Overview

The Ultimate Musician's Practice Planner is a practical system designed to help musicians stay focused, organized, and steadily improving throughout the year. After years of teaching, I noticed that most players were practicing hard but without a clear sense of direction. They jumped from piece to piece, exercise to exercise, and idea to idea without a structure to tie them all together. I wanted to build something that made everyday practice easier to follow and easier to measure, and something that kept key theory tools close by so you never have to search around for the basics. This planner brings everything into one place: daily practice pages, weekly and monthly reviews, clear goal-setting, a space for teacher notes, and a full theory and reference section that musicians rely on most. It is designed to be simple to use, flexible for any instrument, and strong enough to support a full year of progress. What's Inside Part 1: Foundations and Setup Part 2: The Practice System (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) This planner follows a simple, steady routine that works for any instrument or level. Part 3: Integrated Theory and Reference A complete set of the core charts musicians rely on most: Part 4: Creative and Notes Section A flexible space for ideas, sketches, and notes: You can start this planner at any time of year. I truly believe that those who stick with a consistent process always improve, which is why I created this framework. If I only realized earlier that getting better wasn't about filling my head with more stuff, but about keeping focused, I would have progressed much faster. Over time, this planner transforms scattered effort into a single, integrated approach, allowing you to stop chasing loose notes and start achieving measurable, consistent results.

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9781990144240

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""Finally, a planner that understands the musician's needs! The seamless combination of the daily practice log and the integrated theory reference charts is pure genius. This is the single, powerful resource serious students have been waiting for."" - Professional Musician & Studio Teacher ""This system transforms intention into achievement. It teaches the most valuable skill a musician can learn: how to practice effectively. It's the framework that turns scattered effort into steady, measurable progress over the course of a year."" - Academic Reviewer

Author Information

Brent Robitaille is a musician, composer, and highly experienced music educator with over two decades dedicated to helping students achieve consistent results. As the founder of Kalymi Music Publishing, he is the author of over 50 instructional books covering diverse instruments (including guitar, ukulele, mandolin, and the cigar box guitar). Trained in classical and jazz composition at renowned Canadian institutions, Brent has a background as a full-time performer, arranger, and recording session musician. He created the S.O.U.N.D. Goal Framework (the core of this planner)to provide musicians with the focused structure he found most critical for long-term improvement. He lives and works in Ontario, Canada.

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