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A practice guide

Better Bass Practice

There are hundreds of books, video courses and YouTube lessons that cover what you could practise. Very few talk about how to actually design a personalised practice schedule that is realistic, maintainable, and gets you closer to your unique musical goals.

Better Bass Practice comes from two decades of self-experimentation in the practice room, and provides you with all of the tips, tricks, and tactics that I use to keep my personal practice routine on track. End-of-chapter resources are provided on the Better Bass Practice resources page.

Look inside

  • Contents page: focusing the distracted mind, fixing the body, the power of mentors, time management, removing obstacles, goal setting and staying on track
  • The Other Side of Practice: how stimulus, processor and output shape what and how you practise
  • Seated posture, with three photos of Tom playing on a drum stool and the pros and cons of the position
  • A photo of a page from Tom's handwritten practice diary, with notes on why keeping one helps
  • The opening of the Goal Setting chapter, introducing SMART goals