Thanks everyone for a great summer! Really enjoyed hearing you all play last Wednesday. I will be out of town on Tuesday for our last session. Have a great year--make lots of killing music.
-ST
Thanks Max for taking notes last Tuesday:
Practicing Round Table Discussion
Dan:
- Practicing with a purpose
- Thinking about practicing in terms of the “1 degree shift”: Working on something consistently
and being diligent on making some sort of improvement in your skills. Its best to work on
something challenging and its fine if your improvement is gradual
- Learning all different styles and feels in order to be versatile
Michael:
- Be focused: 2min of focused practice > 30min of messing around playing
- If you’re not focused when you sit down to practice, it’s okay to take a break and come back
when you are focused.
- Listening is practice too
- Mix up challenging or theoretical practice vs. fun things like playing tunes
- Try to make some set practice times
Steve:
- Practicing with goals
- Anything you are playing, make it musical. You are playing for this moment, not necessarily for
some future event down the road
- Success is not the amount of hours, it’s the grit (the passion, discipline and work ethic you bring
to playing your instrument)
- What are you excited to get out of bed for? Use that as a starting place
- Structured practiced vs stream of consciousness
- Listening, going to shows, teaching = practicing too
Mr. B:
- Books and systems
- Not trying to practice too fast. There are no shortcuts to the top.
- Isolation and slowing down your practice is a good idea
- Journal – writing down your goals and the things you’ve accomplished
- Patience
- Be motivated by something
- Technique!
- Don’t be afraid of the institution – there is a musical community out there that can support and
push you to be better.
- Be hungry
- Positive mental visualization: spending quality time reflecting on your practicing and
musicianship
Pete:
- There are no limits to what you can do
- If you’re waiting around for something to happen or for someone do it for you, its not going to
happen
- Be organized
- Time management
- Opportunity is everywhere
Max:
- Find a sound model on your instrument and listen as much as you can
- Spend quality time with your instrument – start with something that excites you (ie transcribing
killin solos, composing, playing hip music, working on etudes)
- Go to jam sessions and play gigs – you will learn things from these experiences that will be very
beneficial.
o For example: getting on stage to play a tune and not knowing it and having to sit down.
This makes me want to go home and learn it for next time.
o Ex 2: messing up a melody, or losing the form. Go home and practice that tune
- Start to break away from using music when you can.
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