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So, here's the deal- I'm 26 working on my MM in Jazz Studies here in Philly and have come up against some challenges that I think a lot of young musicians these days are struggling with. How do you guys deal with this stuff?
1. Money- I have to work part time to make ends meet, sometimes up to 35 hours a week. How do you find time to practice while going to school and working? How much can you reasonably expect to practice?
2. Ego- I saw Gary Burton's Generations group with Julian Lang, who is killing it at 19!!!! I realize that music is not a contest, but I feel like getting work IS a contest. How do you deal?
3. Drugs- Booze, Pot and Coke- done 'em all in excess. Knowing what we know about drugs and how they affected those who have come before us, how do you deal?
1. Money- I have to work part time to make ends meet, sometimes up to 35 hours a week. How do you find time to practice while going to school and working? How much can you reasonably expect to practice?
2. Ego- I saw Gary Burton's Generations group with Julian Lang, who is killing it at 19!!!! I realize that music is not a contest, but I feel like getting work IS a contest. How do you deal?
3. Drugs- Booze, Pot and Coke- done 'em all in excess. Knowing what we know about drugs and how they affected those who have come before us, how do you deal?
posted by Anonymous at
7:17 AM
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Doug Hall wrote a book called "Jump Start Your Business Brain," which is a slow read but written very simply and easy to understand. You will find that it nothing to do with music at all, but that is the advantage of the book. Sometimes you have to look beyond other musicians' experience to discover your own unique way of translating your talent into profit. I found it immensely helpful.
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Anonymous, at 11:39 AM
Yes, you absolutely have the opportunities to be successful. No question about it. However, what will make you successful is going to be different than what makes someone else successful. It's not that one person is wrong and the other correct; it just means that you have to come to an understanding of what it is that makes you unique, and successfully market it.
Other than that, you'll have to read the Hall book, which will assist you in developing how to put what you do out there for profit (remember, it's not a music book; it's about developing your business brain).
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Anonymous, at 6:19 PM
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