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Today let’s run a fun thought experiment: What if we had to justify drum practice in a philosophical debate?
By extension, what do we actually mean by “deliberate practice”?
I used to have classmate who “didn’t believe in practice”. Seriously. He said you should get all your experience from rehearsals and gigs. And at the time I had no tools to refute him. Nothing he couldn’t counter with “you’re just parroting what you’ve been TOLD.”
So this week we think from first principles. What’s happening when we practice?
Because we can use the answer to start to draw a circle around good and bad practice, and when practice is most useful versus when it’s not.
And spoiler alert - you wouldn’t want to pay a rehearsal band to help you practice the ride cymbal by rehearsing with you for hours-a-day…
…but you also wouldn’t want to waste your time shedding something that wasn’t going to help in real life.
Those twin poles can help us locate a “sweet spot” for practice.
If you’re “in” for this journey, I invite you to watch, and leave your opinion below.