When Do You Become A 'proffesional.' |
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Jul 25 2008, 02:34 AM
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I never really thought about what a professional did, to become a professional.
 .So all input is obviously welcome. |
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Jul 25 2008, 02:54 AM
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I assume to be a professisional is when u start making music... idk
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Jul 25 2008, 03:08 AM
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I assume you mean professional musician
 There's many ways to be professional, but one way to put it is that you are professional when you can work well with whatever style of music your facing, either in a studio-setting or in a jam-session with a band. Another way to put it is that your a professional the minute you are paid to play There's many different roads to that point though. I would say hard work and dedication is the key. -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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Jul 25 2008, 04:12 AM
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The simplest explanation to the contents of the word "professional" is that you're one when you start earning money from it. In legat context (at least in Sweden) it's when you start paying tax and that's when passing 50,000 SEK (about 8300 USD or 5300 Euro) which is the limit where a hobby becomes work.
So going from amature to professional has nothing to do with how skilled you are a musician, just how skilled you are earning money from what you do 
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Jul 25 2008, 11:02 AM
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Well I can't say it has nothing to do with skill, it sure has, but it is also important that a pro musician has a lot of contacts with people within the music business, and not only from lead stars, but also from managers, studios, record producers, other musicians and guitar players (although you will hardly get a job from them, specially if they are competition:) ) etc. As soon as you get a steady money flow over longer period of time, you can call yourself a pro musician. Of course by steady flow of money, I don't mean 100$ per month, although that is something too, perhaps semi-pro or something
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Jul 25 2008, 11:10 AM
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In my opinion you are professional musican when you can live with your money you earn by making music. (or it is your main income)
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Jul 25 2008, 11:10 AM
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I thought professional guitarist were when people threw coins in my hat on the street..
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Jul 25 2008, 11:15 AM
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QUOTE (Trond Vold @ Jul 25 2008, 04:08 AM)  There's many different roads to that point though. I would say hard work and dedication is the key. I absolutely agree. Being professional starts with your attitude, you have to be serious about what you are doing and you will for sure have to invest a lot of work into this. Only playing a gig and getting paid for this doesn't make you a professional. -------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
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Jul 25 2008, 02:25 PM
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Hard work and dedication..Next stop is getting payed for your "music" work and keeping that thing going....And then you are a professional.
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Jul 25 2008, 02:30 PM
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2 separate meanings -
1. Earn money from it as many have said 2. Have a good attitude, be skilled, be able to work with others as a peer, be responsible for your own development, be reliable etc, much as Marcus said I think these 2 get mixed up, in the English langauge at least -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jul 25 2008, 07:10 PM
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When you play good enough so people call you and pay you for playing or recording with them.
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Jul 25 2008, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE (MickeM @ Jul 25 2008, 05:12 AM) So going from amature to professional has nothing to do with how skilled you are a musician, just how skilled you are earning money from what you do Agree,professional musician isn't always the skilled one. However many amateur nut skilled players easily become pros when they start earning to live by playing. So keep working playing hard. QUOTE (Rooks @ Jul 25 2008, 12:10 PM) I thought professional guitarist were when people threw coins in my hat on the street.. I guess that's another way to do it.
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