May 6, 2025 • 17 mins
Need a little extra practice motivation? Here is how you can cultivate it in your sessions.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome to the Confident Musicianing
Podcast.
My name is Eleanor and I am aBritish American oboist studying
at the Royal Conservatoire ofScotland literally my dream
school and it took me a long wayto get there.
I applied and auditioned for 12schools in three different
countries.
It was a lot of hard work but,oh my gosh, so worth it.
(00:24):
I want you to have theconfidence to work hard in
achieving your goals, so comewith me as we go on this journey
together.
So sit down, pull up a chair,take a seat or, if you're on the
go, welcome to the ConfidentMusicianing Podcast.
(00:51):
As musicians, we all strugglewith practice motivation.
I think it depends on kind ofwhat phase we are in, what stage
we are in, but I think everysingle musician has felt this
feeling of not being motivatedto practice, and I think
something that I've heard beingpassed around and being said
that I think is really, reallyhelpful when thinking about
motivation is that we don't havemotivation and then we practice
(01:15):
.
Motivation comes from momentum.
We need to start the thing andthen when we see our progress or
we see, you know, like we seeour, our start, then the
motivation will come after that.
So I think in today's episodewe are going to be talking a lot
(01:37):
about trying to get thatmotivation, three ways to boost
your practice, motivation.
But as you are listening tothese three things, I think it's
really important to kind ofremember that.
About motivation, it doesn'tnecessarily come from the
beginning, it comes from onceyou have that start and then
you'll keep going withmotivation and you'll keep going
(01:59):
with your practice.
I think our practice as welllooks different for everyone.
For instance me.
Two years ago I had a practiceset up where I practiced three
hours a day and each day I wouldhave one hour session in the
morning, one hour session in theafternoon and one in the
evening really worked for me, itworked for my schedule, it
(02:26):
worked for like how much I couldactually play the instrument at
a time.
But now my life has changed andI have kind of a different
schedule and also I am learninga different kind of oboe playing
.
That is more fatiguing becauseit's a whole new setup and I
guess I'm like training musclesin, like my embouchure that
(02:48):
aren't used to being used, andso an hour at a time for me is a
lot and so now I break it outinto smaller, more frequent
chunks, so things like that.
Everyone's practice isdifferent.
So kind of going into thisepisode.
I think it's important toremember these things.
So, without further ado, let'sget into it.
So three ways to boost yourpractice motivation whatever
(03:12):
that looks like for you, becausewe all practice differently but
if you are feeling a littlelike maybe you need a bit more
motivation in the practice room.
That's what this episode is for.
So the first thing that helpsme at least, is the 10 minute
trick.
You might have heard about thisor you might not have.
Either way.
(03:33):
Basically, the 10 minute trickis this idea of if we are
struggling to start something,especially if it is a big thing,
and we're like, oh my gosh,this thing is going to take so
long, or you know, by the timewe finish this thing, it'll
already be this specific time orwhatever it is Just say to
(03:53):
yourself I'm going to do thisfor 10 minutes, I'm going to
take 10 minutes, I'm reallygoing to focus, I'm going to
like really get my head in thegame, I'm all in it for 10
minutes, and that makes it sothat it's not as big and scary.
And then, once you've gotten tothe 10 minute mark, if you want
to keep going, then keep going.
If you want to stop, then okay,stop.
(04:15):
But if you want to keep going,then keep going.
And this goes kind of into theidea of motivation being not
when you start something butwhen you're going into it,
because if you don't havemotivation before those 10
minutes, you feel kind of like Idon't really want to do this.
But then maybe by minute seven,when you're really getting into
it and you're having fun, andthen maybe minute eight, it's
(04:36):
even more fun, and all of asudden the motivation is coming
after 10 minutes, and thenyou're like oh, actually I could
continue this for another 10minutes, maybe another 20
minutes, maybe only another fiveminutes, but it is an extra
five minutes.
Do you know what I mean?
So I think that this trick isreally helpful and it really
kind of ties into the idea thatmotivation does not come at the
(04:58):
beginning.
It comes as you are doingsomething, and I think that that
goes for more than justpracticing.
But but that's something goodto remember when practicing.
Okay, the next thing kind ofgoes into this, this idea and
the 10-minute trick.
I feel like all of these thingskind of weave into each other.
But that is analyzing yourschedule.
(05:20):
Okay, are you putting too muchon your plate?
Right?
Are you doing too much Now?
Sometimes we can't control howmuch we're doing.
Right now I am, um, I ampreparing for not only an exam,
an exam reset, but also arecital, and so I have a ton of
(05:41):
music.
I have two pieces of music likefull on pieces three movement
long pieces right.
Full on pieces, three movement,long pieces, right.
And then I have like manyextracts, different extracts,
from six different pieces ofmusic, but like each piece of
music has at least like five-ishextracts each give or take.
(06:02):
And then I have scales and thentwo etudes.
So all of these things I amdoing are just it's a lot,
really it's a lot.
And a lot of times when I wakeup and I'm like, oh my gosh, I
have so much to do obo-wise, itcan be very, very stressful and
very overwhelming, to the pointthat I'm like how am I gonna do
(06:23):
this right?
And then that motivation's likeplop, it's just like out the
window, we're done right.
So when we think about ourschedule, even if we can't say,
for instance, okay, I'm just notgoing to practice this at all,
because you need to practice it,but think about how you are
scheduling your practice and ifit is a lot.
(06:43):
So, for instance, if you aredoing how I did two years ago
and two years ago this workedfor me, but now it doesn't, so
it's a bit different.
But if I did three one hoursections where I just did all
that, and then if, if that'smaybe what you're doing and it
doesn't seem to be working foryou, maybe try doing um four to
(07:05):
six half an hour sessions, ormaybe you get like in the
morning, maybe maybe youpractice the best in the morning
, so you do two hours in themorning and then maybe an hour
in the afternoon or maybe threehours.
Isn't what like good?
Like it doesn't work for you.
So maybe you do one hour in themorning and then two half an
hour sessions in the afternoon,in the evening.
(07:26):
Whatever works for you is um,it's what's going to work for
you.
And I think the most importantthing when thinking about
analyzing your schedule,especially when it comes to
motivation, is not comparingyourself to others, because
other people might be able to dodifferent things, but um, that
doesn't, that doesn't pair up toyou.
Do you know what I mean?
(07:46):
Like it, it.
It's not good to compare these,these two things, and I think
especially like, for example,recently I was in a class with
some other music students and wewere chatting about our
practice and one of the thingsthat I honestly was like it's
such an eye-opener for me wasthe other students.
(08:07):
They practiced, a lot of thempracticed well, they all.
They all practice differently,right?
So for me at the time I waslike okay, I'm not practicing
the way I did two years agowhere I did, you know, one hour
sessions three times a day.
Instead, I'm doing it morefrequently and less, because I
(08:28):
need more breaks, because I'mchanging styles and it, you know
, it's more fatiguing, um, forme at this point, and I often
felt like okay, that means, youknow, I like I compared myself
to other people because Iassumed that they were
practicing like probably a lot,and the thing about it was when
I was talking to them, they hadtheir own things.
(08:51):
So some of them practiced inone hour chunks, but a lot of
them were like me, where theywere like okay, actually half an
hour chunks are much better forme and I do them more
frequently, and it was so goodto see everyone like how they do
their practice differently, andso I think, when we analyze our
schedules, make sure that thatschedule is good for you, right?
(09:13):
If it doesn't matter whatsomeone else's practice schedule
looks like?
If this schedule works for you,then it works for you.
But if you are struggling withmotivation, maybe asking
yourself is it because I amscheduling my practice in a way
that isn't serving me and thatmeans that my motivation is
going down?
So looking at that is a reallygreat way to do that and
(09:35):
something about that.
When I recently was kind ofchanging my practice schedule,
working through this, because Ihave recently switched oboe
styles and I am needing morefrequent practice sessions that
aren't as long because offatigue, I am training my
(09:55):
embouchure to do somethingdifferent.
One thing that has reallyhelped me is planning my
practice, and not only planningmy practice, but also reflecting
on how these things worked.
That way, I can try a practiceschedule and then reflect on how
I thought it went, and then thenext day I can try a practice
schedule and then reflect on howI thought it went, and then the
next day I can try a differentone, or maybe the next week I
can try a different one, and Ihave it all in one place so that
(10:17):
I can look and be like okay, Idid this type of schedule and
this is what I thought of it,and so I can have that.
And one of the things that hasreally helped me with that is a
notable practice journal.
If you've never heard ofnotable, you're in for a treat,
because notable's practicejournals really seriously have
changed the game for me at leastwith practicing seriously.
(10:40):
So what it is is it's a journalwhere you can plan your
practice.
So you plan out what you'regoing to do and this helps you
in the practice room to haveeffective and focused sessions.
And it also means that you knowwhen you're done right, you
know when you're done practicingbecause you've completed
everything that you set out todo.
And that also can help with themotivation as well.
(11:03):
Having a checked off list right, we all love a checklist.
And then there's also areas toreflect.
So not only just reflect onyour everyday practice, but also
at the end of the week you cando some reflection and there's
reflection questions in there.
And this is perfect if you areanalyzing your practice schedule
, if you try a schedule, andthen in the reflection section
(11:23):
you can be like okay, you know,doing this, that and the other
at these times really helped me,but maybe doing this other
thing wasn't as good, andthrough that you can create your
own practice schedule, which isgreat for all of us.
So, honestly, a notablepractice journal has seriously
helped me in my practiceorganization and effectiveness,
(11:47):
and I think you know it's justso helpful.
And as soon as I found out thatthis journal was helping me, I
knew that I needed to tell youabout it and I knew that I
needed to give you a code.
So use code Eleanor15 for 15%off your journal, that is,
e-l-e-a-n-o-r-1-5 for 15% offyour journal, and get yourself a
(12:09):
nice practice journal.
We all deserve a nice practicejournal.
You know me, I don't everrecommend anything that I don't
absolutely love.
This code is an affiliate code,which means I do receive a
commission with no extra cost toyou.
All right, let's move on, shallwe?
The next thing is gettinginspired by other people.
(12:33):
Getting inspired by otherpeople, so we can do so many
things with this, becausemotivation can not only come
from us, but it can also come inthe form of inspiration.
If we take inspiration and thenwe turn it into motivation for
our own practice.
That is a great way to kind ofcreate the motivation as well.
So that means going to thesymphony, playing with other
(12:54):
people.
So these are two differentthings.
So if we go to the symphony,we're watching the symphony,
right, and maybe you know if youI remember like all the time if
I went to go see like a, likean oboist play the oboe at the
symphony, you know if they'redoing like a, the Mozart oboe
concerto, for instance, Iremember one time I went to go
see the Mozart oboe concertobeing performed and I went away
(13:15):
from that concert being like, ohmy gosh, I all I want to do is
practice.
This is so cool.
Oftentimes I find, especiallywhen I go see my instrument
being performed, I'm like all Iwant to do is practice.
So that's a great way of doingit.
Another great way of gettinginspired by other people is
playing with other people.
So if you set up, you know,like a group with some friends
(13:36):
and you just play, and even ifit's honestly not serious, like
if it's just for fun, you justdownload some music somewhere
and just like, do whatever thatcan be so fun as well, right,
and then you can come back homeand be like, oh my gosh, I, I
want to.
I want to practice, becausethat was really fun and that can
be really inspiring as well.
(13:58):
So, whatever that looks like toyou, whether you, you know, can
play with others, maybe youwant to get a group together,
maybe you want to go to thesymphony.
Even I found even watching theballet has helped me in my
motivation to practice, becauseoftentimes and I think this is a
completely other conversationthat I want to touch on but
(14:18):
oftentimes when I play the oboe,I imagine ballerinas.
I feel like the oboe is verymuch a.
It can be quite a poisedinstruments, it can be quite
like delicate and detailed andall of these things that I find
ballerinas are.
And so I found, like, even justin my free time, I will watch
(14:43):
like.
There are ballet rehearsalsthat you can watch on YouTube
with, like the Royal Ballet, andI will watch those and then
when I practice, I feel moremotivated to like sound, the way
that they dance, and that'sthat's a whole another story
that we can get into.
But maybe something like thatfor you.
Maybe it's not ballet, butmaybe you know you play an
(15:03):
instrument that, in your mind,reminds you of something and
that can help you motivate orget motivated to practice.
So all of these things aredifferent ways to help you get
motivated to practice, becausewe, all of these things are
different ways to help you getmotivated to practice, because
we all need that little kick ofmotivation.
Let's do a recap, shall we?
The first thing is the10-minute trick.
If you feel not motivated andyou're like, ugh, I don't want
(15:25):
to practice, just practice for10 minutes and then, when 10
minutes is up, be like do I wantto keep going?
Chances are you might.
The next thing is analyze yourschedule.
Are you putting too much onyour plate?
And if, even if you aren'tputting too much on your plate,
are you doing it in a way thatisn't serving you.
(15:45):
Maybe big practice sessionsaren't as good as, maybe,
shorter, more frequent ones.
Maybe it's the opposite.
Maybe you are just doing 20, 30minute, 40 minute sessions and
you're like, actually, I justwant to wake up in the morning
and do two hours and or threehours in one sitting and that's
it.
And if that works for you,that's great.
(16:06):
That would never work for me,but I'm an oboist, right that I
would get so fatigued, maybe ifyou play an instrument where you
can do that.
Maybe that's what you'll do,right?
So just find that schedulebalance for you and a great tool
to plan your practice, analyzeyour practice and analyze that
schedule is a notable practicejournal.
(16:27):
You can use my code.
It is in the description andthe show notes and I will also
put the link to where you canget your journal as well in the
show notes, in the descriptionas well.
And the last thing is gettinginspired by other people,
whether that is other people, bygoing to the symphony, maybe
that is playing with otherfriends, like other students,
(16:48):
other musicians, or even doingsomething as kind of strange as
going to the ballet, and thatreally works for me.
Whatever works for you, itmight not be the ballet, but
something that just whatever,gets you inspired.
Doing more of that and gettinginspired by other people.
All right, that is about it forthis episode.
Thank you so much for hangingout with me today.
(17:09):
I hope you enjoyed this episode.
If you did enjoy this episode,please do show her all the love.
Like, subscribe, follow,comment, share this episode with
all of your musician friends sowe can all be motivated in the
practice room and I will see youin the next episode.
All right, take care, bye.
Hello and welcome to the Confident Musicianing
Podcast.
My name is Eleanor and I am aBritish American oboist studying
at the Royal Conservatoire ofScotland literally my dream
school and it took me a long wayto get there.
I applied and auditioned for 12schools in three different
countries.
It was a lot of hard work but,oh my gosh, so worth it.
(00:24):
I want you to have theconfidence to work hard in
achieving your goals, so comewith me as we go on this journey
together.
So sit down, pull up a chair,take a seat or, if you're on the
go, welcome to the ConfidentMusicianing Podcast.
(00:51):
As musicians, we all strugglewith practice motivation.
I think it depends on kind ofwhat phase we are in, what stage
we are in, but I think everysingle musician has felt this
feeling of not being motivatedto practice, and I think
something that I've heard beingpassed around and being said
that I think is really, reallyhelpful when thinking about
motivation is that we don't havemotivation and then we practice
(01:15):
.
Motivation comes from momentum.
We need to start the thing andthen when we see our progress or
we see, you know, like we seeour, our start, then the
motivation will come after that.
So I think in today's episodewe are going to be talking a lot
(01:37):
about trying to get thatmotivation, three ways to boost
your practice, motivation.
But as you are listening tothese three things, I think it's
really important to kind ofremember that.
About motivation, it doesn'tnecessarily come from the
beginning, it comes from onceyou have that start and then
you'll keep going withmotivation and you'll keep going
(01:59):
with your practice.
I think our practice as welllooks different for everyone.
For instance me.
Two years ago I had a practiceset up where I practiced three
hours a day and each day I wouldhave one hour session in the
morning, one hour session in theafternoon and one in the
evening really worked for me, itworked for my schedule, it
(02:26):
worked for like how much I couldactually play the instrument at
a time.
But now my life has changed andI have kind of a different
schedule and also I am learninga different kind of oboe playing
.
That is more fatiguing becauseit's a whole new setup and I
guess I'm like training musclesin, like my embouchure that
(02:48):
aren't used to being used, andso an hour at a time for me is a
lot and so now I break it outinto smaller, more frequent
chunks, so things like that.
Everyone's practice isdifferent.
So kind of going into thisepisode.
I think it's important toremember these things.
So, without further ado, let'sget into it.
So three ways to boost yourpractice motivation whatever
(03:12):
that looks like for you, becausewe all practice differently but
if you are feeling a littlelike maybe you need a bit more
motivation in the practice room.
That's what this episode is for.
So the first thing that helpsme at least, is the 10 minute
trick.
You might have heard about thisor you might not have.
Either way.
(03:33):
Basically, the 10 minute trickis this idea of if we are
struggling to start something,especially if it is a big thing,
and we're like, oh my gosh,this thing is going to take so
long, or you know, by the timewe finish this thing, it'll
already be this specific time orwhatever it is Just say to
(03:53):
yourself I'm going to do thisfor 10 minutes, I'm going to
take 10 minutes, I'm reallygoing to focus, I'm going to
like really get my head in thegame, I'm all in it for 10
minutes, and that makes it sothat it's not as big and scary.
And then, once you've gotten tothe 10 minute mark, if you want
to keep going, then keep going.
If you want to stop, then okay,stop.
(04:15):
But if you want to keep going,then keep going.
And this goes kind of into theidea of motivation being not
when you start something butwhen you're going into it,
because if you don't havemotivation before those 10
minutes, you feel kind of like Idon't really want to do this.
But then maybe by minute seven,when you're really getting into
it and you're having fun, andthen maybe minute eight, it's
(04:36):
even more fun, and all of asudden the motivation is coming
after 10 minutes, and thenyou're like oh, actually I could
continue this for another 10minutes, maybe another 20
minutes, maybe only another fiveminutes, but it is an extra
five minutes.
Do you know what I mean?
So I think that this trick isreally helpful and it really
kind of ties into the idea thatmotivation does not come at the
(04:58):
beginning.
It comes as you are doingsomething, and I think that that
goes for more than justpracticing.
But but that's something goodto remember when practicing.
Okay, the next thing kind ofgoes into this, this idea and
the 10-minute trick.
I feel like all of these thingskind of weave into each other.
But that is analyzing yourschedule.
(05:20):
Okay, are you putting too muchon your plate?
Right?
Are you doing too much Now?
Sometimes we can't control howmuch we're doing.
Right now I am, um, I ampreparing for not only an exam,
an exam reset, but also arecital, and so I have a ton of
(05:41):
music.
I have two pieces of music likefull on pieces three movement
long pieces right.
Full on pieces, three movement,long pieces, right.
And then I have like manyextracts, different extracts,
from six different pieces ofmusic, but like each piece of
music has at least like five-ishextracts each give or take.
(06:02):
And then I have scales and thentwo etudes.
So all of these things I amdoing are just it's a lot,
really it's a lot.
And a lot of times when I wakeup and I'm like, oh my gosh, I
have so much to do obo-wise, itcan be very, very stressful and
very overwhelming, to the pointthat I'm like how am I gonna do
(06:23):
this right?
And then that motivation's likeplop, it's just like out the
window, we're done right.
So when we think about ourschedule, even if we can't say,
for instance, okay, I'm just notgoing to practice this at all,
because you need to practice it,but think about how you are
scheduling your practice and ifit is a lot.
(06:43):
So, for instance, if you aredoing how I did two years ago
and two years ago this workedfor me, but now it doesn't, so
it's a bit different.
But if I did three one hoursections where I just did all
that, and then if, if that'smaybe what you're doing and it
doesn't seem to be working foryou, maybe try doing um four to
(07:05):
six half an hour sessions, ormaybe you get like in the
morning, maybe maybe youpractice the best in the morning
, so you do two hours in themorning and then maybe an hour
in the afternoon or maybe threehours.
Isn't what like good?
Like it doesn't work for you.
So maybe you do one hour in themorning and then two half an
hour sessions in the afternoon,in the evening.
(07:26):
Whatever works for you is um,it's what's going to work for
you.
And I think the most importantthing when thinking about
analyzing your schedule,especially when it comes to
motivation, is not comparingyourself to others, because
other people might be able to dodifferent things, but um, that
doesn't, that doesn't pair up toyou.
Do you know what I mean?
(07:46):
Like it, it.
It's not good to compare these,these two things, and I think
especially like, for example,recently I was in a class with
some other music students and wewere chatting about our
practice and one of the thingsthat I honestly was like it's
such an eye-opener for me wasthe other students.
(08:07):
They practiced, a lot of thempracticed well, they all.
They all practice differently,right?
So for me at the time I waslike okay, I'm not practicing
the way I did two years agowhere I did, you know, one hour
sessions three times a day.
Instead, I'm doing it morefrequently and less, because I
(08:28):
need more breaks, because I'mchanging styles and it, you know
, it's more fatiguing, um, forme at this point, and I often
felt like okay, that means, youknow, I like I compared myself
to other people because Iassumed that they were
practicing like probably a lot,and the thing about it was when
I was talking to them, they hadtheir own things.
(08:51):
So some of them practiced inone hour chunks, but a lot of
them were like me, where theywere like okay, actually half an
hour chunks are much better forme and I do them more
frequently, and it was so goodto see everyone like how they do
their practice differently, andso I think, when we analyze our
schedules, make sure that thatschedule is good for you, right?
(09:13):
If it doesn't matter whatsomeone else's practice schedule
looks like?
If this schedule works for you,then it works for you.
But if you are struggling withmotivation, maybe asking
yourself is it because I amscheduling my practice in a way
that isn't serving me and thatmeans that my motivation is
going down?
So looking at that is a reallygreat way to do that and
(09:35):
something about that.
When I recently was kind ofchanging my practice schedule,
working through this, because Ihave recently switched oboe
styles and I am needing morefrequent practice sessions that
aren't as long because offatigue, I am training my
(09:55):
embouchure to do somethingdifferent.
One thing that has reallyhelped me is planning my
practice, and not only planningmy practice, but also reflecting
on how these things worked.
That way, I can try a practiceschedule and then reflect on how
I thought it went, and then thenext day I can try a practice
schedule and then reflect on howI thought it went, and then the
next day I can try a differentone, or maybe the next week I
can try a different one, and Ihave it all in one place so that
(10:17):
I can look and be like okay, Idid this type of schedule and
this is what I thought of it,and so I can have that.
And one of the things that hasreally helped me with that is a
notable practice journal.
If you've never heard ofnotable, you're in for a treat,
because notable's practicejournals really seriously have
changed the game for me at leastwith practicing seriously.
(10:40):
So what it is is it's a journalwhere you can plan your
practice.
So you plan out what you'regoing to do and this helps you
in the practice room to haveeffective and focused sessions.
And it also means that you knowwhen you're done right, you
know when you're done practicingbecause you've completed
everything that you set out todo.
And that also can help with themotivation as well.
(11:03):
Having a checked off list right, we all love a checklist.
And then there's also areas toreflect.
So not only just reflect onyour everyday practice, but also
at the end of the week you cando some reflection and there's
reflection questions in there.
And this is perfect if you areanalyzing your practice schedule
, if you try a schedule, andthen in the reflection section
(11:23):
you can be like okay, you know,doing this, that and the other
at these times really helped me,but maybe doing this other
thing wasn't as good, andthrough that you can create your
own practice schedule, which isgreat for all of us.
So, honestly, a notablepractice journal has seriously
helped me in my practiceorganization and effectiveness,
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and I think you know it's justso helpful.
And as soon as I found out thatthis journal was helping me, I
knew that I needed to tell youabout it and I knew that I
needed to give you a code.
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nice practice journal.
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All right, let's move on, shallwe?
The next thing is gettinginspired by other people.
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Getting inspired by otherpeople, so we can do so many
things with this, becausemotivation can not only come
from us, but it can also come inthe form of inspiration.
If we take inspiration and thenwe turn it into motivation for
our own practice.
That is a great way to kind ofcreate the motivation as well.
So that means going to thesymphony, playing with other
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people.
So these are two differentthings.
So if we go to the symphony,we're watching the symphony,
right, and maybe you know if youI remember like all the time if
I went to go see like a, likean oboist play the oboe at the
symphony, you know if they'redoing like a, the Mozart oboe
concerto, for instance, Iremember one time I went to go
see the Mozart oboe concertobeing performed and I went away
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from that concert being like, ohmy gosh, I all I want to do is
practice.
This is so cool.
Oftentimes I find, especiallywhen I go see my instrument
being performed, I'm like all Iwant to do is practice.
So that's a great way of doingit.
Another great way of gettinginspired by other people is
playing with other people.
So if you set up, you know,like a group with some friends
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and you just play, and even ifit's honestly not serious, like
if it's just for fun, you justdownload some music somewhere
and just like, do whatever thatcan be so fun as well, right,
and then you can come back homeand be like, oh my gosh, I, I
want to.
I want to practice, becausethat was really fun and that can
be really inspiring as well.
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So, whatever that looks like toyou, whether you, you know, can
play with others, maybe youwant to get a group together,
maybe you want to go to thesymphony.
Even I found even watching theballet has helped me in my
motivation to practice, becauseoftentimes and I think this is a
completely other conversationthat I want to touch on but
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oftentimes when I play the oboe,I imagine ballerinas.
I feel like the oboe is verymuch a.
It can be quite a poisedinstruments, it can be quite
like delicate and detailed andall of these things that I find
ballerinas are.
And so I found, like, even justin my free time, I will watch
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like.
There are ballet rehearsalsthat you can watch on YouTube
with, like the Royal Ballet, andI will watch those and then
when I practice, I feel moremotivated to like sound, the way
that they dance, and that'sthat's a whole another story
that we can get into.
But maybe something like thatfor you.
Maybe it's not ballet, butmaybe you know you play an
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instrument that, in your mind,reminds you of something and
that can help you motivate orget motivated to practice.
So all of these things aredifferent ways to help you get
motivated to practice, becausewe, all of these things are
different ways to help you getmotivated to practice, because
we all need that little kick ofmotivation.
Let's do a recap, shall we?
The first thing is the10-minute trick.
If you feel not motivated andyou're like, ugh, I don't want
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to practice, just practice for10 minutes and then, when 10
minutes is up, be like do I wantto keep going?
Chances are you might.
The next thing is analyze yourschedule.
Are you putting too much onyour plate?
And if, even if you aren'tputting too much on your plate,
are you doing it in a way thatisn't serving you.
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Maybe big practice sessionsaren't as good as, maybe,
shorter, more frequent ones.
Maybe it's the opposite.
Maybe you are just doing 20, 30minute, 40 minute sessions and
you're like, actually, I justwant to wake up in the morning
and do two hours and or threehours in one sitting and that's
it.
And if that works for you,that's great.
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That would never work for me,but I'm an oboist, right that I
would get so fatigued, maybe ifyou play an instrument where you
can do that.
Maybe that's what you'll do,right?
So just find that schedulebalance for you and a great tool
to plan your practice, analyzeyour practice and analyze that
schedule is a notable practicejournal.
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You can use my code.
It is in the description andthe show notes and I will also
put the link to where you canget your journal as well in the
show notes, in the descriptionas well.
And the last thing is gettinginspired by other people,
whether that is other people, bygoing to the symphony, maybe
that is playing with otherfriends, like other students,
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other musicians, or even doingsomething as kind of strange as
going to the ballet, and thatreally works for me.
Whatever works for you, itmight not be the ballet, but
something that just whatever,gets you inspired.
Doing more of that and gettinginspired by other people.
All right, that is about it forthis episode.
Thank you so much for hangingout with me today.
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I hope you enjoyed this episode.
If you did enjoy this episode,please do show her all the love.
Like, subscribe, follow,comment, share this episode with
all of your musician friends sowe can all be motivated in the
practice room and I will see youin the next episode.
All right, take care, bye.
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