Practicing to Practice "Practice is for suckers!" - Minnesota
Fats, the famous pool player, said this in an interview before a
championship tournament as he was knocking balls around a pool
table by himself. (It suspiciously looked like he was
practicing.) What he said is absolutely untrue, of course, and
absurd. But, you may be wasting your time if you don't have a
plan. So, how do you practice music? Do you have a plan? Do you
have a list of priorities and goals to meet for each and every
session? Do you flip through the pages of your study books until
you find something interesting, and then play that? Believe it
or not, there is more to practicing music than taking out your
horn and sittling down in front of a music stand for three to
eight hours a day. But, prep time is usually skipped if it is
thought of at all. Or, they say, "I want to get to the good
stuff.", and think they don't have time for planning. So much
music; So little time Something else that makes musicians feel
like they're in a hurry is t