danktat
Award winning tattoo artist ... Amateur guitarist
So, that post by @ScottR has got me thinking (and mildly inspired). I can only think of where my progress would be if I were to do 800+ consecutive days of a minimum of 1/2 per day of actual practice. I absolutely KNOW that I don't practice nearly enough. And when I do, more often than not, it isn't really "practice". I start warming up with stuff that I ALREADY know. Then I go onto something else that I ALREADY KNOW. And by the time I do that for three or four songs a couple of times through, I feel like I did something, and kind of dig how I sounded (because I already know how to play it) and call it a day. So I never really sit down to LEARN new stuff. And as a result, I don't make as much progress as I feel like I COULD be making.
So, I put a notepad in my binder of music that I play with the band, to keep track of what I am doing, and am looking at [maybe not EVERY D*MNED DAY but] maybe five times a week for a half hour (or more) of LEARNING. It would be easier if I were to pay for some lessons, but in the winter, tattoo artists are broke as h*ll, so I will have to just crack down on the discipline and formulate some actual stuff that I want to learn but haven't touched on yet. Hopefully, it won't just be something I do for a couple of weeks and then fall back into old habits and patterns. We shall see. I will keep you all posted. (Even if I fall off the wagon) *sigh*
So, I put a notepad in my binder of music that I play with the band, to keep track of what I am doing, and am looking at [maybe not EVERY D*MNED DAY but] maybe five times a week for a half hour (or more) of LEARNING. It would be easier if I were to pay for some lessons, but in the winter, tattoo artists are broke as h*ll, so I will have to just crack down on the discipline and formulate some actual stuff that I want to learn but haven't touched on yet. Hopefully, it won't just be something I do for a couple of weeks and then fall back into old habits and patterns. We shall see. I will keep you all posted. (Even if I fall off the wagon) *sigh*