Comments on: Challenging Conventional Wisdom http://www.savvymusician.com/blog/2010/01/challenging-conventional-wisdom/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:45:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ambrose http://www.savvymusician.com/blog/2010/01/challenging-conventional-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-502157 Ambrose Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:59:08 +0000 http://www.savvymusician.com/blog/?p=1070#comment-502157 Hey there guys, newbie here. I’ve lurked about here for a bit while and thought I’d take part in! Looks like you’ve got quite a good location here Hey there guys, newbie here. I’ve lurked about here for a bit while and thought I’d take part in! Looks like you’ve got quite a good location here

]]> By: Jeff http://www.savvymusician.com/blog/2010/01/challenging-conventional-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Jeff Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:58:49 +0000 http://www.savvymusician.com/blog/?p=1070#comment-849 Any noob to the site should look around all the answers to these questions are hanging out here * The music industry is dying IF YOU SAVE IT YOU WILL BE A HERO, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE MUSIC THAN TODAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO BE A MUSICIAN * Conditions are harder for musicians than ever before THIS IS ONLY TRUE IF YOU ARE NOT USEING THE INTERNET, AND EERY REASOURCE AVAILABLE, THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MANY. * Practice makes perfect PERFECTION DOESN'T EXIST, THERE IS MORE TO PRACTICE THAN MUSIC. * All serious musicians go to grad school SHOULD I MAKE A LIST? * Musician = starving artist NOT ALL MUSICIANS ARE ARTISTS, STARVING LIKE HOMELESSNESS IS A CHOICE. THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITY AND PROGRAMS FOR EVERYONE YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE THEM * Making money through music requires compromising artistic integrity I THINK THAT THE MORE ARTISTIC INTEGRITY YOU HAVE THE EASIER IT IS TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL. JUST BECAUSE BANDS LIKE KISS HAVE NO ARTISTIC INTEGRITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WHY THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL * Musicians can’t have families IF COLTRANE COULD HAVE A FAMILY PERFORM AND PRACTICE 12 HOURS A DAY SO CAN YOU * There are just three career options for classical performers: orchestra, teaching, and Starbucks APPOCALYPTICA * Working with a record label is more prestigious than self-releasing ISN'T THERE A CHAPTER IN THE SAVVY MUSICIAN ABOUT THIS? * Better get management, so you can focus all efforts on the music THIS IS A CHOICE, KEEP IN MIND HOW MUCH TIME YOU WASTE EACH DAY FOR WHAT EVER REASON, AND DECIDE IF YOU WANT MORE DISCIPLINE AND A BIGGER CUT, OR IF YOU WANT TO RELAX AND PROBABLY SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME WORKING ON MUSIC, BUT THIS REALLY VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON. * The best musicians become performers, the next best teach, the rest do something else THIS IS A VERY AMERICAN THING TODAY, OTHER CULTURES ONLY ALLOW THE BEST MUSICIANS TO TEACH. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TEACH TEACH, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLAY PLAY, PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT EITHER DO SOMETHING ELSE * A talented performer who pursues a non-musical career path is a failure THAT'S YOUR ENVY TALKING, YOU THINK THEY CAN DO SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T SO YOU DECIDE TO ELEVATE YOURSELF OVER THEM. THE TRUTH IS THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A PERFORMER. * You can’t possibly make a living through music—better get a “real” job IF YOU READ THIS BLOG YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS. sorry if i bored anyone, but i knew unless i did it right here and now i wouldn't have done the exercise. Any noob to the site should look around all the answers to these questions are hanging out here

* The music industry is dying
IF YOU SAVE IT YOU WILL BE A HERO, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE MUSIC THAN TODAY, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO BE A MUSICIAN

* Conditions are harder for musicians than ever before
THIS IS ONLY TRUE IF YOU ARE NOT USEING THE INTERNET, AND EERY REASOURCE AVAILABLE, THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MANY.
* Practice makes perfect
PERFECTION DOESN’T EXIST, THERE IS MORE TO PRACTICE THAN MUSIC.

* All serious musicians go to grad school
SHOULD I MAKE A LIST?
* Musician = starving artist
NOT ALL MUSICIANS ARE ARTISTS, STARVING LIKE HOMELESSNESS IS A CHOICE. THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITY AND PROGRAMS FOR EVERYONE YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE THEM
* Making money through music requires compromising artistic integrity
I THINK THAT THE MORE ARTISTIC INTEGRITY YOU HAVE THE EASIER IT IS TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL. JUST BECAUSE BANDS LIKE KISS HAVE NO ARTISTIC INTEGRITY DOESN’T MEAN THAT WHY THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL
* Musicians can’t have families
IF COLTRANE COULD HAVE A FAMILY PERFORM AND PRACTICE 12 HOURS A DAY SO CAN YOU
* There are just three career options for classical performers: orchestra, teaching, and Starbucks
APPOCALYPTICA
* Working with a record label is more prestigious than self-releasing
ISN’T THERE A CHAPTER IN THE SAVVY MUSICIAN ABOUT THIS?
* Better get management, so you can focus all efforts on the music
THIS IS A CHOICE, KEEP IN MIND HOW MUCH TIME YOU WASTE EACH DAY FOR WHAT EVER REASON, AND DECIDE IF YOU WANT MORE DISCIPLINE AND A BIGGER CUT, OR IF YOU WANT TO RELAX AND PROBABLY SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME WORKING ON MUSIC, BUT THIS REALLY VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
* The best musicians become performers, the next best teach, the rest do something else
THIS IS A VERY AMERICAN THING TODAY, OTHER CULTURES ONLY ALLOW THE BEST MUSICIANS TO TEACH. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TEACH TEACH, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLAY PLAY, PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT EITHER DO SOMETHING ELSE
* A talented performer who pursues a non-musical career path is a failure
THAT’S YOUR ENVY TALKING, YOU THINK THEY CAN DO SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T SO YOU DECIDE TO ELEVATE YOURSELF OVER THEM. THE TRUTH IS THEY DON’T WANT TO BE A PERFORMER.
* You can’t possibly make a living through music—better get a “real” job
IF YOU READ THIS BLOG YOU DON’T BELIEVE THIS.

sorry if i bored anyone, but i knew unless i did it right here and now i wouldn’t have done the exercise.

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