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8 Ways to Maximize Your Practice Time

Practice makes musicians (or any discipline, really) surpass their potential exponentially.  However, sometimes random situations pop up and get in the way of our progress, like major life events.  Or a total act of God.  Whatever the case may be, it's important to acknowledge that our livelihood not only relies on improving our chosen discipline, but also bettering our performance to benefit the livelihood of others. We achieve that by protecting our practice time. Without practice, we don't get better.  Without improvement, we don't evolve.  Without effort, our dreams fall flat.  Therefore, it's critical to take our practice time as seriously as brushing our teeth. If you're like me, with a large family (complete with small children) and a mortgage, it's extremely difficult to get time to take a shower, let alone sit...