Trust the process: How to build a practice routine - Vlog

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[@jorgeramos8553]

First! Is it weird I am guitarist and I find this more useful than guitar lessons.thanks for the great videos.greetings from Tegucigalpa, Honduras

[@mjmason75]

Operate in your "comfort zone" as you warm up. Don't stress our your hands and muscles. Great advice. If you play beyond what your hands will allow, you will stress them out. It usually takes time to warm up (15-20 min) before you can play fast, clear, and precise. Don't rush it!!

[@BartoHomy]

again, your videos are full of good suggestion and ton's of intresting stuff, but the best thing is that they are always so motivational! thank you!

[@adamajehobasgitara]

The honesty of your vlogs is golden, thank you for sharing the good, as well as the bad and the ugly. Enormously inspiring.

[@mummyman2115]

Congrats on the gig with Benny! Been watching your videos for a long time, your philosophy regarding music has been a very important guide for me in my own journey, and Benny is one of my biggest drumming idols, I really hope I get to see some video of you two playing together!

[@matosjorgemiguel]

I've been following you for almost 2 yrs now and it's funny that I also lost my way in the last months. I lost a bit motivation and structure due to other stuff going on in my life. Funny that today I came back to my practice routine and I am trying to get it back and then you put out this video. 😁 Awesome!! Sometimes when one has the least time to do stuff is when one does the most.

[@matijanikolic7122]

you make the change in my guitar life. your vlogs are really helping me. thanks for that! keep going!

[@markfretless]

Came back to this in February of 2022 and found just it to be just as interesting and inspiring as it was in 2018. Thank you👍🏽

[@donmiller9479]

You nailed my problem. What to do and why. I can’t wait for our lesson together next week. PS. Gonna need you to step down to the basics again! How to practice. What to plan.

[@cameronnichols2558]

Always wanted to know the advantages of singing what your playing. I know a lot of piano players do it but have noticed that you also do it a lot. Was hoping someone would bring it up before . Thanks again for sharing your wealth of knowledge . Here’s hoping this is the true meaning of the interweb. Peace

[@thiagomanobatera]

Mike Porcaro ,Jeff Porcaro and Carlos Vega in my heart Thiago from Brazil !!!

[@musakhoza5546]

This sounds life changing

[@Shuzies]

Your on fire......have a great gig

[@svenleeuwen]

Thank you for this!

[@hahabass]

Damn! You truly live in the fast lane with your honey and lemon!!! :-))) Great post!

[@11marcuscain]

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on practicing away from your instrument. Recently I've had a hand injury that put the brakes on my 8 hour-a-day practice routine so I've been trying to fill my time with other productive things; ear training at the piano, clapping polyrhythms etc. Any thoughts on things to work on in this situation? Cheers!

[@andreymills2126]

Love your videos! Does humming help when practicing?:))

[@tawandamanika530]

I've gotten to a point now where I have to drop everything when I see one of these videos

[@maciejbaraniak6452]

As always great content! What do you think about practicing one thing for a really long time, e.g. having 5 hours for 2 exercises and practicing them with a metronome going 10 up 5 down?

[@matijanikolic7122]

Please come to Belgrade (Serbia). Belgrade is beautiful city, the gig will be awesome!

[@ThoughtThinkerTomas]

dear Janek, I have a good idea for your book: finding the purpose of YOUR music, with the help of bass - not about the bass. you work a lot with other musicians and learn parts that you did not create, somewhere you must have an intangible force that makes you want to pursue music with such fervor. I played standard 4 string bass, recently switched to CGDA 5ths tuned bass and found that i rekindled by passion fo bass. I never had a practice regime, instead I think of playing bass mentally and since I never learnt by sight reading, I just rehashed my brain to think in 5ths rather that 4ths when moving up strings. the question to ponder is - how to find your own spirit in music? and realise that it is totally unique and yet is inspired by past music, and dealing with its evolution and figuring out what that spirit is not? peace.

[@cedric58]

For the next Q&A : What happens to your fodera ? Do you prefer this one ? Have you been endorsed ? Could you explain (if possible of course) what does is mean to be endorsed, what are the obligations ? Do you have to gig with that bass ? Thank you.

[@ajadrew]

I have iReal Pro running in the background as your video plays...I always seem to play more creatively as well, cheers!

[@ManosRK]

Can you do a video with the basics of playing the bass with a pick ? I saw you used one in the beginning and I'm having trouble with it...Thanks!

[@ddrumcorner4682]

Hey Janek I'm super down to grab the books however I can't get all one time. Can you please suggest what book I should grab first? I'm an intermediate player ( I know that doesn't really translate over social media and a sentence). Any suggestions would be really helpful thanks!

[@Edd030427]

Is that a D-tuner on the 5th string there Janek? That bass has a huge range! Your 4 octaves is nearly comparable to my 7 string guitar!

[@sebastiansprotte2551]

Hey Janek! How do you find out which goals to reach, if it's not an upcoming gig or something like this? And how do you manage to practice and follow your way if you're busy with gigs? For me it's hard to focus on my target and the way i like to go if i have to play a lot of gigs in a short time. And another question: as a saxophone player, am i able to use your books too? There are treble clefs, right? Thanks and greetings from Germany! (we met at the Zig Zag club in Berlin this summer, you guys were on fire this night! I really enjoyed it ;) )

[@RiccardoPearlman]

LOL the words were "raw honey", the wink was more like "bourbon"

[@Shuzies]

This is the best news....when you to click...we are in for a Treat...hope you post some live

[@markgrech2328]

Hi Janek , been watching today’s vlog , and i’ve been doing the same kinda practice routine your doing, arpeggios, major scale and so on , and when i finally get to improvizing after 2 or 3 hrs my hands feel great , but my back and head hurts , could you do a lesson on posture , and maybe warmup exercises , and things to prevent this kind of pain ,thnks , btw really happy for you and Chelsea , you make a great couple !!

[@hifreq-therapy1058]

try classical guitar posture, it works wonders for the back. if you don like the foot rest use a instrument cushion (hopf)

[@Inkinthegrass]

I play electric bass and practice with a metronome almost exclusively. Is that bad?

[@rapalva4083]

Is there a book of yours on this very topic? Ruts are contagious I'm in one for a while now!

[@stanislawrybinski]

Losing way is the perfect description! Currently, I’m in no bands and have no gigs, so bass is just sitting in a gigbag. Having no internal motivation is the problem.

[@joninawhitecoat]

I've been in the same situation for about three weeks. Loving having the free time but hating not having something tangible to work for.

[@stanislawrybinski]

Jon Hallam I have a full time job, music isn’t a matter of money and survival, so I simply drink quite heavily. You gigging for living?

[@alexambroise111]

Something I learnt in school that is so infinitely valuable. External motivation will get you off your ass much more consistently. What can you do with that? Become accountable to someone else (a friend, online fans with a vlog) so you HAVE to deliver something everyday, and put that in line with your personal goal. That's why, say, music school makes you advance so much, but you can hack the process and pull it to your advantage. Cheers!

[@seunpeter_olanrewaju]

Good!!!

[@DSchopz]

how long do you practice each exercise?

[@uruguaysub]

Could you please explain step by step they excersie of arpegios? Tks

[@paubass123]

LEMON GINGER AND HONEY? u know what u r talking about!! :)

[@seriadobr]

I am a guitar player and heard that your books are good for guitar too... is that right?

[@irogatov]

Hi,Janek. Can you please explain, does all of your books have guitar tab/treble clef notation? I know All the good stuff has, is it the same for the rest of your books? Thanks.

[@janekgwizdala]

All the better stuff and Chordal harmony both have treble clef, and for the "Ultimate Chop Builder" series there are dedicated guitar versions that are treble clef only and TAB

[@irogatov]

Thanks!

[@StompL7]

I Love your videos janek! Going on tour with Benny greb? Wahouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

[@munneysh]

Do you the name of Song?

[@StompL7]

@@munneysh its in grebfruit 2 but i dont remember the song

[@yeikolscott]

your bass is tuned like a 6 string bass?

[@emersoncardenas6899]

Can you play in a band in different genres? For example, can you play in just a rock band, or a salsa band, or funk According to Quincy Jones, a musician must be able to play in different styles.

[@janekgwizdala]

Yes I can. But I don't agree that every musician needs to be able to play all styles in order to consider themselves a complete musician. There are incredible players that have spent their entire careers in just one band playing the same style. And then there are studio musicians who have done the complete opposite. Both ends of the spectrum produce incredible music and musicians.

[@DOGroove]

Joel Embiid would love this episode.

[@lobosolo7675]

I can't get over the groan when you're playing bass.

[@McDoinky]

keg Jager Honestly the loud breathing kind of ruins it for me as well

[@kindnick58]

JG!

[@fender68able]

I like to practice with a 64 oz. Coke zero, loaded with aspertame!!!! Sooooo good!! LOL