Episode 01 Making Practice Personal:

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This week, we all decided to explore the subject of ‘making practice personal’. As all of us are professional musicians/guitarists, this topic was especially close to home. It was a fun discussion to recollect on our own experiences and methods to explore how each of us learned how to practice.

In this episode, we break down what practice means, and some applicable methods for personalising practice. This will be especially useful for musicians who have ever felt stuck in a rut or who feel directionless when sitting down at their instrument. We hope that you enjoy the episode and our discussion on the topic. If you’d like to get involved with our other Sitting In listeners, find us on the links below!

Contents of this video:
0:00 Intro
1:06 Defining Practice 
7:09 The Importance of Having Different Approaches to Practice 
11:06 Practice Environment
14:10 Mindset and Practice 
17:00 Evolving Your Practice Routine
19:18 Getting Into Deep Practice
26:00 Final Thoughts on Practice Tips
28:31 1 Piece of Advice for Personalising Practice 
31:02 Outro 

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EP1: Making Practice Personal: Practice Tips & Advice for Music Students (From Music Teachers)

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A couple of weeks ago, we received a great question about going to music school and whether it’s worth investing in.
Instead of quick-fire answering this in our Q & A episode, we decided to break it down in a Jams episode. Perhaps you’re a musician who’s contemplating going to music school and can’t decide whether you think it’s right for you? 
In this episode, you’ll hear all 3 of us break down our thoughts on going to music school.

By sharing our individual experiences of; the journey through music school; What we enjoyed about our experiences, what music school doesn’t tell you about when you graduate, What we wished we would have known. We hope that our discussion can provide some insights and open doors for anyone struggling with this decision. 

Contents of this video:
00:00 Intro 
02:03 Expectations and Experience of Music School
17:53 Unrealistic Expectations
21:50  Advice for People Considering Going Music School
25:59 Outro 

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EP2: Should You Go To Music School?

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This week, we’re back again to talk about the bogeyman under every musician’s bed... Music theory.
In this jam, we each break down our thoughts on how useful music theory can be for the average musician, and whether it is worth investing in music theory to further your musicianship. As improvisers, composers and teachers we explore the conversation around music theory and where it’s not so useful. This segment also dives into some of the ways that we draw back from theoretical concepts and use other means to influence our creative process.

We all found this a fun concept to explore as each of us had different thoughts and ideas that led to interesting avenues of discussion. From understanding how history has viewed music theory to chats about our own experiences abandoning and embracing music theory. If you’re a musician who wonders about how important music theory is to your creative process, we’re sure that you’ll love this episode of Sitting In Jams. We hope that you enjoy the episode and our discussion on the topic. 

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro 
01:23 Introduction to Music Theory
03:59 How The Greeks thought of Music Theory
06:16 What is the use in Music Theory?
08:14 Asking yourself "Why?" + Applications of Theory 
17:52 How much theory do you need to get by?
22:47 Breaking out of "The Box"
26:10 The problem with knowing too much theory
28:05 Advice for getting started with Music Theory 
32:52 Outro 

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EP3: How Much Music Theory Do You Need?

This week, we took on a question from one of our listeners asking about the worst trainwreck situations that we’ve each found ourselves in. This opened up some interesting conversation talking about everything from performance nightmares, anxiety-provoking experiences on and off stage and studio mishaps. This episode is packed full of funny moments, learning curves and a hilarious video documenting one of these trainwrecks! Tune in and listen as we each break down our worst musician moments and talk about the learning points that we all came out with.

If you’re a musician or performer who has had a similar (or worse!) experience, we’d love to know what happened to you and how you bounced back! Drop a comment below and we’ll be sure to read through them all.

EP04: Musicians and Trainwreck Situations! 3 Musicians break down their worst experiences!

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