Musicianship Motivation

Mike G. on 10 18, 2009

Hello everybody!
I have learned that the only guaranteed way to get better at playing my horn is thru practice. Like anything else, the more you do something, the better you get.  With that being said, you have practice regularly and creater a good routine that you can enjoy and will continue to motivate you to want to practice.
Even if you wanted to learn how to play an instrument, or just get better at the one you do play, you need to be clear on it. If you sit down and think about what you want to achieve on you instrument, then you can define your goals and what you want the outcome to be from your music practice, be it becoming a beginner piano player, or focusing on a particular genre, for instance, becoming a jazz trombonist.
Once you have kind of defined what your goal with the instrument is, then you can break it down to an even lower level, defining how you practice with WHAT you practice. When you break your goal down to a lower level, and focus on making sure that what you are practicing will give you the right outcome that you want to achieve, its easy to see that any music goal is attainable and can be reached in a reasonable amount of time.

tromboneHello everybody!

I have learned that the only guaranteed way to get better at playing my horn is thru practice. Like anything else, the more you do something, the better you get.  With that being said, you have practice regularly and creater a good routine that you can enjoy and will continue to motivate you to want to practice.

Even if you wanted to learn how to play an instrument, or just get better at the one you do play, you need to be clear on it. If you sit down and think about what you want to achieve on you instrument, then you can define your goals and what you want the outcome to be from your music practice, be it becoming a beginner piano player, or focusing on a particular genre, for instance, becoming a jazz trombonist.

Once you have kind of defined what your goal with the instrument is, then you can break it down to an even lower level, defining how you practice with WHAT you practice. When you break your goal down to a lower level, and focus on making sure that what you are practicing will give you the right outcome that you want to achieve, its easy to see that any music goal is attainable and can be reached in a reasonable amount of time.

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