Why Voice #3 - 5 reasons why Practicing is hard...

Practicing is different to everyone, it's and individual pursuit and no matter what - it all comes back to you. There is no one to blame but you for not doing it, not getting any better or worse still - not getting IT at all.

1. Every time you start your practice, you're different and you have to adjust to where you are at today. It's not like brushing your teeth, you can't turn on the autopilot and expect to get better.
2. You have to be able to face defeat. When you practice you run into things you can't do as well as you would like, so you have to have the courage to face that in every practice. Also you might not be able to do today what you were able to do yesterday - and that just sucks!
3. Your going to be noisy and everyone will hate you for it - or maybe just ridicule you which, if you are like me is actually worse.
4. You have no one there (except maybe me on an old recording if you study with me:-) to cheer you on, you have to become your own best and worst critic, which is hard no matter what it is about - let alone something like your voice that is so closely connected to your identity and your feeling of self.
5. It's time consuming and we all know it is easier, more comfortable and requires less of you to turn on the TV and let 2-3 hours go by doing nothing - except maybe eat

So why do it at all when it's really so annoyingly hard? Because in the end when you have done your practice, overcome your fears, faced your defeat, pissed some people off, had the courage to stand up to yourself and ask yourself if maybe there is a better version of yourself in there - the answer is always YES and that is all the reward you need. Self worth funny enough do not come from other peoples opinion of us, but our opinion of our selves and you will only find that when you test what your worth and judge for your self. I practice voice, but really it could be anything that requires a complex set of circumstances to work in perfect harmony. Don't just take my word for it. Turn the TV off and try it!