Musicians, like most artist may have some trouble putting a value on their craft.
This leads to insecurity, which can lead to lack of motivation or vulnerability.
Who is a successful musician? Let's clarify with these 3 steps.
Step 1: Define your goals.
Even if your goals change, It important focus what you are hoping to achieve.
Some, simply want to practice guitar for hours and show off their chops to friends and other musician.
They have no interest in trying to quantify the value of their passion with money.
Others want to make money, more than music.
They will network, market, promote their hit single to as many people as possible in hopes of hitting it rich.
Some people want to perform, others want to record, still other may only want to create beats.
There are so many paths to success with music.
You can teach, sample, distribute, promote, collect, and listen to music.
If you truly are passionate about music, find your path.
Then define, for yourself, your goals.
Step 2: Learn.
find the people who are already doing what you want to do.
Study them, study with them, ask to be an apprentice.
Read books, articles, e-zines, blogs, histories, and research.
Talk with the most successful people you know and can meet, about what they did to achieve their goals.
Humble yourself, open yourself up to being shocked, confused, overwhelmed and inspired.
Find silence.
It is the hardest sound to hear.
Be at peace with silence and learn from silence.
Silence is the greatest teacher a lover of music can have.
Silence defines all sound.
Step 3: Gear up.
Get what you need, to do what you want.
Don't wallow in the mud wishing you could do what you wanted to do if you only had ____(fill in the blank).
If your goal is to be the best washtub bass player in the world, Today,go get a washtub, grab a stick, tie a string to it and start thumping away.
Understand your gear like the back of your hand.
Know the nuance of each knob, button and string.
Make your gear an extension of yourself.
There is nothing more frustrating then the guy with a $1,000 dollar amp, who has NO idea how to shape tone or monitor volume.
He(or She) simply assaults you with his "instrument" only because he(or She) is unaware of its capabilities.