me to organize my practice session,\u201d she says."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "On the other hand, Eric Oto, a saxophonist and two-time participant, has occasionally found himself sidetracked during outdoor sessions\u2013but in a good way. \u201cThe acoustics were so fascinating that I ended up, for a little while, just strolling around the campus plaza listening for different sounds,\u201d says the 48-year-old lawyer. \u201cHearing the sounds bouncing off of the granite, concrete, and everything else outside was really interesting, and it got me to think a lot more about sound production, rather than just technique.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "lerisque, elementum id, tempor at, quam. Cras eu mauris eu nulla congue convallis. Fusce ornare, nibh sit amet porta rhoncus, nibh metus tincidunt magna, quis gravida dui neque pharetra risus. Etiam a felis. Fusce sed dolor. Mauris lectus mi, fringilla tempor, varius sit amet, placerat a, velit. Suspendisse justo. In vehicula urna fringilla neque. Suspendisse cursus, magna a imperdiet pellentesque, lacus velit dignissim urna, vel suscipit massa enim ac nunc. Proin porta aliquet eros. Curabitur ut erat. Quisque vitae tortor."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "s eu diam. Maecenas at nibh. Nullam mattis pharet"}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "eleifend hendrerit. Phasellus orci nunc, fermentum eu, ultrices quis, dapibus vitae, lectus. Donec blandit ligula vitae justo. Quisque rutrum ante ac nisi. Sed at mi. Donec eget odio in est tempus malesuada. Donec sem. Donec tortor. In auctor purus a lectus. Nulla a leo. Curabitur velit. In et lorem. Quisque congue, lorem sed cursus ullamcorper, mauris urna adipiscing enim, eget pulvinar est lacus ut augue."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "molestie at, laoreet convallis, metus. Fusce leo nisi, ornare ut, ullamcorper ac, molestie et, quam. In vehicula arcu eu risus. Fusce ultrices lectus sit amet diam. Maecenas commodo risus eu diam. Maecenas at nibh. Nullam mattis pharetra dolor. Donec eleifend leo sit amet diam. Quisque ante. Aliquam erat volutpat."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "\u00bfCua\u0301l es el origen del ge\u0301nero de la salsa?\nAunque sus rai\u0301ces son principalmente de Cuba, la salsa como baile se origino\u0301 en el barrio espan\u0303ol de Nueva York, el \u201cSpanish Harlem\u201d, donde se asentaba la principal colonia de latinoamericanos en la ciudad. Desde ahi\u0301 comenzo\u0301 a expandirse y abrirse paso en otras ciudades dentro y fuera de Estados Unidos."}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "Famoso artista acusa de malagradecido a Peso Pluma y revela el duro motivo\nCondenan a esposo de Nicki Minaj por amenazar al marido de Cardi B\nBen Affleck captado en tierno momento con su exmujer, Jennifer Garner\nMurio\u0301 el cantante Huguito Flores en un accidente junto con su esposa y su cun\u0303ado\nLa prueba documental de que Luis Miguel si\u0301 paga la pensio\u0301n a sus hijos"}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Famoso artista acusa de malagradecido a Peso Pluma y revela el duro motivo"}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Murio\u0301 el cantante Huguito Flores en un accidente junto con su esposa y su cun\u0303ado"}]