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Are You Procrastinating?

“If you had started doing anything two weeks ago, by today you would have been two weeks better at it.” ― John Mayer Stop procrastinating. Face whatever it is that you fear about your playing and make...

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Practicing Summed Up in 6 Sentences by Doug Yeo

This quote is from Doug Yeo, the former bass trombonist for the Boston Symphony.  My wife Tiffany is a band director in Alexandria, Virginia and it came from her band room wall.  This sums up...

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Monday YouTube Fix: Derek Sivers –“Why You Need to Fail”

Every once in a while you stumble on a video that makes you reevaluate something you do on a daily basis.  This video by Derek Sivers did just that for me. In a departure from the norm around here,...

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Some Advice on Practicing from Abe Lincoln

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” - Abe Lincoln President Lincoln uttered these words at a master class he gave at The Juilliard School shortly before he took...

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Quotes from Marty Hackleman Master Class at George Mason University (Repost)

Two years ago this week I posted the following quotes from a Marty Hackleman class at Mason.  I still use many of these quotes in my every day teaching and thought they were worth reposting.  I hope...

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Amazing Piece on Practicing

Every once in a while you stumble on a post online that just nails it.  My friend Eric Berlin, trumpet professor at UMass and one heck of a player, wrote a blog post on the subject of practicing last...

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Excellence is a Habit

You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit. -Aristotle Becoming a great band director or an accomplished performer is not an accident.  If you require your students to...

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Time to Get Honest Up in Here

You’ve got to start thinking outside the box. When you have a problem (with your playing), really admit it and address it. You have to be honest about it. You are only as strong as the weakest link in...

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Start Small

“Overwhelmed? Stop. Assess. Tackle one small thing. One step in the right direction. Rinse & repeat.” - One of Lance LaDuke’s daily practice tips on Twitter If you are anything like me, when faced...

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Finding Time vs. Making Time

I taught a young guy from New York City who plays the bass, Ray Cetta, a lesson on tuba today. He’s started to get a lot of calls to play Sousaphone on gigs and wanted to take his first ever lesson on...

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Making Progress

(Spotted by Sean Reusch)

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JJ Johnson: Monday YouTube Fix

This interview clip is only 90 seconds long, but the very end of this interview with JJ Johnson gets right to the heart of the matter: “I wish that somebody, someday, would find a shortcut and I wish...

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Casals on Perfect Technique

“The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.” -Pablo Casals This should be the ultimate goal of any performer and one that takes years of discipline to achieve.

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