This is what I’d do if I had to go back and design my practice routine for the first time when I shifted from practicing classical music to improvising and playing other styles.
- Stop doing classical scales/etudes and replace them with 15-30 mins of improvised scale exercises and etudes
- Do 15-30 minutes of improvisation over “elemental musical forms” (instead of trying to play over songs, progressions, or grooves I wasn’t ready for)
- Devote 15-30 minutes to internalizing a small amount of harmonic or rhythmic material.
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Use it as a “forcing function” to force you to practice.
Block 90 minutes on your weekly calendar, show up, and get all your practice in.
Over seven weeks, I’ll take you through my entire method to help you become a more functional musician,
so you can improvise, accompany, arrange, and make your own parts to fit in with any band, situation, and style…
or make music with loop pedals, split screen videos, join a worship band, folk jam, teach your students stuff they want, shred over rock grooves, etc.
The class will help you enjoy practicing.
It will also help you practice more efficiently, so you spend less time and get more benefits.
The class happens twice per year, in the summer and winter.
Our next cycle starts July 20th and we have an early registration to save $75.
Early registration ends June 23.
