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What does it take to become a famous musician? Answer: it takes everything. EVERYTHING. But, and this is the funny thing about this line of job, even if you don’t intend to become famous, becoming a working musician ask for everything you got. And then some. Today we are going to talk about the part…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…