I thought I’d share one of my practice sessions with you. Certainly not intended to teach. When I practice I try to cover scales, playing songs and practice the book lessons set out by my teacher. I play for an hour or more and when when I’m a good student I play daily. This video runs for about 8 minutes
I’m here and loaded with excuses for not posting or practicing.
Excuse #1 I moved my business. I realize I’m not going to make a living as a rock star so I have to keep my “real” job going and moving to a new and improved location has got me re-enthused about my career.
Excuse #2 I miss the acoustics of the practice room in Mexico. It’s possible something happened to the violin after flying with it to a foreign country. But I sound terrible. Maybe I sound terrible because I’m not practicing as much as I should.
Excuse #3 Can’t afford the lessons right now with a son in first year college and moving.
Excuse #4 Probably the main reason I’m not practicing is I miss the progression of the lessons. I’m playing the same things over and over. Same songs, scales and exercises. There are improvements in my physical ability to play but I’m bored. I know they say repetition is important and I agree but having something new to work on is fun and makes me want to practice. I could move forward in the lesson book by myself but hearing the exercises helps me read the music. Kind of backwards but it works for me. That’s a topic for another post.
But life is slowly getting back on track and I’m going to call my teacher and schedule a lesson for next Saturday. I know he’s going to be hard on me for not practicing and I deserve it. It’s time to get back at it even if the lessons are every other week for now. I love playing.
I think it’s time to post a new video too. Hmm…
