Why your practicing isn’t helping you PLAY SONGS @thenonglamorousdrummer
Why your practicing isn’t helping you PLAY SONGS  @thenonglamorousdrummer
Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
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0:30 - The solution for connecting your practicing with playing songs…
1:15 - The Practice Time Myth
3:27 - What my daily practice sessions looked like as a beginner
5:34 - “The 50/50 Principle of Practicing”
7:23 - Step 1: Focus your practicing with the “subtraction method”
13:37 - Step 2: How to practice songs
19:40 - Step 3: How to make this work going forward…
22:19 - The truth about song-practice
24:06 - Question about your practice sessions…

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