Since I am a young musician, I figured that I oughta start a thread about suggestions for my generation in general, about music.
What is the best advice you can offer a young musician?
Open thread for anyone.
Advice you would give to a young musician
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Take your wallet with you on stage. Don't leave it in the dressing room.
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Don't use music as a vehicle to gain outside validation.
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Get a job that has a steady income.
Keith Mansfield rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Advice you would give to a young musician
Learn piano.
Develop good people skills.
If you're on time, you're late.
Listen. Then listen some more.
Develop good people skills.
If you're on time, you're late.
Listen. Then listen some more.
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Re: Advice you would give to a young musician
A few that spring to mind:
Learn to drive!
Be nice.
Say yes a lot.
Keep records of all income/expenditure relating your music (tax purposes)
Have the desire and work-ethic to improve continuously whilst remembering to actually enjoy your own playing in the present moment.
Learn as much as you can, but don't try to use all of it all the time!
Breathe/Relax
Learn to drive!
Be nice.
Say yes a lot.
Keep records of all income/expenditure relating your music (tax purposes)
Have the desire and work-ethic to improve continuously whilst remembering to actually enjoy your own playing in the present moment.
Learn as much as you can, but don't try to use all of it all the time!
Breathe/Relax
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Re: Advice you would give to a young musician
Be humble, work hard and keep an open mind.
Do it for your own joy and the joy of enriching other people's lives.
Be open, friendly, helpful and share with younger cats.
Do it for your own joy and the joy of enriching other people's lives.
Be open, friendly, helpful and share with younger cats.
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You will learn more about music and life, and yourself, during the difficult periods of your life.
You won't know that this is true until you are in an easier part of your life.
Stand up for yourself and your ideas and who you are. The result of this might suck at the time, but it will be infinitely more beneficial to you than if you don't.
The more difficult something is, practice, chicks, money, the more you learn.
Want the best for yourself.
Visualize with a clear image what you want to be, or how you want to look on stage or an interesting groove, this can "train" your unconscious mind to achieve it.
Read books while you're young. It's harder when you get older to do so.
You won't know that this is true until you are in an easier part of your life.
Stand up for yourself and your ideas and who you are. The result of this might suck at the time, but it will be infinitely more beneficial to you than if you don't.
The more difficult something is, practice, chicks, money, the more you learn.
Want the best for yourself.
Visualize with a clear image what you want to be, or how you want to look on stage or an interesting groove, this can "train" your unconscious mind to achieve it.
Read books while you're young. It's harder when you get older to do so.
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Re: Advice you would give to a young musician
Watch the cornhole, bud!
"Ding ding da ding." Apollo teaching Rocky how to Jazz.
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Re: Advice you would give to a young musician
cjbdrm wrote:Don't use music as a vehicle to gain outside validation.
^^^ Great advice!
Solicit the opinions of other musicians you respect.
Don't let personal issues affect the music.
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