No matter how talented you are, a solid work ethic is important in any profession. Practicing is key way for any artist or musician to get better. Practicing can mean listening to music, it can mean learning or practicing it. It can also mean going to shows or studying at a college level. Practicing is key to taking one's music from an amateur status to a professional one. It is also important for many artists to dabble and be exposed to many different styles to be competitive professionally, aka be on one's "A" game and have various musical and professional-like experiences to get better and stay sharp, like in most professions. Practicing looks different to every artist and their specialization, to some it is writing, to others it is performing, but getting one's feet wet in a disciplined, unpaid capacity will improve what an artist has going on 90 percent of the time and is therefore one of the important for "P" Pillars of Better From Here Music.