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What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Practicing
Imagine you win a competition. And the prize is to go and watch your favourite sports team train. You turn up on the appointed day, as wide eyed as any schoolboy, and the club officials lead you out to a … Continue reading
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How To Get The Most Out Of Bass Guitar Books
If you’re anything like me then you’ve got a library of bass guitar material at home – books, DVDs, old VHS tapes, bass magazines. And there’s bass guitar information available in digital format too – YouTube lessons, bass podcasts, PDFs, … Continue reading
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Don’t Break The Red Line – Get A Habit Plan
What do you do every night before you go to bed? And every day when you wake up. Some of us even do it in the middle of the day too. And I even do it on nights when I’ve … Continue reading
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What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Practicing
Imagine you get a chance to see your favourite tennis player train. And one player is on the court. But your favourite refuses to go on court. His reason?: I had to file a VAT return for my accountant and … Continue reading
The Real Reason Why You’ll Never Be Mozart…or Victor Wooten
The real reason why you’ll never be Mozart…or Victor Wooten. Mozart was a musical genius right? Most of us know this to be true. He started composing symphonies at the age of 5. Take a second and think about that. … Continue reading
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When Noodling Can be Mandatory
I wrote in a previous article that when we’re practicing it’s important to focus on the practice and not get distracted by ‘noodling’ on our basses. And in that article I concluded that only focused, disciplined practice would make us … Continue reading
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Don’t Noodle – Practice Instead!
You’ve heard the phrase: ‘Practice makes perfect’ a million times. And it’s variation: ‘Perfect Practice Makes Perfect.’ I bet you’ve never heard this variation: ‘Noodling makes perfect.” What is noodling? Noodling is when your fingers fire off a phrase on … Continue reading
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How To Get Better At The Bass – You Need A System
There’s a lot of people out there spending serious time on serious activities. We’re not just talking about the bass here, but other areas too like drawing, writing, piano, dance, sport. You name it and there are people working on … Continue reading
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The Power Of Accountability
There’s a really good reason why people who want to lose weight achieve their goal if they go to a group meeting, like WeightWatchers. And their success is not to do with this being a shared experience – most people … Continue reading
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What Is Random Practice?
Back in the day when I decided that I wanted to become really good at the bass guitar I went about it like this: I found the bass teacher in London with the best reputation and made the time to … Continue reading