I think one of the greatest misconceptions of all time is thinking that improvisation is where you go up on stage and randomly the notes you decide to play make sense and sound good. That’s what improv is right? Throw something out there and see what comes out?

The truth of the matter is this: most of what you hear in an improvisation is worked out way before you hear it on the stage. And by that I mean the musician has put in a LOT of time and practice on a whole slew of things to get to the point of what…

Practice seems like it should be a simple concept, but why do so many of us feel like we don’t get the most out of it?

There are a number of variables that go into it that I think we can all relate to:

• Finding the time/space to practice
• Figuring out what to work on
• Restraining yourself from just noodling

I wanted to narrow in on one of those variables: time.

I’ve heard from a lot of students that they just don’t feel like they have enough time to practice anything and because of that they just don’t bother…