Musicianship is the active participation toward mastery of music. It is the path a musician takes to realizing their full potential. Not everyone reading this is going to be interested in having a career in music. I would say that if you are reading this you do care about what you do. Playing music is a craft, an art. It takes practice, passion, knowledge of technique as well as theory (weather it is one you made up or a learned theory) and it takes time.
How do you develop your musicianship?
Practice
Practice is the most important step, developing good habits and working your small goals toward your big goals. I can’t stress this idea enough.
You will never get to any of your big goals if you don’t put in the time to get there. But putting in time is not enough, it has to be quality time learning new ideas or creating new theories that will truly help you attain your goals.
Push Yourself to Learn
Learn everything you can get your hands and ears on. Listen to ever type of music you can. Even if you are a Death Rocker there is something that will help you in Classical music if you are open minded enough to listen and learn from it. Don’t be afraid of taking classes at the community college to learn to read and write music. It’s a great way to pass time and improve yourself and the lives of those around you.
Patience
It is a virtue that pays off ten fold. It is important to have good ideas but even more important to have good execution. A good idea can get lost if you rush the project. Even when you are practicing it is good to exercise patients. Practice for 15 to 20 minutes and take a break for a few minuets. It will clear your head and allow you to get over your mistakes. Just make sure that you are practicing more than you are resting…
Trust
Trust in yourself that you can do what you have set out to do as well as in the people around you. If you take the time to surround yourself with people that are as good as or better than you are, there is no reason why you can’t trust their ideas and talents also.
Develop Your Style.
The great part about music is that ten people can sit in a room with one teacher, hear the same lessons and practice the same material and come up with ten different ideas. You will have your own take on these ideas and you will have a style of your own if you allow for mistakes and learn from them. You can’t help but be and sound like yourself!
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