Overcoming Musical Frustration and Maintaining Motivation (feat. Michael Lake) - a podcast by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Welcome to episode 265 where today I have on special guest musician Michael Lake to talk about overcoming musical frustration. It's not uncommon for a musician studying jazz to get frustrated with their musical progress, which in unhealthy amounts can sometimes lead to demotivation. Michael lends his thoughts on how to work through this and how to set yourself up for long term success.



Listen to episode 265The reality of studying any kind of music is that eventually, you are going to get frustrated with your progress.



You are going to be frustrated with the way you sound. You are going to be frustrated with how quickly you are progressing. You are going to get frustrated if there's something difficult in that music that you are having a hard time wrapping your head around.



And this is especially true for jazz being of a more complex kind of music, with more complex harmony, and improvisation just in general being a challenging concept. But we don't want to stay in that place of frustration for too long. We want to be enjoying ourselves and progressing. 



So, in today's show, I have special guest Michael Lake to talk about overcoming musical frustration and give you some really practical tips and really powerful things for overcoming those barriers of musical frustration and musical motivation. 



In this episode:1. Defining your goals for what you want to get out of the music



2. Accepting you musical skill level as you grow3. Overcoming frustration with action



Important Links1. Michael Lake's Music Savvy



2. LJS Inner Circle Membership

Further episodes of Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Further podcasts by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Website of Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur