Getting Out Of Your Own Way This series of posts on how to practise has already dealt with how to get your brain back on track, refine your posture, find the right teacher and track your practice. This final post deals with the actual nuts and bolts of the practice regime and how to manage…
Are you as terrible at taking advice as I am? While putting off filing my tax return (one of my favourite January activities) I did a few calculations: Over the course of 2015, I taught roughly 1200 one-to-one music lessons. That’s in excess of 600 hours spent telling other people what I think that they…
I have a confession to make: I’m an addict. Over the last 15 years I’ve built a comprehensive library of instructional materials; books, DVDs, play-a-long CDs, online video lessons, VHS (yes, I’m that old). Here’s a glimpse of part of my bookshelf: The problem is that I’ve never really used half of them;…
We’re already a month into 2014 and I’m willing to bet that many of us who made New Year’s resolutions along the lines of ‘I’m going to do more practice’ or ‘I’ll get better at bass’ have already started to let things slip. This post deals with how to make the most of your practice…
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