How to make more time for music-making

Good advice from Nicholas Tozier includes:

1. Disconnect. Power down your computer–or if you absolutely need the thing for some reason related to your practice and studies, sever it from the internet. Switch off your router. Close all unnecessary windows. You might even consider setting up a new user account with a bare-bones desktop and easy access to the tools you need, nothing else.

2. Banish Television. On your deathbed, will you regret not seeing this particular episode of “Generic Man and his Comical Family”? Alright then.

3. Timer. Every day, set a timer for 5-10 minutes. Within that time, work on a particularly mundane task related to your instrument or music theory. This is perfect for memorizing dry material inside and out over a long period of time, in small daily installments.

My favorite is # 28:  Stop Hitting Yourself.

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