Comments on: 33 Ways to Make More Time in Your Life For Music-Making

By: The Successful Musician | The Successful Musician

The Successful Musician | The Successful Musician — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:49:19 +0000

[...] can be hard to find time to practice, which is why this article listed 33 ways to make more time for [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:59:40 +0000

Great tips!!!

By: Jason Fonceca

Jason Fonceca — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:34:17 +0000

Awesome list Nick! Really helpful and in-depth, and since I don’t play guitar… yet I apply them to other areas (except for stuff like the “noodling” one.)

Keep it up man

By: Productivity by paentere - Pearltrees

Productivity by paentere - Pearltrees — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:06:01 +0000

[...] 33 Ways to Make More Time in Your Life For Music-Making 15. To be Continued . Don’t stand up from any practice session until you’ve jotted down some notes on what you’d like to do and learn next, what you need to work on, any questions you’d like to investigate, etc. Take a moment to reflect, review, and apply what you’d learned. 16. [...]

By: Music by gadsonyc - Pearltrees

Music by gadsonyc - Pearltrees — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:29:31 +0000

[...] Timer. Every day, set a timer for 5-10 minutes. Within that time, work on a particularly mundane task related to your instrument or music theory. This is perfect for memorizing dry material inside and out over a long period of time, in small daily installments. 33 Ways to Make More Time in Your Life For Music-Making [...]

By: Music Sites - Pearltrees

Music Sites - Pearltrees — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:22:51 +0000

[...] Within that time, work on a particularly mundane task related to your instrument or music theory. 33 Ways to Make More Time in Your Life For Music-Making [...]

By: Tiamo

Tiamo — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:50:21 +0000

I loved your advice. I follow a lot of these myself. Here are a few additions:
1) Delegate. Have interns working on a lot of the stuff you don’t like to do. This way, they get great experience in the music biz and you get to have more quality time creating your music.
2) Don’t take gigs that you don’t want. In fact, do less gigs. I know, sounds crazy. But, I’d rather concentrate on getting a corporate gig that puts me in front of 1,000 people then spending months touring and playing for 20 people a night. It’s about being savvy with your gigs, not needy.
3) Look at your daily action plan. Decide what you will do today that is most important and urgent. Then, use Nicholas’s advice to make sure you get it done.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:32:02 +0000

My husband practices incessantly…especially in the car. If he’s driving, it’s a pennywhistle or he’s listening, listening, listening to whatever style he’s learning, and if I’m driving he’s got a mandolin or whistle in his hands. He annoys me so much that I’ve gotten into the habit of taking the whistles away and putting them in the door pocket…and he’s gotten into the habit of stacking 3 or 4 ON EACH SIDE of the car, so as soon as it’s gone, there’s another one in his hands. He specifically likes to go on long car trips for “family vacations,” but I know what he’s really doing! (blocking out more practice time)

By: Nicholas Tozier

Nicholas Tozier — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:23:00 +0000

That’s great, Declan!

Yeah, there’s always time–as long as you’re really determined to practice and write music, you’ll make the time.

Hey, good luck at uni! Just moved my little sister into college this week. I never got to go–so have enough fun for the both of us, eh?

By: Declan Shields-Appleton

Declan Shields-Appleton — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:59:00 +0000

i leave for university next week and i plan to print these out and put them on my wall as a constant reminder that there is always time to get some music done!