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How To Set Musical Goals For The New Year
The fresh start of a new year is the perfect time to think about your goals with music. Having clear musical goals means you progress much faster.
Once your mind knows its goal, it will be able to work on achieving that goal. I am not saying all you need to do is have a goal and not practice here by the way! I am saying that having a clear goal and smaller targets to achieve as steps means more effective practice for you. Your mind will find how to practice efficiently and keep you focused on your targets.
Having clear musical goals helps you achieve what you want to from your music, whether that is playing on a huge stage to tens of thousands of rock fans, performing as a soloist with an
orchestra in one of the world’s great concert venues, playing in your
local church, teaching, taking the lead role in the next school play... whatever your aspirations, you have a much greater chance of achieving them if you turn them into clear goals.
Be aware of what you stand to gain and lose through working towards and achieving your goal. It is important to think consciously about this as your unconscious will already have thought about it! Better to have these things out in the open as far as your mind is concerned!
Once you have done this you find it much easier to achieve your long term goals... in life as well as music!
Where do you want to be in 10 years time with your music?
How about in 5 years time? or 5 months time? Where are you aiming to be in 5 weeks time? Do these goals fall in line with each other? Take some time to think about your musical goals. Discuss them with your teacher and parents. It takes approximately 10,000 hours to become an absolute expert at something. That is 10,000 hours to become a top concert pianist for instance. Translated it would mean roughly 3 hours a day for ten years. If your final goal is to be a concert performer you have to start thinking in terms of making this commitment.
Think about your long term, medium term and short term goals. Planning practice targets for your practice sessions is also very helpful in achieving your goals.
Start today to write some of these thoughts down and you will begin your journey to growth that will pour out into all areas of your life!
Let’s make music this year! Dawn Elmer, Academy Director
Once your mind knows its goal, it will be able to work on achieving that goal. I am not saying all you need to do is have a goal and not practice here by the way! I am saying that having a clear goal and smaller targets to achieve as steps means more effective practice for you. Your mind will find how to practice efficiently and keep you focused on your targets.
Having clear musical goals helps you achieve what you want to from your music, whether that is playing on a huge stage to tens of thousands of rock fans, performing as a soloist with an
orchestra in one of the world’s great concert venues, playing in your
local church, teaching, taking the lead role in the next school play... whatever your aspirations, you have a much greater chance of achieving them if you turn them into clear goals.
Be aware of what you stand to gain and lose through working towards and achieving your goal. It is important to think consciously about this as your unconscious will already have thought about it! Better to have these things out in the open as far as your mind is concerned!
Once you have done this you find it much easier to achieve your long term goals... in life as well as music!
Where do you want to be in 10 years time with your music?
How about in 5 years time? or 5 months time? Where are you aiming to be in 5 weeks time? Do these goals fall in line with each other? Take some time to think about your musical goals. Discuss them with your teacher and parents. It takes approximately 10,000 hours to become an absolute expert at something. That is 10,000 hours to become a top concert pianist for instance. Translated it would mean roughly 3 hours a day for ten years. If your final goal is to be a concert performer you have to start thinking in terms of making this commitment.
Think about your long term, medium term and short term goals. Planning practice targets for your practice sessions is also very helpful in achieving your goals.
Start today to write some of these thoughts down and you will begin your journey to growth that will pour out into all areas of your life!
Let’s make music this year! Dawn Elmer, Academy Director
Join us for the Sticks Song Collection!
Our Baby/Toddler music classes, Music Together, will be starting a new session in mid-January!
We have 2 classes to choose from: Wednesdays at 10:00 am and Thursdays at 10:00 am.
Your child will love going for a musical ride with "Ridin' in the Car" and "Trot to Grandma's House" this semester. We'll dance with "Don Alfredo baila," march and scamper with "The Tailor and the Mouse," and go "Pop!" with that good ol' classic weasel! With 23 songs and chants (plus the Hello Song and Goodbye, So Long, Farewell, of course!), you'll have lots of new songs and chants to keep the music going all winter long! Tuition includes a digital download of our Sticks Collection recording (CD optional), a beautiful, child-centric songbook, full of colorful illustrations for each song as well as informative tidbits for grownups. You'll also have access to online resources, such as downloadable songs, bonus activities, music notation, and more!
Our Baby/Toddler music classes, Music Together, will be starting a new session in mid-January!
We have 2 classes to choose from: Wednesdays at 10:00 am and Thursdays at 10:00 am.
Your child will love going for a musical ride with "Ridin' in the Car" and "Trot to Grandma's House" this semester. We'll dance with "Don Alfredo baila," march and scamper with "The Tailor and the Mouse," and go "Pop!" with that good ol' classic weasel! With 23 songs and chants (plus the Hello Song and Goodbye, So Long, Farewell, of course!), you'll have lots of new songs and chants to keep the music going all winter long! Tuition includes a digital download of our Sticks Collection recording (CD optional), a beautiful, child-centric songbook, full of colorful illustrations for each song as well as informative tidbits for grownups. You'll also have access to online resources, such as downloadable songs, bonus activities, music notation, and more!
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