Good Habits
Here’s a habit that doesn’t relate directly to playing guitar, but can have a great impact on your practice and playing: Keep a journal.
It was hard for to me find people to hear me gripe about not being able to change chords fast enough, or the tough time I had transcribing a Joe Pass solo. But we don’t need to vent to another person. Vent to paper. You could use a computer document, but paper is better. It’s “realer,” harder, and you can press too hard onto the page to show just how frustrated you are. It’s bloodletting, and it helps.
Thanks for reading.
Copyright © 2010 Darrin Koltow
This first appeared in the Guitar Noise News – October 15, 2008 newsletter. Reprinted with permission.
great idea… this will probably help me figure out what things i need to work on as well
Wow! I get this a lot from students (frustration). Gets me frustrated because I know they’re right on the verge of cracking the “point of no return”. I’m going to try this with them. Thanks!