First off, I'm pretty new here, been a member a couple years but don't check in, or post, as often as I should. But gotta say I have learned a LOT just looking over the old posts, holy cow you guys and gals have a LOT of great ideas and insight. So I am just saying "thanks!"

Learning IN THE TRENCHES in my estimation (the way I have for 50 years) often can and does render better education than a college degree (DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED - read David Mamet's book True and False).  So WELCOME to the trenches. Likely there are people here from EVERY discipline (don't know for sure) but lots to be learned, shared, and much fun to be had. I've really enjoyed this site for quite a while now. Don't post much, don't do theater much anymore (now I'm into directing opera and doing operas). But much does go on here. Great place to be and a superb resource.

I've sent lots of people (customers with general stage questions) to this site.  I've had several people feedback to me how helpful you all are.

I've heard that practice doesn't make perfect,

The way I've always heard that cliche' is that "Practice does not make perfect.  Practice makes permanent. PERFECT PRACTICE makes perfect". Actually there was a professional magician whom I met years ago that coined it that way - or at least said he did. I may have misunderstood him to say HE coined the phrase - could have been he had heard it coined that way himself long before....don't remember now - been 35 years ago I heard that.  BUT his intention was that you can practice all you want and never become proficient at anything. BUT if you practice the most correct way possible, then the results are far better in that method than just by doing something over and over and over again wrong and expecting that by the volume of practice that you've achieved perfection.  So "Practice does NOT make perfect. Practice makes PERMANENT. PERFECT practice makes perfect".

Edited by TonyDi - 12/28/10 at 7:03am