Musicians Beware: The Dangers of the Shed
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- There are some dangers for musicians in the woodshed (practice room). Over practicing can lead to injury, elitism, and burnout. But sustainable practicing leads to a lifetime of enjoying music. In this video, we talk about how to safely and sustainably improve at music over time. We do this by hearing the advice from four wise musicians.
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"The world doesn't need more monsters." YES! Exactly what I needed to hear. Great advice. Great video. Thanks for making this for us.
Thanks for this uplifting upload. I’ve been studying music since I was 3 yrs old. I will be 49 in a few days time. I have never wanted a formal education in music, having chosen the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle afforded by an education in pure mathematics, but for the past 46 years it has been like an oasis of calm, running in the background all day, every day. Forever the padawan, never the master. Stellar content, good sir. 🫡
Many times, woodshed sessions for me end up feeling like the movie Whiplash. Being super hard on myself, no grace for mistakes, etc. But I know better, and you’ve reaffirmed the power of practicing with positivity, focus and patience. Julian Lage also had some wonderful advice on this topic at a recent show. Thanks Philip! Great video.
Someone I know once had a successful music career as a young person and then decided to play jazz. Very soon he abandoned electric guitar for piano, took a degree in composition, studying all styles of classical music and jazz, apparently mastered all of them woodshedding for the last 40+ years. But none of us have heard a note of his music in all this time. I suppose Heaven will be the place where we can hear all the fruits of his solo labors for my entire adult life, but not this world.
THIS IS THE GREATEST DOSE OF WISDOM IVE SEEN/HEARD IN YEARS !!! Thank you bass brother !
While it may not hit the algorithm hard, please know it's appreciate. Having a plan and focusing on what you want out of your time in the shed is so important.
i think changing the outlook from comparison to inspiration really helps 😁, i just brought my first bass after a 20year break, i loved it as a teenager but only took a few lessons (they were group based) and lost all inspiration with this exact mindset, when someone in the would do something better than me. so i sold my bass and moved on, now I'm actively looking for these videos of people (much like yourself) to inspire my playing and motivate me to learn the instrument. thanks for sharing this... I think I need to look into "a shed situation" now with all of these things in mind. Thanks again.
Thank you for taking the time to create this video and the channel in general. The world's a better place for it!
Man, you have such a wonderful group of friends, their words are so so inspiring. It resonates with a thing my father said to me: A few years ago, I was so upset about my playing that my father saw that I was truly frustrated; I told him that I wasn't getting any better and he said "so? You have your whole life to practice and try new things and try to get better. Then, why hurry?".
It also reminds me to some concepts of zen buddhism (well, Suzuki's concept of zen), including the idea of developing a technique (could it be in some kind of art or not) not just to dominate a thing, not to impose your force or your will, but to clear the mind and get a better undestanding of the world that surrounds us. The technique as a medium of being in the world. Thanks!
Very glad you brought up injury because that's the easy one to overlook. I was victim to this while just grinding super fast 16th notes and ended up tweaking my hand and it started swelling. After some doctors visits that sent me to PT I'm all good now but it definitely changed my perspective on music a lot. It also taught me not to break my body just so I can attempt to sound like Joe Dart 🙃. You live and you learn and now I'm really leaning into my own style instead. I feel like that's healthier for my hands lol. Thanks for sharing Philip.
Comparison is the thief of joy. (I didn't come up w/ that, it's an old aphorism)
Great video man! Thanks for sharing
Excellent video, Philip, and your contributors are impressively perceptive and eloquent - piles of wisdom in here from all of you.
To me, this has been a good reminder that the philosophy of practice is just as important as the science of practice.
Great video. I get so overwhelmed with what and how to practice. My flat mate is so good and I feel pointless but these words helped. Appreciate the effort bro
I really appreciate your takes on a life in music. Thanks, Philip.
This is a great video 🤙 thanks for sharing your insight
Good stuff, Philip!! You and your friends all contributed great advice on self care & the shed!
Great video, I really appreciated this
GREAT stuff. I’ll be sharing this with my students and colleagues. Much obliged for the checkup from the neck up.
Thanks for the video!! Needed this!
Amazing advices, thanks for sharing. Definitely felt the burn out previously, it’s a marathon not a sprint!
Dude this was phenomenal, thank you
the timing of this video is insane! thank you!
Very relevant and pivotal video Philip. I was turned onto the book "The Practice of Practice" by Jonathan Harnum. It helped my in my juggling practice but really helps me with my bass practice. Opened my mind as to how I approach it now.
Great advise thanks for sharing, love your channel
I love this video I subbed right now please keep making videos like these! Thank you and your buddys
What a powerful video! I’m new to playing music, I’ve only been playing bass since December. My youngest son (already an adult) is even newer to guitar, he’s been playing about a month. This video is so important I shared it with him and when I see him again this weekend, we will discuss it. Thank you for sharing!
Luh you brah. This is a wonderful message :)
Great video !!
These are the types of videos that need a lot of views. Well done!!
i needed this!
Thank you for this video. This topic has been on my mind a lot because I have so many aspirations, and also two children.
Good reminders of perspective👍
Man great video!! Really encouraging. Makes me wanna give you a hug man…not in any sort of weird way but In solid “thank you I needed that” sort of way! 👊
love this!
I wish this video was made 6 years ago when I first started being a musician lol but I am grateful still for such a video and good advice
This is a CRAZY GOOD video
Very touching, these advices lift my heart straight up to heaven, so much truth and experience from good musicians and good humans 😊
Thanks to you and your friends, and yes, music is a language and one of the most awesome experiences anyone can make, so, like Chad said in his advice, isolation is imho also a danger of shedding, talk with other musicians and you'll become more than the sum of every person involved and every listeners. Thanks 😊
Great info here
A great encouraging video. I only wish it had a similarly uplifting title.
I have a separate place just for music (My channel is a one-man recording studio of mostly cover songs), but I take long breaks. I once quit playing every instrument for four years. I'm on hiatus from recording right now, have been for over a year. This way it's never work. When I do record, I go eyeballs deep. Then when I don't feel like it anymore, I don't do it anymore. Can't wait for the next channel comeback though, because every iteration of the channel evolves and improves. And right now my videos have gotten really cool already. These long breaks are my secret weapon. They even seem to have a way of breaking my through my plateaus. The best way to overcome a plateau, for me, seems to be time off. The brain plasticity and muscle memory, who knows why, but it works.
Yes
I have simple Ampeg Pre-amp , Tuner, and Roland Pro-Mixer set up on small pedalboard and Iphone Camera tripod set-up permanently, Makes recording as simple as putting I-phone in place and making a quick video record. Really useful when learning songs.
I wish I had a shed.
I quit practicing a long time ago. At least on what used to be my primary instrument (guitar). Now I’m mixing audio for music. I practice for that and noodle at guitar.
What are good strategies to restarting a practice regiment?
Hi Karl, Rhett Shull has a great video that might help. It’s titled “I hate practicing guitar (so I don’t)”
@@concon9838 I remember watching that. Thanks for the reminder of its existence.
im a luthier so "woodsheding"has a whole other meaning to me. the shed is were i build guitars, eat saw dust, and breathe lacquer fumes.
Charlie Parker didn't get a cymbal thrown at his head, it was just kind of dropped like a gong.
😂 Your reaction to the fly was like when my dog, Ugly Betty, sees a squirrel! Instantly distracted. When I started playing I had to figure out what I wanted out of the bass. What I kind of bass player I wanted to be. I decided I wanted to be a “meat and potato” bass player. I want to have impeccable time. I want to be dependable in the pocket. I don’t want to slap. I don’t want to solo. I don’t want to be super fast. Understanding this trimmed my goals way down. Then I trimmed it further by staying with country and southern rock. This helps greatly. My biggest mistake starting was getting a teacher who taught strictly tab. I wasted 3 years and a lot of money. And couldn’t improvise or jam. After 3 years I couldn’t find the G notes on my neck if you paid me. Years ago I corrected that and got me back on track.
Expression not competition
My mind is a toxic and discouraging place these days, don't need a shed for that.
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Philip, beautiful video. The one thing I would add, the "shed" or "shedding" is not unlike the snake shedding its skin. You exit the shed a different version of yourself then when you entered it. Hopefully for the better but changed nevertheless.
Please no AI
Robert Johnson had a similar story. Some said he sold his soul to the devil but I believe he just disappeared and practiced his ass off.
Woodshed is NOT a shed in the woods, lol. It's a shed where firewood is stored.
Agreed. Tell AI.
This good ole boy is correct
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