Muscial Carrear?, How does it happen? |
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Muscial Carrear?, How does it happen? |
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Sep 5 2007, 05:03 PM |
When I look at friends and friends of friends in my surroundings I can see that it takes hard work.
One guy is a killer guitarist, he's been on stage since 13 or 14 and was always practicing. When my brother was at his place he'd be sitting with his guitar practicing even when he had friends over to visit. He's now in a band, they have released a couple of records and are at least a little bit known here in Europe. In his case he's got a tremendous technique and got shredding ability among the top performers. He's a typical bandmember though so I doubt he'd ever make it solo with his chops. A closer friend was once a local happening, well still is since papers write about him, his studio and his hits once in a while. He also worked real hard, practiced a lot and played lot of gigs. his band(s) made it in their home town (of 100-150k ppl) and had some hits on the radio charts but never got bigger than that. He was a music maker rather than a performer, he's now writing music for famous artists here in Sweden but hasn't yet quit his dayjob, only cut down the hours. He's a social person and knows how to talk and make himself and his band interesting without bragging. He used to make up fantastic stories to the local newspapers which they swallowed and printed. One way to look interesting and be seen. Lie He can't shred but knows how to write catchy music, does it real well. So there's a few different ways. Develop some amazing shredding ability. Or write catchy music. Or just find the right people to play with. David Lee Roth said that when he met and lended a PA to Edward Van Halen, he thought - This is my food ticket -------------------- My bands homepage
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Sep 6 2007, 07:35 PM |
If you are asking "how do I make money in the music business?" There have been a couple of threads which have discussed similar topics before which might help:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showtopic=4333 (brandon has some good advice from his recording experience) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showtopic=5031 (What might be necessary to consider if you are serious about going to university to study music). Don't fall into the trap that most people do. That to become a professional, you need to be as good as Satriani or Vai. You don't, you just need to have a professional work ethic. If you are thinking "I want to become a great guitarist" what do I need to do? https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showtopic=2032 Which ties in to something that Kris and I spoke about back in 2005 on Freelicks. http://www.freelicks.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26 (Oh, by the way, I'm still working on this!!!! ) |
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Sep 6 2007, 08:38 PM |
Insightful as ever Tank - thanks! I really like the idea of equating your practice to a degree level endeavour - it makes the whole thing a lot more systematic and tractable.
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Sep 6 2007, 11:25 PM |
Hello, My name is Kris and ive been playing guitar for around 4 years. It sounds like i should know what im doing but i never learned any scales or notes. I just jammed with people and learned many songs by metallica rammstein and etc. Thats why Im here hehe. Anyways I always wondered how does someone start a musical career? Do you go to music school and look for some members and hope to start a rock band that hits it big? I love playing the guitar and id love to do it for a living as well, is there some kind of process or points i should try to follow on fulfilling my dream? Welcome Kris!! I've been professional musician for about 10 years. I started with club gigs in smaller bands,got into few bigger,was called to play with some big artists and that's it. I wasn't thinking that much about were do I go,it just took me... -------------------- Youtube
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Sep 6 2007, 11:36 PM |
One other bit often missed is a good professional manager who is actually supportive of you rather then seeing you as a meal ticket and who has good contacts in the industry and so can help open doors. One of the things that is a real premium is time - you don't necessarily want to use yours chasing down a contact/contract when you should be practicing/recording/gigging.
Perhaps the difficulties here though are at least two fold: in my experience there are more under-performing then good managers; good ones are more likely to seek you out once you've acquired enough reputation/signed a contract etc. The only group I've been in that had a record contract the manager we had came after we sent the demo and had the first meeting with the A&R - in fact they recommended her... Nonetheless in the UK there is an industry year book that details industry contacts - managers, lawyers, A&R, producers etc. There might be something similar where you are and can't hurt to look. Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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