Practice is absolutely necessary if you want to become a better musician. While not everyone has the time or money for a professional instructor, there is no shortage of online instruction. This section features lessons on becoming a better musician with ideas on how to practice and play to the best of your ability.
It’s easy to know that you want a practice schedule. And it’s easier to abandon it fairly early in the game for all sorts of reasons, most of which are merely matters of perception. Tom Hess demonstrates that a highly efficient practice routine doesn’t have to be boring and can actually generate creativity. Having fun practicing usually leads to more practice and more practice leads to getting better faster.
Now here’s a list that anyone with the serious goal of playing professionally will want to have! Tom Hess goes through the main mistakes would-be professionals make when pursuing their dreams of being a player in the music industry.
The attitude with which you approach practicing can often affect just how effective your practicing is likely to be. Tom Hess explores these attitudes and gives some recommendations that will hopefully make your practice time both enjoyable and productive.
Speed, as a technique, can excite and enthrall an audience. Far from being emotionless, speed requires quite a bit of emotion and desire to achieve. Mike Philippov examines how to use a metronome to help you achieve results in speed-as-a-goal practice.
The attitude with which you approach practicing can often affect just how effective your practicing is likely to be. Tom Hess explores these attitudes and gives some recommendations that will hopefully make your practice time both enjoyable and productive.
