Good call, Kadleck!!
I've always liked the mentality that 'you shouldn't always sound good in the practice room.' of course, the more/effieciently you practice the better stuff will sound in the practice room, but you just shouldn't just practice the stuff you sound good on, as Kadleck was saying.
At the same time, you want to practice being successful and not allow yourself to practice making mistakes/bad habits. Usually that means slowing things down, working up smaller sections then piecing them together, etc, etc. RECORDING YOURSELF is also very helpful. you'll hear stuff that you dont hear while you're playing. Find a nice, big room and record yourself performing something you've been working on and you'll know what i mean.
anyways,..that's an abbreviated explanation, i won't go into a long dissertation about it, haha!!
