Consistency is the surest way to attain mastery. Unless something becomes a routine in our lives we may never be able to become what we want in that regard.
I read a book yesterday and I stumbled upon a portion that caught my attention, the author said "Most of the things we have as traits today came into being as a result of repetition."
When I read that portion the first thing that comes into my mind is how I wake up each day and the first thing that comes into my mind after my morning devotion is to brush my teeth.
Imagine how I became so used to it that I see it as something I was born with. It became so natural like breathing. This is how anything in the world becomes natural to us even the most difficult things if we are committed to them.
How I became committed to my music routine I'd still a mystery to me. It's amazing how sometimes I feel sick, uncomfortable, and even guilty whenever I forget to execute those things.
It all started casually, I did it today, I repeated it the next day and the following day, and boom, it is now a habit.
So far, since I created a music routine, I have become more disciplined, more dedicated, and more intentional about music.
I can attest that the rate at which I am improving each day is three times what I had in the previous years. If only I had this secret long ago, only God knows how much I would have improved in music by now.
The Routines
My general music practice time is in the evening. However, I also take some hours during the weekend to groom myself.
Every evening around 7 most times, I keep everything aside and start my music practice. My aim is to achieve two things: to know how to sing as many songs as possible and to also have a good vocal.
During that hour, sometimes I get one song that I desire to learn, then score it and practice till I get a satisfying result.
Another thing I do is Listen to songs, to some people listening to songs is something they do for fun, but I do that most of the time to improve myself in music.
My friend used to tell me that learning music isn't as difficult as It looks but I doubted it until recently. I discovered that we can learn music anytime, anywhere, one just needs to know how to position his heart for it.
Listening to music became one of the top things in my daily routine. One thing I love about it is as the song is playing, whether I am singing along or not, as long as I am concentrating on the song, I will definitely learn something new from it.
I adapted to it fast because it's very convenient, one can listen to a song anywhere and anytime. Sometimes even while doing other activities. Some time ago, I barely listened to music. I can go a week or even more without playing a song on my phone but now it's a part of me. It's even the easiest way for me to learn any song.
There are other things I do, such as watching music tutorial videos but the two I mentioned earlier are the ones I do consistently, but don't get me wrong, there are days I don't do them due to circumstances.