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June 1, 2020A Fresh Start | How to keep motivated

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“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.

“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” -Rumi

Just like the tides, things in life ebb and flow. Fighting them simply makes it more difficult. This is something I’ve always struggled with: to move with the changes rather than fight against them.

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Practice is a lot like the stages of creating a pa

Practice is a lot like the stages of creating a painting. You start with a sketch, then blend the appropriate colors.

Fill in the background and lay down the foundation.

Work through new colors and details added, keeping the image as true to the sketch as possible.

Then, clean up the edges and refine anything that lost clarity.

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NEW! Introducing The Musician’s Process Journal,

NEW! Introducing The Musician’s Process Journal, a quarterly journal for musicians

Finally, a practice journal to help you focus on the process instead of the result. This journal is set up to give you guidance but give you enough flexibility to cater to your own goals and where you are in your journey.

Features include:
Calendar Pages to set short term goals
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Practice Logs
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“You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. Wha

“You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” - Timber Hawkeye

This was taken on a water bus from Murano back to Venice. The storm came out of nowhere. It was pouring rain but we managed to catch this beautiful sunset through the storm.

This pandemic disrupted what everyone was doing and planned. I don’t know about for you, but organization is the best way to calm myself. Structure helps organize my time, maximizing the best work I can get done.

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New practice tool! I don’t know about you but I

New practice tool! I don’t know about you but I can never decide on choosing new scales each day...so I had some extra poker chips lying around and used a sharpie to indicate the scales. Now I’ll choose 3 each day!

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New blog post! Are you having trouble staying moti

New blog post! Are you having trouble staying motivated to practice during quarantine? Hop on over to themusicalnotes.com to read about some ideas to help! Link in bio 😁

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