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Becoming a successful musician is a career just like any other. You will have to fight off a lot of competing parties, there will always be a huge challenge ahead, and you will need to think about ways in which you can make the most of your time to improve your skills.
Today we want to share with you some of the essential things you need to know when becoming a musician as a career this year. Whether you need to learn to read sheet music, know how to handle real soundcloud promotion, or handle the legal stuff; there’s a lot to consider as a public figure, and here are some tips to help you through.
Practice every day
The only way you will ever be the best of the best is to practice your craft every single day. It is incredibly important for you to practice music each day because it will allow you to air out those niggling bad habits, hold notes for longer, and to gain muscle memory when playing an instrument.
Becoming a successful musician is a career just like any other. You will have to fight off a lot of competing parties, there will always be a huge challenge ahead, and you will need to think about ways in which you can make the most of your time to improve your skills.
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Now that we have mentioned them, it is time to talk about these common terms used in piano. Both of these terms refer specifically to sheet music, and they refer to the 7 notes which appear on all musical instruments: ABCDEFG.
Sheet music is made up of 5 lines, with 4 spaces in between. FACE simply describes the notes which should be played, bottom to top, in the spaces between the lines. Every Good Boy Deserves Football, or EGBDF, are the notes on each line. Once you know this, it will be easier for you to read a piece of sheet music and understand what notes you need to play.
Ear training
The easiest method for learning piano without getting yourself flustered over sheet music is to listen and imitate. Pick a piece of music you love, and listen to the tune. Now, try and copy the tune on the piano. It will likely take you a little while to find all of the right notes, but it will help you get familiar with a piano and how to use it.
Using both hands
One of the most difficult steps in learning to play the piano is learning to coordinate both hands. Using the left and right hand is a huge challenge if you aren’t used to it, and the easiest way to get used to this is by playing chopsticks or green sleeves. These pieces work so well because the left hand is used at the same time as the right. More complex pieces would have you play with your left hand at different speeds. Training the left and right hand to work together can take a while and eventually you could move to a real piece of piano such as Le Onde by Ludivico Einaudi which also allows the left and right hands to coordinate.
Write out sheet music
If you know where the notes are on your piano but get confused with sheet music, the best thing you can do is write out the notes above the sheet. This will allow you to start reading a sheet as it was intended and learn a piece from start to finish without spending half of your time deciphering the notes you need to play. As you get used to playing the piano this way, you might notice a difference in your skills, and eventually, you might be able to read the sheet music as it is.
Think positive
It is always important to look on the bright side as a musician because as a creator in this industry there will always be people who love what you do and people who don’t. It is important to not let other people pull you down if you believe in your own vision. Be positive even at the critics and use what they say to fuel you to become better than ever before.
Beat the odds
The hardest thing for a musician to go through during their lives is rejection. There will be a lot of times when your song is rejected, your performance doesn’t win awards, or you aren’t chosen for events. But it is important to remember that patience is a virtue and if you are patient enough, one day things will happen for you and your music. Giving up is the worst thing you can possibly do so please don’t let this happen to you.
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Motivate yourself
Motivation is a battle of willpower and it is hard sometimes to have motivation when things aren’t going the way you want them to. However, it is incredibly important for you as an individual to take the time to motivate yourself to write another melody or lyric and play another song. If you lose momentum this can be a pitfall you struggle to pull yourself out from at all.
Have patience
Remember that success doesn’t happen overnight. Although you might see up-and-coming artists suddenly pop out from nowhere, it is important to realise that there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes and backtracking in time to get them to this point. It is important to look at the stories of other musicians and see what they had to overcome to make it. You are not alone in working hard for your dream and it is important to be patient so that one day you will make it.
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Prioritize
As a musician. you will likely have a creative mindset and this kind of mind struggles to deal with the every day business aspects of being a figure. This is why it is important for you to have someone there who is good at the business stuff to help guide you so that you can instead focus on what you need to do. It is imperative that you do this because it will change the whole scope of your working life.
Always have a pen
As an artist, you will know that inspiration can come in the most random of places and this can be anything from in the shower to on the bus and even out and about shopping. Always make sure you have a pen at the ready to jot down your thoughts and feelings and be sure to be ready to share some insight and inspiration. It could be a lyric, a tune, a song title or even a word. Whatever the idea is, write it down now and you can always work it out properly later.Get back in the fight
You would only be like every other human on the planet if you wanted to run away and hide under a rock when you face rejection. The truth is, none of us ever want to face rejection but it is something that always seems to be on the cards. The key thing you need to do is pick yourself back up and use the emotion you feel to bring some fighting spirit to your life and get back in there ready to win. You can do it as long as you believe in your own ability.
