{"id":21875,"date":"2020-08-04T16:54:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlesmusic.com\/?p=21875"},"modified":"2020-08-04T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:54:35","slug":"three-things-to-try-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlesmusic.com\/stage\/three-things-to-try-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things To Try Out Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>Create A Goal<\/div>\n<div>Set A Due Date<\/div>\n<div>Complete One Goal At A Time<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>For every day you don&#8217;t practice, 2 days of practice are needed to return to where you left off.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Months in &#8220;solitary confinement&#8221;, without gigs, and without rehearsals. Yuck. Maybe I could settle for not backsliding. Nah. Gigs are coming, this weird &#8220;new normal&#8221; will change yet again, and I want to be ready to make music outside my practice room.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re anything like me, you&#8217;re not enjoying solitary music making as much. You ran out of excerpts, went long on long tones, and now you know all the pentatonic scale patterns. The mish-mash of this gets old.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The way I stay sane:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I create a goal &#8211; let&#8217;s say learning how to double tongue.<\/div>\n<div>I make a reasonable guess how long it will take me to get good enough that I would let someone else hear me double tongue. Let&#8217;s say three weeks. Okay, get started . . .<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>But WAIT! I could learn to circular breath. Or, I could get solid on The Swan of Tuonela, or Rite of Spring. Or &#8211; or &#8211; or &#8211; STOP.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>One goal at a time. Concentrate your work on that one goal. If it takes less time than you thought, don&#8217;t be surprised. If it takes a lot longer, don&#8217;t stop. Keep at your goal.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>While you are doing this whole &#8220;goal oriented&#8221; thing, you&#8217;re creating a directed path for your musical energy. I promise &#8211; it will keep you excited, learning, challenged.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>What a feeling to come to rehearsal with fresh energy plus a deepened sense of your own ability.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>If you want it, strive for it, earn it, enjoy it.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create A Goal Set A Due Date Complete One Goal At A Time \u00a0 \u00a0 For every day you don&#8217;t practice, 2 days of practice are needed to return to where you left off. \u00a0 Months in &#8220;solitary confinement&#8221;, without gigs, and without rehearsals. Yuck. Maybe I could settle for not backsliding. Nah. 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