I practice all of my boring stuff early in the morning

(As of right now):
5 min. Barre Chords
5 min. One Minute Changes/All Chords
5 min. Major Scale From Memory/Minimum Movement
5 min. Major Scale Improv
5 min. Tryin to find a note on every spot of the neck/Octaves
5 min. Transcribing Licks
5 min. Blues Warmup

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Before school so when i come home i can just jam on songs and improv later

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Even after 30yrs of playing, I still play along with CDs or live concerts in a video format.

The night before last was 'Freddie King: Dallas, Texas Jan. 20th 1973' http://www.amazon.com/Freddie-King-Dallas-Texas-Jan/dp/B00006L93Y/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1315267201&sr=1-3.

Last night I played with the rare OOP video 'Night of the Guitar' http://www.amazon.com/Night-Guitar-Haycock-Climax-Blues/dp/B000MDK4II (this link is to the CD). A Japanese friend sent me a copy of the video years ago, and I converted it to DVD.

Tonight it's Ronnie Earl 'Hope Radio' http://www.amazon.com/Hope-Radio-Ronnie-Earl-Broadcasters/dp/B001C0I630/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315267634&sr=1-2. I had just put the DVD in when I decided to check the Lounge first.

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Tony Houston

I aim to play/practice my bass an hour every day in the evenings, with more time on weekends. I mostly play songs that I have a bass line for, since by the time I get home from work, I'm too tired/annoyed to want to do anything but enjoy playing. Sometimes I do practice the modes (1 & 2 octaves), the chord arpeggios derived from the modes, and intervals. My teacher says that if you just play stuff you already know, take a quarter from one pocket and put it in a different pocket ‘cuz all you did was entertain yourself. And sometimes, I’m COMPLETELY OK with that!

It’s interesting to see what others do as part of their practice session. I’ll have to pick up some of those habits.

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Shirley Has The Blues

Blacktop P Bass
mim Deluxe P Bass Special
mim P Bass
Ibanez BTB405

Today I did some hybrid picking. Nice and slow.
Also some Wes octaves.
Chromatic exercises I do everyday, with kind of an absent mind.

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FIGHT!

Ditto. I've just given up trying, though. Picks for strumming, fingers for everything else.

Being semi-retarded ...I mean retired I somtemes play 4-5 hours a day. not in one go mind you but every couple of hours I'll pick it up unless there is something I have to learn FOR MONEY....the longest I usually go in one session if I lose myself is about 3 hours and it just flies by

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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancin'

Sometimes I go 4 hours and sometimes I go 1 hour. Depends what I'm practicing for. But generally 2-3 hours a day on most days. I sit in front of the TV at night and just run scale exercises a lot of the time. It's good to know your scales well enough that you don't have to pay attention to them as much when you play em. That is not to say that any beginner should just do this. A metronome needs to be used a lot for lesser practiced guitarists. Guitarists especially solo acts are notoriously bad at timing unless they practice it regularly.

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Darn, I have to learn new kids´songs for tomorrow, as I teach kindergarden in the mornings.
I just can´t show up and let them have some Earl Hooker!

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FIGHT!

You should be proficient in transposing the Barney Theme Song into any key so as to accommodate the vocal range(s) of all your charges.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

On a personal level about an hour. But this is a hard working band. We practice twice a week and have steady 2 and 3-hour gigs every week. and in a lot of cases 1-2 shows added to those.

For example: Next week we'll practice Monday and Tuesday. Play the Mirage on Thursday (2-hrs). Travel to Bakersfield on Friday for a show. Back to Vegas on Saturday for our Green Valley Ranch show (3-hrs). Then we have a big show at The Hard Rock on Sunday.. So in a lot of ways, our steady gigs can be considered practice as well.

I'll still go over solos and new songs in between all of that on a daily basis.

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