Practice regimen splits for musicians

 For years I have been playing in bands and with that comes a hefty amount of practice.

As time is our most valueable ressource, one needs to have a practice regimen which allows for proper preparation while not being too time consuming.

Right before gigs (2-4 weeks) I try to split the gig's setlist up to easy digestable chunks.

This allows for practicing every song while not being forced to do the whole set everytime I do.

A setlist could be as long as 1,5 hours so, instead of practicing the whole set each day, I split it up into 3 sections of roughly 30 minutes, so I play one of these a day -every section about twice a week.

The 3 sections do not necessarily resemble the set list but rather they are designed for easy practicing.

I usually start with songs, that do not need warm-up and are easy to play and build up to the hardest songs.

So when you reach the end of the "split set lists" you are properly warmed up for the real nasty songs.

When I encounter some f*ck up's I try to repeat the evil stuff along with the messed up songs and do them at the end of the set again, depending on how bad I messed up.

This way, I keep it short and simple.

I can directly start to practice the set without any big warm-up's.

I repeat every song of the set (during concerts its quite likely to mess up the easiest parts, therefore even practicing those helps a lot).

I don't get tired or bored by playing the whole set at once and can focus on learning new songs or techniques.