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Practicing
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Hey 9454,
I practiced a lot when I was 15 and 16. Or, at least I thought I was practicing. Let's just say I played my bass a lot. And I've always gigged a lot. So I got tons of 'real world' experience.
I practice more deliberately and efficiently today.
The amount of time I have changes every day and is incidental. What matters is that I practicing deliberate and not just playing my favorite licks.
peace,
Anthony
I practiced a lot when I was 15 and 16. Or, at least I thought I was practicing. Let's just say I played my bass a lot. And I've always gigged a lot. So I got tons of 'real world' experience.
I practice more deliberately and efficiently today.
The amount of time I have changes every day and is incidental. What matters is that I practicing deliberate and not just playing my favorite licks.
peace,
Anthony
I was practicing a lot when I was teenager too, than I start to realize that for me is not important how long I was doing daily but what to do, sometimes I think practice 2 hour daily is much better than spend 10 hours and most important things which I'm not familiar with it help me to improve the quality of my practicing then quantity.
Cheers. Enrico
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Cheers. Enrico
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Yo 9454,
Telling you how to practice deliberately and efficiently will require more than a Talkbass posting. It's way more involved than just telling you what to do or not to do. It's also a mindset.
-anthony
Telling you how to practice deliberately and efficiently will require more than a Talkbass posting. It's way more involved than just telling you what to do or not to do. It's also a mindset.
-anthony
Hey bass9454. I'm not sure exactly what Ant means by "mind set" but here's my perspective: as an analogy, there are lots of people who have fun playing a round of golf every day and eventually, their games improve, sort-of. There are others who want to be masters of the game, and those people spend hours at the driving range practicing the components of their game (driving, chipping, putting, etc.) deliberately and efficiently. For me, I would be hard-pressed to know what to do at a driving range except hit balls, but that's where the golf professionals come in -- they are able to guide me through the components of the game so I know what to practice and how. Problem with music is that most bass teachers are good bass players, but they are not professional educators. A good PROFESSIONAL teacher has a curriculum and a plan that will take me or anyone from "how to hold the bass" to advanced technique so I can play anything, anywhere, anytime and always at a professional level.
After one lesson with Anthony, I had enough curriculum material to spend four hours per day practicing technique, and if I continue with my mindset to be a GREAT bass player some day, I know that a teacher of his calibre has a curriculum and the skill to get me where I want to go. So for me, learning how to practice deliberately and efficiently starts with having a teacher who teaches deliberately and efficiently and even before that, with the mindset of a disciplined student who is willing to put the work into building the fundamental techniques required to get me there. JMHO Anyway, that's just how I look at it, and there are days when I'm not a disciplined student because I spend too much time talking about playing and not enough time practicing deliberately and efficiently
....so....off to practice! 
After one lesson with Anthony, I had enough curriculum material to spend four hours per day practicing technique, and if I continue with my mindset to be a GREAT bass player some day, I know that a teacher of his calibre has a curriculum and the skill to get me where I want to go. So for me, learning how to practice deliberately and efficiently starts with having a teacher who teaches deliberately and efficiently and even before that, with the mindset of a disciplined student who is willing to put the work into building the fundamental techniques required to get me there. JMHO Anyway, that's just how I look at it, and there are days when I'm not a disciplined student because I spend too much time talking about playing and not enough time practicing deliberately and efficiently
....so....off to practice!
I agree with the curriculum.
I am currently taking lessons and I'm learning quite a bit, but I never get a chance to become proficient and really fine tune what my teacher is wanting me to learn before I get something else put on me to learn.
My time is very limited, being an average working stiff. I may only get two or three hours PER WEEK to practice, play, jam, etc.
I am the type of person who likes to have a "roadmap". Sort of a "this is where you are today...this is where you will end up after you become proficient at these X many things".
Learning songs is great, but I feel that my technique is just POOR. I can play the notes, but not with the same inflection, emphasis, and technique as the person on the song I'm learning.
I'm a very logical thinker (computer engineer background), and the abstract nature of music theory frustrates me. I got the chance to attend Anthony's clinic at MusicDojo and was blown away at how simple he could make things. Breaking them down to their most basic, logical functions. I left there understanding more than when I came, that's for sure.
I am currently taking lessons and I'm learning quite a bit, but I never get a chance to become proficient and really fine tune what my teacher is wanting me to learn before I get something else put on me to learn.
My time is very limited, being an average working stiff. I may only get two or three hours PER WEEK to practice, play, jam, etc.
I am the type of person who likes to have a "roadmap". Sort of a "this is where you are today...this is where you will end up after you become proficient at these X many things".
Learning songs is great, but I feel that my technique is just POOR. I can play the notes, but not with the same inflection, emphasis, and technique as the person on the song I'm learning.
I'm a very logical thinker (computer engineer background), and the abstract nature of music theory frustrates me. I got the chance to attend Anthony's clinic at MusicDojo and was blown away at how simple he could make things. Breaking them down to their most basic, logical functions. I left there understanding more than when I came, that's for sure.
