Musician’s Practice Planner Archive
Music Practice Logs: They Help You Fight Human Nature
1 Comment Published by David Motto March 6th, 2010 in Musician's Practice PlannerBasic human nature fights against musicians who want to learn to play a musical instrument efficiently. Keeping a music practice log helps you fight back. Without a special notebook for music lessons and practice sessions, music students stand little chance in dealing with two factors in the framework of the human brain: 1. Our tendency to [...]
It’s Normal to Forget: Using Your Music Practice Log to Help Your Memory
0 Comments Published by David Motto March 2nd, 2010 in Musician's Practice PlannerWe forget almost everything we’re exposed to. Can you imagine if this were not the case? Your memory would be overflowing with every single item you see, every sound you hear, and every action you take–day in and day out. Your brain is constantly filtering out information that doesn’t seem important. This filter has a [...]
Your Practice Plan: Balancing Everything on Your List
0 Comments Published by David Motto February 27th, 2010 in Musician's Practice PlannerOne important reason to use a practice notebook is to remember every item you’re supposed to be learning. If you don’t write down your practice to-do list, it will be extremely difficult to know how to start your practice sessions. Here is what tends to happen to musicians who do not keep a list of practice [...]
