Essay: Thoughts on Practice
A few friends have asked that I make my Thoughts on Practice essay available at our new website. Here it is!
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I have come to feel that practice presents an array of profound challenges. How does one maintain daily practice? What is most effective? The solutions constitute a deep and personal philosophy of living that I am just starting to explore.
This essay deals mainly with technical aspects of practice.
If you have any feedback or thoughts (technical or philosophical) of your own, please share them below!
Tags: taiko practice
Thanks Kris! Speaking as an amateur, I can only say “In ONE!” Maybe kumidaiko players are at greater risk than other musicians of confusing effort with improvement…so we spend more time rehearsing our mistakes than necessary. Have you read Daniel Levitin’s This Is Your Brain On Music? Very interesting and energizing.
Hi Kris,
I think this is maybe the most influental thing in my taiko playing right now. I actually find myself re-reading this essay maybe once a week. It’s really inspiring for me, and helping me to achieve some goals (even non-taiko related) at the moment. Thanks so much for writing it and sharing it.
-Matt
KyoDaiko
Hi, Kris. I followed your link from TaikoForum and I’m glad I did. The essay re: 10,000 hours was very inspirational, as was this one. I’ll be passing the link to your essay to my team-mates in hope that they’ll read it, too!
Best,
Jacob