Burnout and Practice (Stephen Taylor)
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_______________ Burnout and Practice (Stephen Taylor)
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18" Kerope Crash
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Classic Clear on toms and snare resonant
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I have had a severe burnout, I arrived to a moment where not just music, work and study was being a torture for my brain but also easy tasks at home, I would even get problems talking and forgetting daily things I would do. Stephen, you know this, but I wish to share my testimony on how bad it can become. It's really important to listen to ourself and even if you didn't get that bad, to prevent it. After having had professional help for this, I can say: guys, you can take this advice, it's legit. Very important to distract the brain with such activities like outdoor and sports. No need to study hours and hours. An effective tactic to study can be enough to cover everything that was needed, it's important to let the brain "write" those neurons connections and strengthen them. I'm just supporting Stephen's arguments.
Valentina 100% agree. I constantly am telling my students that you have to give the brain time to do what the brain does. You can't shortcut it. You can't hack it. You can't overwhelm it. The brain only works in a certain way. Rest and relaxation are absolutely necessary as part of the learning process. If we accept this and embrace it, the whole game become a lot more fun to be honest. I'm sorry you went through that...but if there's a plus side to your experience, you now know what most don't. You REALLY understand how learning and the brain work. So you're gonna be able to do so much more having that knowledge. Respect to you
This is 100% exactly me right now. I'm a senior in a major that I don't really like, but at this point it's not practical to change. However, I've been pushing my drumming so much this past semester. I've been planning out my practice by month, writing out week by week, what I'm going to practice and how long weeks in advance. My practice session starts with some dynamic stretches to help get the blood flowing and then a trigger song to help me get in the right mindset that I'll normally tap along to with my left hand on the snare of my e-kit to try to even out finger control between left and right hands (3-4 minutes exclusive focus on left hand fingers along with music I enjoy so it doesn't get boring, which has helped immensely in the past several months and I suggest to anyone struggling with it). I do a warm-up that is also decided in my monthly plan. And then I'll go through the individual things I'm practicing, starting with the most difficult first (item #1), then a short break walking around, filling up my water, pushups, etc; pick up with one of the songs I'm working on with my group, then my selected rudiment for the week with groove and fill integration, short break, then item #2, and finish with a second song. So two concepts, a rudiment, and two songs. This whole thing is about 3-4 hours usually broken up and has been going amazing for several months now. I don't always get through all of it, especially if I'm feeling like I need to focus more on one thing than on another or school is getting in the way, but it at least keeps structure in my practice. School has been pretty light this semester, and I haven't had to worry too much about it. I've been lucky.
The problem started just in the past couple weeks when my capstone course started getting extremely frustrating. It wasn't very much work, but my studio's client has been very rude and the teacher is unhelpful. I feel like I haven't gotten my money's worth at all, and add to that I don't really even like this school anymore (or maybe never did if I'm being honest with myself), I don't even believe in the mission of my field of study now that I've learned more, one of my roommates is very inconsiderate, my band hasn't been meeting regularly anymore, etc... SO, I just wanted to say thank you for this, Stephen. It has been getting to the point where I really just don't want to play drums at all, and I think the solution might be to say that is okay for a little while until I am able to get back into it for real. I don't need to feel guilty for taking a break and not following my practice schedule. The monthly practice schedule is sort of a double-edged sword. It is good to have to keep me on track, but makes me feel bad if I am not following it exactly which turns practice into something I have to get through instead of something I get to do.
I've been reading the book, "Peak," because someone on the Drumeo forums suggested it, and it talks about deliberate practice. I think this evening instead of drumming I might go for a walk and then finish my book. Maybe by the weekend I will be in a better place with my drums, but even if I'm not, I think I will be okay with that. The practice schedule can wait.
Yea, it sounds like you need some "life" to help you recover. It's ok to take some time off. Spend that time discovering new music, going to live shows, hanging with friends, etc. All of this is going to really help you recover and find that love for the instrument again. It's cyclical. There are ups and downs. And that's ok. Glad the video helped a bit.
Great advice
Man this video came at just the time I needed it, thank you! For me at least, and I'm sure some people here can relate, it's very easy to look at the masters that we spend so much time studying and trying to emulate, think "wow, they must have practiced like 8 hours a day every day to sound like that," and get discouraged when you physically and mentally can't handle that kind of work load.
Yea...it's a common misconception. It's the WAY that they practiced. They put in a lot of time, don't get me wrong...but they also practice differently than most. Focused. Specific. Goal driven. We all go through bursts where we are motivated and driven to practice 6 or more hours a day. But that's not a sustainable level.
as usual excellent advice and information
thank-you
Thanks for such a great video! I periodically struggle with these kinds of things, so I'll be sure to watch again next time it comes up in my life. Thank you again, those were great tips!
You bet Ash!
Solid advice in every video. Love it man.
Thanks John...so glad it helped
Great!
Great Info...
Thank you - Stephen 🙏🏽
Rick
Pillow Method You bet Rick!
This is awesome advice! Thank you Stephen! :)
Tiago Drumming Glad it helped
Really helpful advice. Great video. Thanks man!
afiftube You bet...so glad it helped
Thanks! Great advice.
You bet Benaiah
Great video thanks man
You bet
Thanks a bunch Stephen.
john johnothan You bet John
I found what works for me is if I'm feeling burnt or just not feeling it....I put the sticks down and walk away for however it may take for me.....theres been times where I've just not even touch the drums for almost a month and came back and sat down and just killed what it was that burnt me out to begin with....."GOTTA RECHARGE EVERY NOW AND THEN"
great information - goes so much further than playing drums too
It really does. All about that life balance!
Great points & thoughts here, thanks for this. 👌🏽🎃
You bet!
Exercise promote new neurons creation in the hipocampus also Bdnf ....Fasting does that to
luis fernando I've been interested in learning more about fasting and its relationship to cognitive functions. There are some really interesting things that happen with fasting and fitness. It's also a world wide regular practice with a lot of religions. Thanks for reminding me to dive back in to that topic!
Very interesting topic.
I'm a beginner on drums and somedays I feel like I didnt do any progress just because the lack of focus.
Luiz Felippe Focus is the #1 issue by 4 times among musicians (I did my own independent survey with over 600 responses). If you get your focus together, your practice time completely changes. Have clear goals, make a plan to hit those goals, track your progress, and do away with internal/external distractions...the biggest being social media, email, and mobile devices.
When a drummer suggests a work of fiction... Moby Dick. Bravo!
Hey Stephen do you have any videos or advice on setting goals as a drummer?
I talk about that in this free series: www.theartofpractice.online/taop-free/
Hey Stephen, this video made me wonder about something; how much time do you think it should take an average drummer to learn an average difficulty 3 minute song? Let's say the individual has got the basics of the style, the song isn't requiring him/her to learn a whole new motor skill, but only committing the song to memory to the extent where at least some parts can be played with ease/without complete concentration, you know, without dreading the next section!
Also, do you think learning progressively complex songs is an OK way to learn drums, say if one doesn't like doing rudimental exercises anymore or would this kind of learning leave too many gaps in one's vocabulary, technical ability, creativity?
I've been wondering about those things for a while, and I have a suspicion I'm a slow learner!. So as stupid as it may sound I'd just want someone to tell me what the baseline for learning drums is, if there is such a thing! Thank you, hope you can respond or maybe you've got some material on this already and point in its direction!
Oh, and this got me another idea - I've noticed that you, and generally other drum instructors online, let me put it like this, don't often take a song and break it down, so as to talk about how the drum parts were constructed, like, why the beat is as it is and not some other way, why a fill is the way it is and not some other way, etc. I suspect it is a question of copyright or some other stuff like that, but in the case of the songs you've written yourself that can't be an issue. So I would leave it out here that you take, say, the Bellodrone song you made a video for and maybe do a video on how you created the drum parts for it, but more in terms of picking the notes/coming up with the beats, the inner workings of how you come up with the song's drum part. I'm sick of how many times I've watched an interview with some drummer, but when it comes to actual questions of creativity there's answers in the area of "I've just nailed it" or "It comes naturally to me" or something along those lines. It would be great to actually get an answer that's not that for once, especially from a drums teacher who'd written the parts himself.
Great questions...I'm very careful to label anyone a "slow" learner. We all learn differently. I would be more interested in knowing about the process you're going through to learn the song. There's no guidebook of how long it should take you. But I have often found I'm able to improve someone's process for HOW they're ingesting the information. They then seem to learn "quicker". When in reality, they're just learning things in a more efficient manner. And yes, I think it's fine to learn progressively harder songs...if that's a way that you learn. And as long as it's in line with your goals as a player. For a well rounded education, you'll need to do more than that.
I have a ton of song breakdowns on my website. And I'll see what I can do about getting some stuff up here about my process for writing the Xochytl drum parts.
Alright, time to check out your website! And definitely a video on your writing process would be great.