cantstoplt021
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I've thought about this a lot, but I think that good musicians have to be some of the most hard working people. Maybe it's just a reflection of myself, but I know that I work my ass off with music to be the best I can be. I've made so many sacrifices in terms of doing things in order to get to where I am (which isn't that much, yet). I spent two years as a pre-med neuroscience student at a top 50 university and managed to maintain around a 3.9 gpa. I then transferred back home to my local state school and switched my major to music. I can say without a doubt I work 1000x harder as a music student than I ever did as a pre-med student. With most majors you go to class (maybe), take notes, wait till the test comes up, study and then take the test. With music you have to practice, boy you have to practice. I'm sure it's different in med school and residency, but still. The amount of hours you need to spend to get to a high level on an instrument is incredible. It's a lot of hard work without a guarantee of success.
Same for the recording world. I'm interning in a studio and the amount of work this guy puts in is incredible as well. He wants to be a pop producer (not my bag really), but he is in there 6-7 days a week, all day, late into the night. He's just always working.
Practicing mixed in with writing, gigging, touring and all that leads me to think that good musicians have to be incredibly hard working. I don't mean the guy who knows a few chords and plays some very mediocre blues while hammered in a dive bar at 1 in the morning, but the Derek Trucks, the Wes Montgomerys, the Bill Evans, etc.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I dont think I am. It's just an incredible commitment that I don't see many others having to make.
And I don't mean to say that other careers don't require hard work, just that music has to be up there.
Discuss.
Same for the recording world. I'm interning in a studio and the amount of work this guy puts in is incredible as well. He wants to be a pop producer (not my bag really), but he is in there 6-7 days a week, all day, late into the night. He's just always working.
Practicing mixed in with writing, gigging, touring and all that leads me to think that good musicians have to be incredibly hard working. I don't mean the guy who knows a few chords and plays some very mediocre blues while hammered in a dive bar at 1 in the morning, but the Derek Trucks, the Wes Montgomerys, the Bill Evans, etc.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I dont think I am. It's just an incredible commitment that I don't see many others having to make.
And I don't mean to say that other careers don't require hard work, just that music has to be up there.
Discuss.