Nearly Every Musician Has Practicing Disorder
Everyone is talking about eating and sleeping disorder, but how about practicing disorder? Nearly every single musician is combating with it in daily life from the moment they begin the instruments, and very few realizes that it is the very same mechanism with eating disorder.
The moment a kid start learning an instrument, there would be all kinds well-intended advices about how and how much one should practice reinforced into the child . Should we adopt the Asian way or Danish way? And usually the adults are very confused themselves.
For me, playing music is very much a physical, mental, and spiritual need...even if I don't play, I can't help to hear music in my head, all day long. If I practice too much, I am tormented. If I practice in a inefficient way, I am tormented. If I don't practice enough, I am also tormented. Sometimes I really need a long break without touching the instrument, but then I could then be attacked by the huge amount of guilt. Sounds familiar to you?
My relationship with practicing is quite mysterious...so is it for many other musicians.
The audiences see my bright side on stage, but behind that, I have been a master of self-sabotage for very long time (If you were my teacher and colleuages in the past you would know). Luckily due to years of looking inward and making experiments with myself and my students, I have gotten more and more insights, and therefore I have more or less have gotten myself out from it...but still working on it!
I would like to do a deeper research on it and create this funny yet profound book. I hope to have the book out in about 3 years.
Feb 17, 2017 in Copenhagen
Everyone is talking about eating and sleeping disorder, but how about practicing disorder? Nearly every single musician is combating with it in daily life from the moment they begin the instruments, and very few realizes that it is the very same mechanism with eating disorder.
The moment a kid start learning an instrument, there would be all kinds well-intended advices about how and how much one should practice reinforced into the child . Should we adopt the Asian way or Danish way? And usually the adults are very confused themselves.
For me, playing music is very much a physical, mental, and spiritual need...even if I don't play, I can't help to hear music in my head, all day long. If I practice too much, I am tormented. If I practice in a inefficient way, I am tormented. If I don't practice enough, I am also tormented. Sometimes I really need a long break without touching the instrument, but then I could then be attacked by the huge amount of guilt. Sounds familiar to you?
My relationship with practicing is quite mysterious...so is it for many other musicians.
The audiences see my bright side on stage, but behind that, I have been a master of self-sabotage for very long time (If you were my teacher and colleuages in the past you would know). Luckily due to years of looking inward and making experiments with myself and my students, I have gotten more and more insights, and therefore I have more or less have gotten myself out from it...but still working on it!
I would like to do a deeper research on it and create this funny yet profound book. I hope to have the book out in about 3 years.
Feb 17, 2017 in Copenhagen
