Tag: Chicago drum instruction

  • Fear

    The wannabe pros can get stuck sometimes into their own comfort. Let’s take a wannabe. Let’s take a female one. And she has this dream of one day making a living as a musician. Now, she’s got the instrument. She even cleared up her schedule to be able to practice. To top it all, she…

  • Musician part 6: Promoting.

    All right, so, now you have the skills, you have the endurance, we’ve talked about that. You also know how to listen: good! And you’re careful not to put too much on your plate: good! Goes without saying: you’re familiar with the music programs and the internet. Great! That must mean you got it all,…

  • Musician Part 5: Machining

    I could have titled this blog: Rise of the machine. It would have been fun, we would have been in a Terminator kind of atmosphere, but I thought that “Machining” was first more accurate and second, in the spirit of the previous blog on this series. What is machining, you might ask? Well, for drummers,…

  • Musician Part 4. Balancing

    Being a musician is a great adventure. You make that decision and you think you’re ready to become a pro. As you step outside, you got your bag full of goodies: you have your technique neatly packed, the one that’ll save you in any situation, you got your listening skills, not as popular as the…

  • Musician Part 3: Persisting

    So, you have decided to be a musician and, for ultimate guidance, you’re reading this blog. So far, you’ve learnt that you need to practice and that you need to listen. “Good!” you’re thinking, “That’ll do it, I’m gonna go make myself a million dollars!”. Hold the press! Not so fast, my friend! Here we…

  • Musician Part 2

    I am currently going through the components that can help someone to become a professional musician. In the last post I covered the playing part, meaning that most working musicians have to practice their instrument for long hours to get the skills they need. It is now time to open up a new chapter in…

  • Musician Part 1

    What is a musician? What are the necessary components to navigate the modern music industry? What tools do they need? What education? What quality? This blog will look in depth at this topic. Ok, enough with the intro. Let’s get into it. I’ll try to go first with the most obvious. A musician is someone…

  • Batman 2

    So far, we talked about being a musician and how people say it’s not a good idea. All these talks that surrounds the budding pro musician are called interference. But the interference are just that: interference. It is not the truth. Not at all. Music is what you want it to be (yes, really!). It…

  • Batman 1

    You have to keep your cool. When the problems come, when they are over your head, when you are submerged: you have to keep your cool. This concept is essential when you run a small business such as being a professional musician. Let’s take an example. Let’s take batman. In one of the latest DC…

  • The search for perfection

    If anyone has seen me in the last 2 years, they know that I do some woodwork. It doesn’t mean I am good at it. It means that I am very happy when two pieces of wood that I shaped actually fit together. That’s my claim to fame in wood work. I like the patience…