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When should you start learning music? If you ask yourself something different first, Iâll think youâll have your answer to this question.Â
The different question is...âdo you want to learn music?â
If the answer is âyesâ, then the answer to âwhen should you start learning musicâ is now. NOW! NOW! ...
 Most people have plenty of things to practice, but they first need to learn HOW to practice. Thatâs what we teach our Practice Warriors. So, donât worry about what to practice until you learn how to practice using the specific music learning strategies that have helped thousands of people all over ...
 Iâve heard the excuses so many times I can recite them by heart. They fly around my head like songs on a broken record. Iâve heard them for decades, and they amuse me just as much today as they did many, many moons ago. They are all answers to the same question I ask people again and again:
âWhy d...
In an earlier blog post, I talked about the Top 5 Myths that people have with learning music. Like most myths, some are True, some are False and some could be thought of as True, BUT⌠where this is some validity to the myth.Â
âŚbut are there only five myths? Of course not! The good folks here at Pra...
In our previous blog (Part 1: Why You Wonât Practice), you learned why your âold selfâ wasn't able to practice in a deliberate, consistent way due to the negative associations you created in the past about practicing. You also learned about the forces of 'avoiding pain' and/or 'gaining pleasure' t...
One of the most motivating thoughts that will carry you through challenging times during practicing will be the unmitigated FACT that nothing in life is easy and nothing in life is hard. Things are only familiar and unfamiliar. Â
Iâm going to say that again louder for the folks in the back:Â Nothi...