I like a challenge.
So I’m going to try to tie this week’s lesson to my new favorite show: million dollar listing.
Before you start: yes. I know it’s silly.
I know it’s staged-as-f@@@.
I know the dudes are annoying.
But, end-of-the-day, they’re playing with real money.
They’ve got “skin in the game”.
These past few weeks, I’ve tried to put skin in the game for You, the readers (and viewers).
I’m trying not to be the guy who “preaches” to you about my opinions.
That’s boring.
Besides, ask Aaron Spears.
I’ve always seen myself as Your avatar. A percussive Johnny Knoxville, putting himself in “harm’s way” so you don’t have to.
(Though hopefully there’s a lot less CTE in drums.)
The video that got me metric tons of hate: trying to play like Eric Moore.
I didn’t just comment, I tried to innovate myself out of the pickle. And you got to watch the results.
(Again, very little actual risk, but grant me the analogy.)
Know how else million dollar listing is like [this week’s lesson?]
Housing is fundamental.
Without a place to live, you can’t think about anything else.
It’s foundational.
Know what’s foundational in drumming?
Practice.
“Show me a practice routine sick enough, and I’ll move the world.”
- Archimedes (paraphrased)
Without it, nothing else happens.
Know those 10,000 hours Anders Ericsson was talking about?
He wasn’t talking about sitting around...sitting around. (I spent ten minute trying to find a better comparison that wasn’t slightly offensive. I failed.)
He was talking about Deliberate Practice.
So...
We all want to be better.
We all understand on some level that practice is the way to get there.
So why are so many of our practice routines real-time dumpster fires?
We feel stuck in a rut, afraid to try anything new.
Paradoxically, when we Do try new things, we usually try Way too much, never focusing on any one thing long enough to get good.
And we practice for long hours, then see hardly any of that come out in our playing.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because I made a course about it.
In this week’s lesson, however, we tackle practice.
To give you the tools to start to see a better way.
Without further ado, I give you..
Enjoy, and I’ll see you next week,
N