The reason we are motivated can vary for each individual’s situation is different. My motivation to practice my chosen instrument may be much different than yours but this individual motivation is what forces us to spend countless hours in a practice room pounding out boring exercises day after day. My motivation for practicing is the fear that my playing would not be acceptable to my listener. To miss one note seems to diminish my value as a musician in my mind. This stems from my early days while growing up in Moline, Illinois. My parents, although interested, were the old…