Update From Director Alex Bennett! Happy March MML Students! Happy Easter! March has been a month with so many new students. Last month I sent out a thank you to a bunch of students who helped with photos and gave reviews. I’m happy to say that their generosity helped immensely. Thank you again to all […]
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Probably one of the most overlooked parts of guitar maintenance is string changing. Most people assume that unless you’ve broken a string, there’s no need to replace them. Unfortunately, that’s really not true. There’s a time when you’ll have to change your strings even though they still work. Let’s talk about the reasons first and
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Reward In this final post, we’ll follow up the 4 stages of habit building with the final phase, Reward. Who doesn’t love a good reward? You work hard and you’re granted something for your efforts. So what rewards can we use to encourage our playing and how often should we reward ourselves? Daily Rewards A
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Response So far we’ve covered Cues and Cravings. Next comes the third step in the habit loop which is response. The response is how you react to the habits you’re trying to create. If you’re trying to break a bad habit, your best best is to make it difficult. If you want to stop eating
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Update From Director Alex Bennett! Happy February MML Students! This month has been a crazy month! So many updates going on here. New website, new online portal. It’s been a lot of hard work but thank you guys for helping me out. Here’s a few things that happened this last month. We Rebranded! One of
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In the previous post, I talked about habit making and “The Four Laws of Behavior Change”. I also discussed a bit at length the first of the four laws which we described as “Make It Obvious” or “Cue” and how you can apply these ideas to making guitar practice a regular habit. Today I’m going
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Habits are a tricky thing. Every day we make hundreds of conscious (or often times unconscious) decisions that will dictate our life. Those habits, as small as they might seem, have a compounding effect on our lives and can make a profound difference months or years down the line. I’ve been thinking a lot about
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