#001: Keeping your 2015 music resolutions
01/05/15 • 43 min
Happy New Year 2015!
This is the first official episode of the Rhythm N' Groove Podcast! This week, we discuss ideas and strategies for keeping your New Year’s Resolutions to learn music. Here are some of the things we talk about in the episode:
Haze's 2015 goal - to learn to play the guitar
Lone's 2015 goal - to write 12 new original songs
How to keep your 2015 music resolutions:
Just get started! Start as soon as you can, with whatever you have available. Finding the right instrument is important, but getting started is more important. Use whatever’s available; borrow an old guitar, start drumming on a bunch of buckets, do whatever’s necessary while you search for your perfect instrument.
Find the right teacher for you. Everyone has their own method of learning, and every teacher has their own methods of teaching. Shop for teachers, ask for trial lessons instead of committing to a course. Find a teacher whom you are comfortable with, but more importantly, find a teacher who cares about your progress, and who is as invested in your improvement as you are in yourself.
Practice and focus. Be invested in yourself. If you want to see progress, you'll have to put in the work. No matter how busy we are, we will always find time to do the things we really want to do. Even if you only practice 30 minutes a week, that's 30 minutes of improvement you'll see in yourself every week!
Constantly look for inspiration. Find stories that inspire you, musicians whose talent you admire, songs that move you, stories that make you want to achieve more.
Find us at:Show notes: rhythmngroove.com/podcastEmail: [email protected]
Links to resources mentioned on the show:Book: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song, edited by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor HansenBook: The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten
Song: Hands by JewelSong: Shine by Shannon Noll
You can subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Stitcher or iTunes
Happy New Year 2015!
This is the first official episode of the Rhythm N' Groove Podcast! This week, we discuss ideas and strategies for keeping your New Year’s Resolutions to learn music. Here are some of the things we talk about in the episode:
Haze's 2015 goal - to learn to play the guitar
Lone's 2015 goal - to write 12 new original songs
How to keep your 2015 music resolutions:
Just get started! Start as soon as you can, with whatever you have available. Finding the right instrument is important, but getting started is more important. Use whatever’s available; borrow an old guitar, start drumming on a bunch of buckets, do whatever’s necessary while you search for your perfect instrument.
Find the right teacher for you. Everyone has their own method of learning, and every teacher has their own methods of teaching. Shop for teachers, ask for trial lessons instead of committing to a course. Find a teacher whom you are comfortable with, but more importantly, find a teacher who cares about your progress, and who is as invested in your improvement as you are in yourself.
Practice and focus. Be invested in yourself. If you want to see progress, you'll have to put in the work. No matter how busy we are, we will always find time to do the things we really want to do. Even if you only practice 30 minutes a week, that's 30 minutes of improvement you'll see in yourself every week!
Constantly look for inspiration. Find stories that inspire you, musicians whose talent you admire, songs that move you, stories that make you want to achieve more.
Find us at:Show notes: rhythmngroove.com/podcastEmail: [email protected]
Links to resources mentioned on the show:Book: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song, edited by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor HansenBook: The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten
Song: Hands by JewelSong: Shine by Shannon Noll
You can subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Stitcher or iTunes
Previous Episode
Rhythm N’ Groove Podcast: Prelude
In this prelude episode, Lone and Haze talk about their vision for the Rhythm N' Groove Podcast - bringing back the passion into music education, sharing their stories and experiences as musicians and music teachers to help inspire other music lovers and to cultivate the passion for music, and to create a strong music community where everyone can share their musical journeys with one another.
You can subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Stitcher or iTunes
Find us at:rhythmngroove.com/podcast
Email: [email protected]
Next Episode
#002: The Art of Turning Your Audience into Your Friends
In this episode of the Rhythm N' Groove Podcast, we talk about taking it easy with your goals and resolutions, and also about the art of connecting with people and turning them into your friends. A lot of people don't follow through with their goals because they get pressured or because the goal doesn't work for them anymore. We talk about how it's okay to change your direction and improve upon your vision as you go. It's also okay to get setbacks, just pick yourself up and get back on track when you can. We also talk about how to connect with people; Lone's ability to turn his students into his friends, and Haze's goal of improving her connecting skills.
Find us at:Website: rhythmngroove.com/podcast
Email: [email protected]
Links to resources mentioned on the show:
Joe Gilder @ www.homestudiocorner.comAndrew Huang - Making music out of anything
12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Musichttp://mic.com/articles/106100/12-amazing-things-scientists-discovered-about-music-this-year
Kevin and Charlotte - new music school @ MusicFinds
Book: The Art of Asking by Amanda PalmerSong: The Gift of a Friend by Demi Lovato
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