Next Level: Develop Your Personal Practice!

Next Level: Develop Your Personal Practice

Developing a consistent musical practice that employs practical and focused methods will deepen our music making and free us to soar to new heights. Many of us have associated ‘practice’ with drudgery and although it might not always be ‘easy’, it can be incredibly joyful, satisfying, exploratory, investigative and playful!

Do you ever struggle with how & what to practice? Do you get overwhelmed, frustrated or lost? Do you have a hard time committing to an ongoing practice?

In this course we will explore structure, goals and many practice methods & concepts that will help each of you create a personalized musical practice. Your practice will be designed to help you develop your craft, deepen your musicianship and move towards your goals.

Our first session will be all about identifying your goals and exploring what a matching, attainable and enjoyable practice plan would look like for you. Your goal could be anything from a solo set to working on your ensemble singing to being able to comfortably play guitar & sing a long. Your goal could be about singing, instruments, songwriting or performing. The same principles will apply no matter what specific thing you are working towards!

We will employ investigative problem solving, daily commitment, writing, process sharing and there is the option of performance.

How the Class Works!

This course will run over an 8 week period from Feb 27th – May 1st. (CLASSES Feb 27th, March 6th, 13th, 20th , April 3rd, 10th, 24th and May 1st.)However, you will have ongoing access to all of the materials and you can definitely re-visit it over and over again. It will be led by Karla Mundy with input from special guests!

We will have a Live Zoom Session each Thursday night at 6:30 pm, where Karla will introduce a new practice concept/method. Each session will include a writing/reflection section and a time to share how our process is going.

In additions to the live classes, you will receive

practice charts
weekly practice plans & assignments
exercises and reflections
musicianship building exercises.
a community of fellow musicians to share in your journey!

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, I will lead ‘Witnessed Practice Sessions’ for anyone who wants to join me (this is just for accountability and inspiration) – I am on this journey with you!

Week 1 – Identify & Set Goals – Experiment with Practice (Live Class Thursday Feb 27th)
Week 2 – Develop Your Personal Practice Plan (Live Class Thursday Mar 6th)
Week 3 – Identify & Investigate Weaknesses and the Musical Crux (Live Class Thursday Mar 13th)
Week 4 – Mid Way Point – Share Process, Feedback & Add Listening to your Practice (Live Class Thursday Mar 20th)
Week 5 – Methods & Technology (Live Class Thursday April 3rd)
Week 6 – Record Yourself, Getting your own Feedback (Live Class Thursday April 10th)
Week 7 – Roadblocks – Self Talk & Visualization (Live Class Thursday April 24th)
Week 8 – Review Process, Goals and Share (Live Class Thursday May 1st)

ALL ZOOMS will be RECORDED and POSTED here. You can do this course over an over again for different projects or practice periods.

To read more about the schedule and ‘Witnessed Practice Sessions’ go HERE

I will be featuring interviews with several artists about their practicing philosophy and system. This year I will also be interviewing some Cuban musicians for extra fun!