Do Practice Routines Suppress Creativity? |
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Do Practice Routines Suppress Creativity? |
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May 26 2014, 04:12 PM |
This is a very interesting topic Cosmin. I also use to ask myself all these things and try to organize my time to dedicate time to practice but trying to make it in a creative way. When an idea comes to my mind, I record it and the creation process can take lots of hours which pass so fast, I could say that time flies when I compose music. There is something magic that happens with time and it's so beautiful.
This year I started to use a notepad to write down the things on which I'm working each week / month. I have weekly, monthly and year goals there, and I write down routines that can help me to achieve them. Most of the times I use GMC lessons for that, and my way to get the best from them and doing it in a creative way is applying these ideas: 1. Listen to the backing and understand the theory behind the chords used. 2. I check the scales suggested by the instructors to know and try them over the backing. 3. Start learning the different parts. I try each part over the backing track. I repeat it many times, even in parts where it doesn't seem to fit perfect. I like to hear what happens. 4. I play variations of the lick. I change the last notes, the first ones, some in the middle. 5. I keep on playing variations of the lick and combine it with some improvisation using the scales suggested. In this way, I feel that practice becomes more funny, more creative, and in the end I feel that I get most from the lessons. -------------------- My lessons
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May 26 2014, 05:05 PM |
I'll take a different angle on this.
I don't think your 'practice' routine should even be about creativity. That's where you learn how to play and get better from a technical and/or academic and theoretical aspect. Get the things done you need to get done to be a better player. I believe you can set aside time for creativity: writing, jamming, just listening to the sound of your instrument, finding weird (potentially inspiring) sounds with a pedal or software, etc. That time can be w/in your practice schedule but you may have to be willing to morph the schedule when the inspiration hits. For example if you're working on an exercise or riff and you make a mistake that you think sounds cool and would be good on it's own - go for it! Forget (momentarily) the riff you're working on and start working on the one you found by accident. That's how cool stuff gets written/discovered. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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