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Hey,
I've been finding myself not practicing as much as i used to, and i seem to find it hard to get that motivation to sit down for a while and just practice, i still love jamming with people and all that sort of thing, but actually sitting down and doing some real practice seems quite hard, i was wondering if any of you have this problem and what you do to try and get around it?
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Puck
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2005, 03:15 PM » |
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Go and watch a good live band. The envy of another drummer always gets me practicing like hell.
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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2005, 11:22 PM » |
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Good topic, and one that I think everybody at the DC has experienced at one time or another.
When I'm not feeling too motivated, I always go back to the first few songs that got me interested in drums to begin with and play along with them a few times. At this point in my drumming life, they're really easy to play, but when I play them I once again feel like that 10 y/o kid who "discovered" them for the first time.
Doing this periodically keeps me fresh.
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2005, 03:06 PM » |
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My number one rule for motivation is the same with any endeavor: Don't force it. If I try to force the motivation, drumming becomes a chore for me rather than play. Musically, I maintain my motivation by never letting myself settle on the same thing for too long and mostly just going with the flow. For example, I had planned to spend Christmas break and January working specifically on the drum set, but instead, I spent Christmas practicing guitar and I'm working on jazz piano during January. I'll only be able to play so much jazz piano before I want to play the drums with a jazz pianist. At some point, the idea to take up bass will hit me. I'm perhaps blessed in this regard with an extreme passion for music. The most effective way to harness that passion is to work with it rather than against it.
I also apply this philosophy to my life in general. So, if for awhile, I really do not feel like devoting time or effort to learning Karate, cooking, or tennis, I do it. I still can't cook and I don't know Karate, but I hope at some point in my life, I will encounter opportunities to learn both of them. Again, I'm blessed with an amazing curiousity and desire for knowledge and skill, and I find diversions from music eventually fuel my musical passion even more.
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2005, 05:17 PM » |
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OK, i get this from Barbra Sheir(a famous counseler that published many tapes and books). Just like mediablamer said don't force it. I swear man i had the same problem but this lady helped out.
First of all, it dosen't mean if you are not practsing enough then maybe you don't like it enough. You probably already know this or not i dont know but just wanted to say that.
We get lazy to practise or don't anything we're supposed to do somtimes because feeling of guilt, because your not doing the thing that your supposed to do. I dont mean like if drumming is a career for you even just for fun, you know you gotta get good at it cause you love it.
When ever you feel like you don't want to practise just tell your self seriously "I dont want to practise 'cause I dont feel like it" period, but do this, sit on your drumset or pad for just 5 10 seconds and practise somthing, you might find your self wanting to practise, this happend with me ALOT, and somtimes i would my self not wanting to practise.
This is what I did and it worked for me. Don't forget, puting a rest after an exercise or a couple depending on how long it is is very important. I have a freind who used to do nothing but practise for a very LOOONGG time and he went into this state of not wanting to do anything at ALL and i mean nothing. He got so depressed, but he got help and got through it.
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2005, 08:42 PM » |
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Take up another instrument. You'll soon realize that everything but drums suck and will go back to practising with a renewed vigour.
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2005, 09:33 PM » |
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I think its cute that you need motivation Sally.
Now..........
Stop talking about it and go out and do it.
NOW!
MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2005, 09:40 PM » |
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Personally, the guilt of not practicing makes me practice...I know that if I'm not in the mood to practice now, at some other point I will be, and I will be upset that I didn't practice when I could have. So I try to always do something, even if it's just rudiments on a pad for a while.
As others also said, just trying to practice for a little bit can often cheer you up to practice for a long time, so always just try to play a little before you give up.
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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2005, 02:24 AM » |
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now that i actually feel like practicing i can't find any sticks......typical
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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2005, 12:27 PM » |
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Just depends on what you want out of drums. If you want to play for a living-lacking motivation wont get you anywhere. I play for fun, but have kept a regular practice routine going. I will force myself to practice-even when I dont feel like it. For me, like so much in my life, its really a matter of discipline. I know of a good number of drummers who only go so far, and could go alot further if they regularly practiced. Practice makes perfect....so they say. That may be extreme, but one has to do the work to see the progression IMHO.
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2005, 04:48 PM » |
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now that i actually feel like practicing i can't find any sticks......typical LOL |
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2005, 11:44 AM » |
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I totally agree with drumforsoul...
even if yuo don't feel liike just take up a pair of sticks...
I often feel like not practicing but as soon as the sticks are in my hand I just feel I have to do something with them and if I'm already at my throne... then why not learn something new?
Chill!
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2005, 03:08 PM » |
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I have been playing for over 40 years and this happens to me also. But I think the cause of it is more out of frustration. There are times when I feel so overwhelmed by all that I want to accomplish that I just don't feel like doing anything. Its like the more I learn, the more I realize how much I still don't know. I also agree with Robert, as soon as I get apair of sticks in my hands I am back in the practice zone. With that, I am now going to practice.
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