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I need to go back to music...
I absoloutly LOVE music more than anything! Piano is my favorite hobbie, but I seem to have got caught up with other things and I worry way too much and music is what I depend on...but everyday I listen to it. but I want to PLAY it. Is there anyway I can focus on ONLY my music?
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There's a technique that author Cory Doctorow uses for writing. Every day, he sets aside twenty minutes with no interruptions or distractions to do nothing but write. He doesn't do research or answer e-mail or anything else; he just writes. This is a major thing for him, since he's got a baby daughter and a tech-writing career and all sorts of distractions.
If you want to play, then play. Take twenty minutes and just play. Don't worry about anything else; just play. That will help clear your mind and calm you down.
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Just beacause you want to play your music and cant psyically do it while being away doing somthing your supposed to do doesnt mean you cant still be creative with it.
i say this because i'v been playing guitar for well over 8 years and im 17 (18 next month) and iv had a few off times where i dont get to play for long amounts of time. what i started doing during those times was thinking about playing my guitar and the different techniques while anylysing my playing style, say i do alot of palm mutes in my playing or somthing then i try to tihnk of an original tune in my head that involves that aspct of playing then i record my thoughts on paper with maybe a tab if its really clear, if not then i just sing the tune in to my mp3 player. remember, to get better at what you love doesnt allways mean practice of the practicall kind but of the analytical and thoughtfull type. what can you do? dreamy sounding chords? scales? it all depends on what you think your able to acheive.
a couple of weeks ago i was in school doing what i do best and laying back with a ton of work i needed to get done by the next day day dreaming about guitars and stuff when a couple of people were next to me talking about somthing or other one of them made a funny sound as the other poked them to wake them up, some how it reminded me a chord i could play so i wrote it down and now im in the process of finishing one of the best tunes i'v ever composed. listening to music is a great way to get inspired but try and step out of the normall stuf and listen to things you wouldnt normall listen to, maybe an underground artist who hasnt been massivaly noticed by the public.
i would start on youtube there allways alot of videos there, i have a video i found by accident one night thats a great song. it has a simple piano part but its very... effective and breath taking at the same time
ill include the link below hopefully iv been of some help to you! keep playing but dont go nuts!
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I agree with the answer below me, you don't want to play piano ALL the time and only think about that. But it's great that you want to start playing again.
My favorite hobby is writing and I feel the same way about it. If I don't do it often, I start feeling like I need to focus ONLY on writing. The best thing to do is get into the routine of doing. However, as you know, music and writing are both artistic things and they CANNOT be forced. If you're not in the mood, you're not in the mood and you have to leave it at that for the time being.
Try to get into the habit of practicing everyday. Whether it's for 3 hours or 20 minutes, you'll at least have it on your mind and practice a little bit everyday.
Soon it will just be like eating or showering. It will be something you naturally do because you want to.
Darby(:
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Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. If you start focusing ONLY on music, you might start to resent it. I wouldn't focus ONLY on your music but a great deal of your time should focus on it since you love it so much.
I would set aside a few hours everyday just playing your music. Play the piano about 2 hours a day or so. Take the focus off of all the other hobbies that you caught up on. Set them aside. When you go to do one of your other hobbies go play the piano instead. Make piano the first option instead of the second. Don't let go of all your other hobbies just yet but don't focus on them as much. Piano is your favorite. Keep it that way. :)
Hope I helped
xoxo,
Brianna
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