https://studiohelper.com/articles/marketing/100-days-of-practice/ Studio Management. Simplified. Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:16:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://studiohelper.com/articles/marketing/100-days-of-practice/#comment-1274 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:16:15 +0000 http://blog.studiohelper.com/?p=2947#comment-1274 What an outstanding suggestion! Perhaps its a professional hazard of the music instructor to be constantly faced with a certain number of unprepared pupils, however i’m assuming there are just as many offenders in math and language tutoring as well. I’m constantly looking around for new ways of motivating my students to actually practice, and there are probably as many different incentives as there are students, from chocolate, praise, and prizes on the positive side to frowny faces, and disappointment on the negative. One trick i’ve developed, I use a “Sonic Screwdriver” prop from the British science fiction program “Doctor Who” to analyze the sonic properties of the students instrument after i’ve had them perform the chosen piece, and after the gizmo lights up, flashes, and makes some exciting spacey whirring noises I “read” the number of minutes they practiced since the last lesson. Sure, its a gimmick, and a few of my (teenage) pupils are rightfully dubious, but most of them are amazed that I can get such an accurate measurement of their discipline. Of course, its my evaluation of their performance that informs me, rather than some technological marvel, but whether they realize that or not its a fun way of assessing a weekly practice regimen. I’m going to start implementing your suggestions at http://www.nassaubaymusiclessons.com from now on, the more weapons we have in our motivational arsenal the better!

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