One of the obvious challenge of learning any new instrument is discipline.
A typical scenario goes like this: We watch a marvelous drummer or piano player on the screen. We are in awe at the mastery of the player. We mull that bit for awhile inside the soft mechanisms of our head. Gently, the determination solidify, and, then, we decide! We shall try to play the instrument!
So, armed with this brand new decision, we go on the internet and look for an instructor. Pretty quickly, we find this guy who seems legit, he’s got good reviews, his rates are reasonable. So, we call him. When we hang up, we are a changed person, we are on our way to become a virtuoso: we just made an appointment. We have answered our destiny!
First lesson (if the instructor is not an absolute bore) goes great! We explain briefly our main goal which is to become of professional level and make a few million dollars. The instructor nods, he gets it.
Right!… To work then! The teacher gives you a few exercises to study for the week. You love them. You practice them, no questions asked.
Second lesson, third, fourth, etc…
Comes the third month of weekly meeting. The song is now a bit different. Well, you say, you didn’t practice because (fill in the blank). Motivation at this point is wobbly. We still enjoy the lessons very much, mind you. Just, there’s that lazy fiber that gets awaken every time we’re about to sit at the instrument. And so… for today, could we do something else? maybe just have fun, you know, because enough with the assignment page.
You get my drift.
Actually I don’t think you do, because all of my students gets to achieve something every week and earn a new assignment, no exception. I have developed a very modern and flexible kind of teaching that can accommodate almost any type of schedule and practice habit. I am very proud of it, that’s partly what I sale when I promote my music lessons like I do now: I’ll work with you.
