“Be aware of what you practice, because what you practice is what you learn.  Don’t keep playing entire phrases over and over again, isolate the problem areas
into small segments.”
-Eleonore Schoenfeld (1920–2007)

Schoenfiled played a mean cello and was a master of music.

On the path to master, focusing your practice is going to make good sax players great.

Just jamming out all day on a song can be fun, but it’s not going to move you forward with your playing if getting better is one of your goals.

Eliminating bad habits, make your rhythm solid, getting a sound you want, all these things will come faster if you work on them right.

Getting better doesn’t magically happen.

You have to start by realizing there are problems with your playing and figuring out how to proceed.

That part isn’t always fun.  But it’s necessary to play saxophone better.

And that the result and the process should be fun.