Manny Laureano

Brek,

What a great question. It affects all of us. Fortunately, the answer is simple but a little labor intensive until you get used to it. Simply, do you have access to a quality recording device that you can have set up in your usual practice space? The point is that if you can walk into your practice space and flick a swith and start recording on a regular basis, you'll start to make improvements almost immediately.

You'll be able to experience your playing from without rather than from within and have a better handle on cause and effect, y'know? You'll just play and do the listening later. Arnold jacobs was very big on this, the dea of just playing and doing the analyzing later. Not that you're analyzing, you understand. But it's less of a surprise to your system if you're used to playing and start to hear inconsistencies consistently. You'll know what to fix quicker and more objectively.

So, the key is to try to record yourself more frequently and you'll know what to expect and your improvements will be more and more frequent.

ML