Archive for November 12th, 2009

Managing Expectations

While mastering a musical instrument, you need to make sure that you’re ready for days when forward momentum is not obvious.  You need to trust the practice process and know that incremental changes are always happening. 
These small changes are leading you closer to your performance goals–but the changes may be too small to notice on [...]

A typical practice session for most musicians goes something like this:
You play through a song from start to finish.  You do it again.
It doesn’t sound any better than it did yesterday–or the day before that.  You’re having problems with the same few areas that have always caused you problems.  You question if you’re getting any [...]

It's not how much time you spend perfecting your craft. It's knowing the specific areas of focus that separate the professionals from everyone else. I've been driving for 30 years, but I'm not a professional racer.
--James Sanford