Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2019-08-02 01:58
Well maybe record something, anything and post it here? Scales is fine for now. There are a lot of good and great players that can give you advice.
Becoming a professional musician in some cases is like becoming a pro golfer. The golfers often don't like playing golf for the fun of it; it's a job. Just a way to make a living. Music is the same, just a job. At times I hate it and take a few weeks off, but not often. Maybe every 2 years.
I remember very well when this happened to me, when music was no longer that fun, just a job. Yes there are moments when it's fun, but practicing 5 to 6 hours a day sucks to be the best and to beat out your competition. I realized at one point in high school if I were to be the best I had to put in the hours, because I wasn't as gifted in some areas of music as other players. Also some players such as Bliss started when they were much younger, so I had to catch up.
You are at the level now where music must be practiced around 6 hours a day for you to beat out your All-State musicians. Remember they practice about 2 to 3 hours a day so if you want to beat them this is what you need to do.
You can't play games anymore. You need to put in 5 to 6 hours of practice a day.
You need to post your progress here so the great players can help you. You can get all the college degrees in music you want, but if you want to perform you must be the best at your craft and beat out your fellow classmates and always be the first chair player. Not sometimes, always. This is not a game anymore.
An example - When I auditioned for the Washington DC Air Force band, the Marine Band is considered the best, but any of the DC bands are wicked hard to get into, expect 100 plus players to audition and they take just 1 on average. I was that 1. So getting into All State is not the problem. It's putting in the practicing. Out of the 100 players only 15 were good enough to take the audition. The rest pretty much were horrible. But those 15 could have gotten the job, but were denied due to simple things, such as sight reading,scales, a squeak, and rhythm, missed notes, and sound.
So dig deep into your heart. Are you ready to put in the hard work? If not go into astrophysics, it will pay much higher. So grow up fast. Rejection in the music business is normal and it's just beginning. No one likes rejections. You may take 25 auditions and only nail 1, but 1 is all you need.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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