Louis Feuillard

I can't imagine that I felt guilty taking time off practicing between the ages of eight and 10, but I was going through my...

Do you do Feuillard, like, you know, the exercises?

Oh, yeah.

Love them.

I found in my Feuillard a note from one of my first teachers, "2013 summer holidays," and then what I should focus on for the exercises.

And I don't know, it just made me think about how we're taught to approach time off and holidays as musicians, and how, of course, it's really important to instill discipline and habits in children.

But at the same time, I feel like we have this sort of strange obsession with being obsessed with practicing, and that that is sort of the thing that will make or break someone who's aiming to become a musician.