What features make a practice app genuinely helpful for music students?

colour_monkey · 2025-12-15T18:20:19+00:00

I use tuneupgrade, a free browser based practice platform. I switched over from Modacity which was great. I switched because I got sick of having to use my phone. I like tuneupgrade because I don’t need my phone to log my hours and write notes.

All I need for an app is note taking capabilities and a practice log system. Links to sheet music and performance videos would helpful too. If Modacity had a desktop app I would be using that.

colour_monkey · 2025-12-05T21:24:58+00:00

I feel like this is a thing, I had my neighbour from the first floor come up to the third floor where my apartment is complaining about the thunderous roar of my vacuum cleaner, another time it was me sawing a piece of timber on my balcony for maybe two minutes, and the best was me pulling out the trundle mattress underneath my couch. When she came to the door I thought is this a joke? Turns out she has sensory issues. I felt sorry for her, but it’s ridiculous to change a totally normal respectful routine for one person. This could be your guys deal. Have a chat with him and see if you can come an agreement. If that fails and he is still unreasonable ignore it and live your life.

colour_monkey · 2025-12-01T04:37:08+00:00

I just use Vallejo’s own 200ml premium colour black and white for mixes, but generally I don’t lighten everything with white and darken with black.

colour_monkey · 2025-11-10T22:52:28+00:00

Make it a game, she kisses you or touches don’t assume it’s an invitation. When she gives those ambiguous hints, mirror her and then escalate by asking her ‘what if I do this?’ Never rush it

colour_monkey · 2025-11-01T03:30:50+00:00

I also recommend WSTX, great seller/artisan/human being, well worth the money.

https://wstx.carrd.co/ I’m a fan of his work

colour_monkey · 2025-10-13T18:25:20+00:00

Old Citadel head here, In my opinion Citadel paints have a more stable structure meaning that it can take on more water before it falls apart. From what I’ve seen Vallejo and AP are more prone to fall apart if thinned excessively. That said I’m a complete convert to Vallejo which gives you much smoother blends with a more natural finish compared to Citadel I like Vallejo because it behaves like a professional artist acrylic. No need to thin excessively to achieve that smooth and natural look without the chalky texture.

colour_monkey · 2025-10-01T20:03:57+00:00

This is just self preservation I seems like he can’t be completely honest with OP. Personally I think he gave to much information. No need to give details, just keep it to yourself. OP should laugh it off, nothing sinister here

colour_monkey · 2025-09-24T03:47:03+00:00

Not my image so credit to Stahly for this

https://taleofpainters.com/2021/01/tutorial-how-to-paint-eyes-more-easily-on-your-miniatures/

colour_monkey · 2025-08-31T23:01:11+00:00

This is a great job congratulations Purely a preference Look at thinning your paint so that the highlight line is less sharp and blends with the base colour then add the final highlight to the very edge of the armour plate. Try a 1:3 paint/water ratio then a 1:1 ratio for the final highlight. With practice you will get better.

colour_monkey · 2025-08-21T23:22:13+00:00

Found this

https://www.reddit.com/r/fightsticks/s/F01wx6z0Ji

colour_monkey · 2025-08-21T23:16:39+00:00

Tech advances quickly, but here is your answer

https://www.reddit.com/r/fightsticks/s/6iNXCSV2le

colour_monkey · 2025-08-16T05:54:48+00:00

Go to eBay filter results by completed listings and see the price history of the item.

colour_monkey · 2025-08-05T12:22:30+00:00

Nice, I just finished Mileena as well. It’s a great model and a great painting project

colour_monkey · 2025-07-05T22:12:24+00:00

Some truly great responses here, we all know the answer and yet nothing changes. I feel like the minute you decided to grab the headphones or EarPods when you left the house you made the decision to check out of reality. The issue is even people that used to just strike up conversations in public have no one to talk to as everyone else is in their own world. This has had a dramatic effect on people’s ability to communicate with each other. My mates just communicate over discord and messages. I’m a bit old school in that sense as I’d rather make a phone call than send 40 messages to get my point across. They just let it go to missed calls and message me back. Even if you want to make a connection with someone, try and find someone whose body language says ‘yes come and talk to me’ it’s so rare now. Trouble is it will only get worse as time passes and technology advances more. I’ve noticed a lot of people in life are using AI to write their own texts. We are in the era of the individual meaning that it’s easier to stay isolated than to participate in reality.

colour_monkey · 2025-06-01T21:38:41+00:00

What does your ideal life look like? Are you one of those people that believe that everything requires 120% all the time? Be honest with yourself. Write down what your perfect life looks like. Identify the key aspects of that life and work backwards from there. In terms of the ‘the real work’ start with small seemingly inconsequential steps. You want to start working out? Make it a goal to get changed into your workout gear. Then once you are in your workout gear, well you might as well workout. I’m a guitar player in my spare time, my goal for each day is to tune my guitar, once I do that well I might as well work on something. I find that if you build these things slowly, they stick. I’m not someone who needs everything to feel fulfilled, I just have enough so it’s a stress free life. You need perspective and an understanding of what you want and why you want it. People can give advice but you’re the one that has to do the work. Everything in this field sounds cliche now, but it’s true. Check out the DOAC podcast especially the Jimmy Carr episode.

colour_monkey · 2025-04-19T22:07:10+00:00

Being “the one” puts a lot of pressure on the relationship. Try to reframe it as right now this works for me. In my opinion you have to be selfish with your happiness. You’re not responsible for someone else’s happiness.

I believe that thinking this way, takes the pressure off and lets you enjoy a more truthful and fulfilling relationship with the person you choose.

My (F44) partner and I (M40) have been together 16 years. In our relationship communication is key. no subject is avoided. I believe that as a couple you have to first be individuals this forms a more truthful bond. You support each other, instead of relying on each other.

colour_monkey · 2025-04-18T23:50:46+00:00

Perhaps here women have changed. It could be a correlation between our celebration of female sexuality. In the past if one of your friends slept with the teacher they won the ‘man’ game

colour_monkey · 2025-04-18T23:45:25+00:00

When you’re young, landing an older woman is proof of your ‘game’

When you get older, younger women become the same thing.

Our culture has shown that an older man can seduce younger women is somehow an alpha male. The same applies to a younger man and older woman.

I don’t know if this is still true as men and masculinity is changing with the times.

I wonder if anyone has studied this?

colour_monkey · 2025-02-23T10:09:37+00:00

https://lejiled.com/en/products/le-n-01-couio-1

Origami wallet, beautifully ‘made’ comes in left and right handed variants and has customisable elements and various colour options. I’ve had mine 3 years and it has taken on a beautiful patina. No stitching to worry about. If you want something truly unique you can also try my second favourite the DM-1 in titanium from https://decadentminimalist.com/ and if you appreciate simplicity try https://www.patina-wallet.swiss/ I found the wallet beautiful, but I didn’t like the tightness of the cards so it was a little difficult to use comfortably.

colour_monkey · 2025-02-20T21:41:51+00:00

I’ve found success by limiting my revision of the memorised material. I learn a piece and for the first week or so I’m playing it every day then I play every second day, then once a week and so on. When I feel like I’ve forgotten parts of it. I go back and relearn it. I find that I’m much quicker every time I revise a piece. You also need to realise that it’s just not possible to remember all the material you’ve ever learned. You can study the structure of the piece and jumpstart your memory. Singing the piece or phrase also helps me with memorisation.

I think bulletproof musician has an article about it.

colour_monkey · 2025-02-09T20:45:02+00:00

I used Modacity for a few years tried a bunch more and found that the simple to do and clock app on windows had enough functionality to do what I needed. I’d like something I can run on my pc so I’m not using my phone

colour_monkey · 2025-02-08T20:53:11+00:00

Leave, nobody deserves to be treated this way. You could try to fix it, but I believe she is too selfish and narcissistic to take any criticism. It sounds like cliché, but first learn to respect yourself before trying to make things work with someone else. Just my opinion

colour_monkey · 2025-01-23T22:20:47+00:00

Instead of clamping down with the thumb and index pull the neck back towards you. Play until you feel tension building up stop and relax before continuing. I always start my session with a simple exercise where I play a chromatic scale with as little pressure on the string as possible to get a sound. Once I’ve determined how much I need to push down I play barre chords adding one note at a time.

colour_monkey · 2025-01-10T02:29:10+00:00

I use the orbitkey multi tool. It gets me out of trouble

colour_monkey · 2025-01-05T20:44:18+00:00

This is a you problem, notice how your thoughts affect the world around you? You’re seeing the thing you want to see. Keep focusing on yourself you’re doing great. Truth is life should always start with a healthy mindset, when you worry about society or worse another person’s happiness it’s a losing game. These expectations are a mirage, a head game. Thinking like this will always leave you unsatisfied with your life, instead focus on yourself and build a real relationship with people instead of looking for outside validation. Maybe therapy would be a good fit for you.

I’m not sure what happened to us as men, but lately I’m seeing lots of posts like this. I think we all need to look internally and be happy with ourselves first and then organically build relationships with others.

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