http://johnmcniel.com/blog/how-about-some-feedback/ John McNiel Richmond VA Guitarist Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://johnmcniel.com/blog/how-about-some-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-27 John McNiel Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:50:14 +0000 http://johnmcniel.com/blog/how-about-some-feedback/#comment-27 Aaaah...you said the magic word - "routine". The best way to break out of a rut or learn new stuff is to always spend some of your practice time on something NEW or something you can't play well. Sounds simple, but actually doing it is the key. We all sit down and just play the stuff we know, because it's fun! But for serious progress you gotta just buckle down and make yourself play the tough stuff. Aaaah…you said the magic word – “routine”. The best way to break out of a rut or learn new stuff is to always spend some of your practice time on something NEW or something you can’t play well.
Sounds simple, but actually doing it is the key.
We all sit down and just play the stuff we know, because it’s fun! But for serious progress you gotta just buckle down and make yourself play the tough stuff.

]]> http://johnmcniel.com/blog/how-about-some-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-26 jipes Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:53:58 +0000 http://johnmcniel.com/blog/how-about-some-feedback/#comment-26 I'm mainly a blues player but I also play lots of acoustic fingerpicking and I have hard time to go out of my little routine maybe you can help me ;o) I’m mainly a blues player but I also play lots of acoustic fingerpicking and I have hard time to go out of my little routine maybe you can help me ;o)

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