Practice methods for success Part 2: Practice Partners

Accountability is the name of the game: at work, in the a marriage, in the practice room. As Simon Sinek says we are social animals, we don't want to violate the trust people have in us.

A short list of possibilities for musicians:

1. Schedule weekly lessons on your instrument with a musician you admire. I study with Terry Clarke, renowned jazz drummer. Showing up unprepared and embarrassing myself is unthinkable.
   
2. Play in a rehearsal band. I play weekly in a rock band. Music has to be prepared. 
   
3. Form a duet. Four hands if you are a pianist. 
   
4. Find a performance coach. No kidding. 
   

It is harder to rationalise our way out of practicing when we haven't set up a time and place to work with others.  

best, 

​David Story