I Practiced 10,000 Hours In 6 Months

This is the crazy story of when I quit music school and left the country. It's what I call my "10,000 in 6 months" period.

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[RickBeato]

This is what I think of as a "conceptual not literal" 10, 000 of experience.

[ShadowZero]

alt title: how i practiced 56 hours a day

[erikznidarsic]

While you were practicing 3-4 hours a day Rick Beato went out of his way to bend the space time continuum and added 32 hour to a day just to practice.

[sniebl]

What the heck!!!! My mind is blown, I am from aruba and pepe Gonzales was my guitar teacher!!!! I cant believe you mentioned him. Such a small world

[JohnnyFootwrinkle]

Rick beato is so cool he can literally pause time in order to rack up more practise hours!

[pas_uh_fist]

Ling Ling: I practice 40 hours a day.
Rick: Hold my capo.

[twal]

Nobody :
Me : Calculating that there's 4320 hours in 6 months

[et]

The 6 months that I spent with my ex wife felt like 10, 000 hours..

[ehugo]

Hi Rick, If you remember, I played bass in the Aruba big band, my grandson had me check out one of your "what makes this song great" videos, very cool. I mentioned I had been on Aruba with the big band and my son saw this vid and told me you had talked about it, small world. Brought back some great memories. Keep up the great work!

[jonathanbyrdmusic]

“That’s really when you learn stuff – when you’re playing gigs” Moral of the story. If you wait till you’re good enough, you’ll never get good enough.

[RCAvhstape]

When you're in your teens and early 20s, your ability to learn is at its highest and you usually don't have lots of complications in your life. No wife or kids, no long term job yet, no major bills to pay. That combination of simplicity and voracious learning ability means that whatever you practice hard at during that time will make a lasting impression for life. You can still learn stuff when you get older but it's harder and takes more willpower. You have to avoid distractions and for people with obligations it's tough. So if you're young, strike while the iron is hot. Before you know it you'll be married and involved with life. Put down the video games and your facebook phone and pick up your instrument.

[RadioSnivins]

If he'd lived on Europa he coulda practiced 55 hours a day, held a full-time job, studied full-time, and still get a refreshing 14 hours snooze a night.

[headslapping]

Sat listening with a beer in lockdown feeling like I’ve just met an interesting new mate in the pub

[AndrewWatsonChangingWay]

There's a great song to be written about this, starting with the line: "I'm sweating through my tux playing rhythm guitar".

[snuggstcg]

This man practices 54 hours a day. I wish I had this kind of determination.

[maekymaek.]

U REALISE Rick is on his own level of music. Up up there. Way up there.

[Sobers.Chatterjee]

The richest person in the world is someone who has beautiful memories like these to share..

[RobSchauland]

I take this story as somewhat of a cautionary tale. If you think you're just gonna "make it" in the music business, listen to this story. This is the kind of experience and work that you need to endure to have the substance to be successful. Fantastic, man! Really great story.

[f_r_e_d]

Work ethic is always key. A great painter once told me: “Don’t just practice, practice perfectly

[wraith]

Most people with access to a time machine would get tomorrow's lottery number, or play the stock market, Rick used it to practice longer.