Wanna Take A Sneak Peek?
Let's pull back the Practice Warrior curtain, so you can check out some short excerpts of the great classes, lessons and interviews that await you!
Masterclass Excerpts
Unit One: The Journey Ahead
Excerpt - The 5th Myth Of Learning Music
It's best to know what is true and what isn't about praticing, so we go over the Top 5 Myths Of Learning Music. The 5th Myth is our favorite to bust!!
(Ten more myths are discussed in our Musicianship Videos)
Unit Two: Facing Your Fears
Excerpt - Desire Vs. Drive
People think you need inspiration, motivation or desire to practice consistently, but what most people miss is the DRIVE to practice.
Unit Three: Changing Your Mind
Excerpt - The New YOU!
If you've had negative thoughts and associations with practicing in the past, you need to recondition yourself to link great pleasure to practicing.
Unit Four: Prepping Your Space
Excerpt - Sample Practice Space
After thoroughly describing what should and shouldn't be in your practice space, Christopher takes you into his own musical "Fortress Of Solitude".
Unit Five: Choosing Your Teacher
Excerpt - Who Is An Ideal Teacher?
This Unit asks every question you've ever had about private instruction...and answers them! One of the biggest questions: What characteristics make up an "ideal teacher"?
Unit Six: Setting Your Goals
Excerpt - Setting Short Term Goals
After helping the viewer think about their long term musical goals, we show why simple, shorter term goals are essential for musical growth.
Unit Seven: Deciding Your Topics
Excerpt - Christopher's Terrible 1980s Practicing
As a humorous way to demonstrate the importance of choosing and sticking with specific topics, Christopher teleports us back to the 1980's to demonstrate his old bad practice habits.
Unit Eight: Scheduling Your Time
Excerpt - Anchor To An Existing Daily Ritual
The biggest excuse for not practicing? "I don't have time to practice". This Unit shatters that myth once and for all. One method to ensure consistency: anchor practicing to an existing daily ritual. Christopher talks about how this strategy worked for his yoga as well as practicing music!
Unit Nine: Documenting Your Journey
Excerpt - The Ultimate Weapon
Keeping a Practice Log in vital to making consistent progress. Here's one moment where we explain why it's the "ultimate weapon" for a Practice Warrior.
Unit Ten: Freeing Your Mind
Excerpt - Let That **** Go
There's no way you will make progress in music if you're in a tense mental and physical state while practicing. In this excerpt, we make our case with more general examples of the negative results of not focusing.
Unit Eleven: Putting It Together
Excerpt - Are You Ready?
You think you're ready to begin practicing? We go over exactly what you have to do before you can begin your first true Practice Ritual.
Unit Twelve: Loving Your Metronome
Excerpt - Why It Rocks!
With so many people confused as to how to properly utilize a metronome, we spend a whole unit on this amazing device. In this excerpt, we explain why you should learn how to use it.
Unit Thirteen: Continuing Your Progress
Excerpt - Good Vs Sloppy
As our Practice Warriors get started on their journey, we offer practical advice to make sure they are practicing correctly. Here, we talk about the discipline of practicing things slowly.
Unit Fourteen: The Path Forward
Excerpt - After Masterclass
In addition to talking about potential roadblocks ahead, we highlight the other elements of the Practice Warriors experience, so our members have all the tools they need to continue their success.
Musicianship Video Excerpts
Scales
Excerpt - Start Making Sense
Creating an interesting solo is like telling an interesting story: it has to make sense. This video demonstrates what this means musically, and how it can work for you.
Chords
Excerpt - Play 'Em All!
Christopher demonstrates a simple but highly effective way to learn all four types of chords/arpeggios.
Reading
Excerpt - Notes First
Reading can be intimidating, especially all those rhythms! But if you know a song, you can "read" a song as long as you can know the notes!
Tips/Inspiration
Excerpt - Don't Train Your Fingers Wrong
Your hands and fingers don't know what is right or wrong. So if they learn something wrong, it'll stay wrong. Make it right the first time.
Bonus Footage
Excerpt - 5 More Myths
In bonus footage not shown in the Masterclass, we go over an additional five myths of music. This excerpt goes over one of those myths.
Deepen Your Playing
Excerpt - Rhythm: Clap Yer Hands!
While the previous video talked about the proper way to tap your foot, this video adds clapping to the mix. It's more challenging than you think if you're actually doing it right!
Deepen Your Playing
Excerpt - Dynamics: What Are Dynamics?
You get to learn the different types of dynamics and articulations that help you create your own unique voice on your instrument.
Rockstar Q&A Interview Excerpts
Derrek Phillips
Excerpt - Having Your Own Voice
Derrek talks about how musicians create their own unique sound on their instrument.
(Grammy Award-winner Derrek Phillips has worked with Vanessa Williams, Allison Krauss, Brent Eldridge, Hank Williams Jr., Dr. John, Michael McDonald, Robben Ford and many others)
Derrek Phillips
Excerpt - Playing With Good Players
In this part of the interview, Derrek talks about the benefit of playing with musicians better than you.
(Grammy Award-winner Derrek Phillips has worked with Vanessa Williams, Allison Krauss, Brent Eldridge, Hank Williams Jr., Dr. John, Michael McDonald, Robben Ford and many others)
John Wesley
Excerpt - Life's Necessities Creating Skills
Wes talks about how his life's journey showed him the specific musical skills he needed to work on.
(Wes has recorded and performed with platinum-selling bands Vertical Horizon, Sister Hazel and Porcupine Tree, as well as with members of King Crimson, Rush, and many others)
John Wesley
Excerpt - Making Time To Practice
Wes sheds light on how people can carve out time during their busy day to practice.
(Wes has recorded and performed with platinum-selling bands Vertical Horizon, Sister Hazel and Porcupine Tree, as well as with members of King Crimson, Rush, and many others)
Vail Johnson
Excerpt - Why Preparation Rocks
Vail talks about how working to be prepared is the ultimate in musical freedom.
(Vail has recorded/performed with Kenny G, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Nicks, Keb Mo, George Benson, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson, MC Hammer, and many, many others)
Vail Johnson
Excerpt - Preparing For Practicing Challenges
Vail gives insight in how to get over the negative feelings and challenges one faces while practicing.
(Vail has recorded/performed with Kenny G, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Nicks, Keb Mo, George Benson, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson, MC Hammer, and many, many others)
Allegra Miles
Excerpt - Encouraging People To Play Live
In this excerpt, Allegra talks about the benefits, challenges and joys of performing live.
(Allegra is the youngest vocalist ever to make the Top-9 on the hit TV Series "The Voice" and is a singer-songwriter, pianist, guitarist and musical theater sensation...at just 18 years old)
Allegra Miles
Excerpt - Dealing With Your Inner Critic
Allegra discusses how musicians and performers can stay positive and open during any musical situation.
