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2 Traits You NEED to Become a TOP Musician

300K views · May 20, 2023 · Music

Nahre Sol

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@SarumChoirmaster · 3 years ago
1. extreme sense of universal awareness of everyone and everything around you,  2. extreme self control and discipline in maintaining a consistency in daily SLOW practice,  3. TALENT,  4. HUMILITY,  5. the ability to sincerely enjoy music, to be committed, to always desire to learn from everyone,  6. to be flexible and adaptable,  7. to understand its not how long you practice, but how carefully you practice,  8. to be able to enjoy extreme slow and soft practice,  9. to be able to practice and play in your mind, mentally without your instrument.  10. to have a life outside of music!!!
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@BluegillGreg · 3 years ago
In my 20s I practiced a lot.  As an amateur in my 30s I got recruited a lot for unpaid, then low paid gigs.  In my late 30s music started paying well, and in my 60s I've been full time for 25 years.  For me, persistence has been most important.
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@pianopracticediary · 3 years ago
We‘re all so lucky to have people in this world who work incredibly hard to bring us wonderful music😊
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@OpenWoodShop · 3 years ago
After almost 20 yrs of playing music professionally (not classical) I finally realized that 1. I love music so much and 2. Making a living playing music was robbing me of that love. I was happier at working menial jobs and pursuing the love of music, both playing and listening and exploring it.
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@tomasjosefpiano8902 · 3 years ago
I think it's important to note that this mostly applies to high level classical musicians. I am a pretty good pianist, but I'm certainly not even remotely close to the skill of concert pianist, yet I make a pretty decent living playing the piano on various parties, events and in restaurants. You don't need to give up your life to make your passions work. You just need to find the way that works for you
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@michaelbarker6460 · 3 years ago
I am certainly grateful for classical music and the musicians that keep it alive but I also feel like there is something horribly wrong lurking somewhere inside it today. There's so much more to music than being the best, beating the competition, and wanting to win. I grew up in a trailer park and had a dorky Casio keyboard that I loved to play. I heard songs on the radio and on movies and I tried my best to copy them on my keyboard. I didnt have many resources or any teachers. Now a few decades later I play jazz piano at a fairly high level. I have an unrelated career but I make extra by playing paid gigs that I want to play and tbh it's more than I ever thought I could make. I don't say this as a way to brag or create some sob story I'm saying this because it's not so far off other professional musicians lives that I know. For the sake of the music and the enjoyment we got out of playing it drove us to where we are. Every step of the way has been enjoyable for me. If I hear something I like that I don't know how to play I instantly become obsessed with trying to figure it out. It's fun and it slowly adds to my abilities. Hearing someone play something that I can't or better than I can isn't a threat to me it's an opportunity. I get the chance to build a relationship and learn from it all because of music. I know this is biased to my area but if I were to look at all the paid gigs available to piano players right now very few are for classical music. The majority are for all kinds of different projects and genres of music. If I show up at a gig and the competition is a classical pianist that has this mindset of "why bother with being second best" and has always won and has been better than everyone else he's gone up against but now wants to make more money and branch out of classical, to put it lightly he's gonna lose. And not just by a little bit he's effectually going to "eat my dust" as they say in the competitive world. Most likely he couldn't improvise over Mary Had a Little Lamb and no there's no sheet music because you're the one tasked with coming up with your own part. I can offer not just one idea for a part but many. If someone asked me to change something I can give 5 different takes on the spot. All while enjoying the heck out of it and depending on the gig is nearly effortless for me. Again not to brag but to say there's so much more to music than competition. There's other and maybe even better definitions of success. There's many things that can drive people to achieve something, just know that passion, enjoyment, friendliness, kindness and love of music is a very very powerful driver to success if it's felt strongly enough
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@forsaken841 · 3 years ago
Sad reality of having so many talented people is that they end up making the level of competition so high that the barrier for entry is almost complete self sacrifice. Yeah, no thank you. I’ll play for me.
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@highmidsummersun · 3 years ago
I have a background in high level sport. I've noticed many similarities between sports and music, and this video solidified those thoughts. Replace every "musician" and "music" with "athlete" and "sport," and the video would still flow seamlessly. I am in  complete agreement that to achieve a top level, total commitment and adaptablity are vital. Singular focus, almost to obsession, hours of training, being very self-critical and possessing the ability to change course at a moments notice are all necessary to even have a chance to reach the top. Excellent video!
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@tetsi0815 · 3 years ago
Personally I think talent is overrated and telling an artist (especially as we see so often on those talent shows on TV) "ohh you're sooo talented" is acutally kinda disrespectful. To my experience the people on the top of their fields are more often than not not the ones that had the most talent in the beginning, but the ones with a good amount of talent that learned to overcome and persevere early on.
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@jrpipik · 3 years ago
For those of us who want to live without these kinds of sacrifices, there are many ways to make music a career, if not at this stratospheric height.
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@faresqueda · 3 years ago
Beginning at a very young age in that strict and hardworking environnement is definitely a predominant factor. Started piano when I was 7 and my teacher never wanted me to put in too much work or add stress, he just wanted me to have fun. 14 years later that's exactly the type of classical pianist that I am. I sure can play hard pieces and got a broad repertoire, but I never bother to perfect those tough bars or candenzas because it requires a ton of work
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@pjbpiano · 3 years ago
I think, Nahre, that most people do not know that being a professional musician is basically being an entrepreneur in a sole proprietorship. I do not think even professional musicians realise this. Basically, you have to learn the skills to become a musician first. After which, you become a salesman of yourself to a target audience. This is the summation of being a professional musician. And the two qualities Nahre mentioned are exactly what is needed as an entrepreneur trying to build a one man company. If I would add a third quality, it would be the ability to sell your commodity (which is your musicianship) the right way to the right audience. Lots of musicians focus so hard on the skill and forget the sale of the skill. And that was also my experience.
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