Ok! So you don’t see what that has to do with music at all! Well, allow me to explain!!!
The past several years, my husband, Mark has had a box garden—4 boxes in our backyard in which he grows lettuce, peppers, onions, green beans, cucumbers for pickles. Believe it or not, these small little boxes produce so much that we’ve been able to fill our freezer and pantry!
We were able to chop up and freeze enough peppers to see us through fall and winter and still have plenty left. We also chopped onions and put them in small freezer bags ready for use at a moment’s notice. Even though we didn’t grow celery, I thought it might be handy to have frozen celery at my fingertips whenever I make a casserole. So whenever I need pepper, onions or celery, I just reach into my freezer and these ingredients are available at a moment’s notice.
Was all that chopping and bagging fun? Not really. When we were getting the onions ready, the tears just ran down my face as I breathed in the fumes. When we were chopping the peppers—especially the hotter ones, every time I took a breath it felt like my nostrils were on fire. No–not fun at all!!!
But now that I have these little freezer bags filled with these essential ingredients, it is certainly a blessings to be able to just reach into the freezer and grab a bag without having to worry about prepping while I’m preparing my meal.
How Is That Related to Music??
Now relating to music—consider the time you spend “prepping” as the time you are learning scales, learning to read notes, new chords, chord progressions and fills. Yes, it’s not that much fun and the tears may flow and your brain may feel like it’s on fire. Oh but when you have taken the time to “pre-prep” it is such a blessing to be able to reach into the “freezer” or “pantry” of your brain and pull out those chords and progressions—all ready to use—instead of having to stop and do your “prep” work when you want to play the song!!!
Just a thought!!!! Come on—get busy and start your “prep” work now!!!! You’ll be glad you did!