More is NOT always better

I've been stuck on Week 9 of my plan for quite awhile now, longer than a week.  I've warned you that this is likely to happen.  A couple of weeks into it, The Balanced Embouchure Method by Jeff Smiley arrived and I started with it.  Using his tricks with my lessons seemed to be a magical mix.  I was so inspired I started playing one session in the morning before work and another at night when I got home.  I still seemed to be stuck at certain points in the lesson.  Then I read about a new exercise program that reinforced to me the importance of RESTING.  Now I've cut back to once a day and only five days a week of the lessons, but I'm noticing improvement in just the past two days.  So once again, more is NOT always better, but persistence is.

Another update

As you know, I've been playing in the Nashville Community Concert Band.    This past Memorial Day  weekend, we had 3 concerts scheduled, two on Sunday and one on Monday.  These were 1 hour long concerts and I was concerned if I would be up to the task to play these.  Between the first and second ones on Sunday, many of the brass players were complaining about how tired they were and that they wouldn't play anything until the concert started.  I was feeling pretty good.  As a matter of fact, after the second hour long concert that day, I felt like I could play another one, or go home and practice some more.  I have only been back playing for about 8 months now after being away from the horn for almost 10 years.  I have been consistently playing the "16 Weeks" program and playing in the Concert Band weekly rehearsals.  Obviously, this stuff works!  Click HERE to get started with it now.