Hi all! Creator of tuneUPGRADE here, which I've posted about before and do so periodically (it's a free music practice tracker site that encourages great practice habits - all free, no ads, etc.). You can take a quick video tour here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS-dzpt1tQg
I finally got around to actually writing up how this kind of stuff helped me progress as a musician.
I had a lot of issues I was trying to overcome, including:
- I spent too little time practicing. I'd both cheat with spending enough time during a session (i.e. "I'll spend an hour practicing today", but get up after 45 minutes or less), as well as in days of the week (i.e. "I'll spend 5 days this week practicing") - but forget what days I practiced, or think, "good enough" after 4.
- I would over-practice one thing: Even when did put in the time, I would spend way too much time playing things I already knew, instead of focusing on new things.
- I would forget things I had learned: Over a few years, I had learned quite a few songs - but I couldn't remember what all of them even were, let alone be able to play them on demand or get the back up to speed quickly.
- I would get stuck on the last 10% of a song: Many songs I played would be at 90% proficiency - it was just that last 10% that was always the most difficult - typically because I'd fumble or slow down during the most difficult parts of songs.
Thought I'd share my story a bit in a blog post about how tuneUPGRADE was born, and it might be an interesting read. I'd be curious if others have had the same kinds of problems and ways that you've been able to overcome them.
https://www.tuneupgrade.com/TheBeat/how-tracking-my-practice-made-me-a-better-musician
Always happy to answer questions or talk about good practice habits!
Submitted October 27, 2021 at 06:00PM by ElectronicProgram https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/qh6hhw/how_tracking_my_practice_made_me_a_better/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Wednesday, October 27, 2021