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06-03-2009, 04:06 PM
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What makes a musician.
Dedication, patience... it might help to not have expensive taste in things, because it'll be a while before you make it.
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06-03-2009, 05:05 PM
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The people you know and then talent and then all of that other shit you mentioned.
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06-03-2009, 06:29 PM
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Also... well, this could make and break a musician, an alter ego could make your show more interesting. You'll get more people coming to your shows, meaning more cash for food and other important things.
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06-05-2009, 01:01 AM
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I was going to say 'the ability to play an instrument'. 
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06-05-2009, 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by CptSternn
I was going to say 'the ability to play an instrument'. |
That never stopped punk.
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06-05-2009, 01:53 PM
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Always good to be willing to try new things, introducing new sounds in your live performances and recordings. Like instead of using a bongo drum for different percussion, why not use a little chunk of steel, and shoot rocks at it with a sling shot fill a bass drum with Hacky sacks and hit it with Dasani water bottles filled with BB gun pellets.
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06-05-2009, 03:01 PM
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It takes passion, which goes into dedication. If you don't have the passion for it, where could you get dedication?
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06-05-2009, 07:47 PM
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Duane, you will never be a musician. Period. Two periods. Infected floss. Poison ivy.
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06-08-2009, 10:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
That never stopped punk.
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Hah. Nice.
What was the point of this thread?
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06-09-2009, 02:51 PM
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The ability to use expression through sound.
I am a bedroom musician, I sometimes think of joining up with someone else. I play piano and flute.
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06-09-2009, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Mir
Duane, you will never be a musician. Period. Two periods. Infected floss. Poison ivy.
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I will be a musician.
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06-10-2009, 12:54 PM
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My dad is a musician. He plays double bass in the local symphony and a few jazz bands [or did until recent injuries made it more difficult for him].
It takes a -lot- of dedication, but if it makes you happy, go for it! ^_^ What kind of instrument do you want to learn to play?
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06-10-2009, 01:03 PM
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I have a lot of dedication, but I want to be more than just a musician. I want to be a novelist, an actor, an artist and a couple of other things, as well.
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06-10-2009, 01:13 PM
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That's cool. I think that's called being a "Renaissance man".
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06-10-2009, 01:58 PM
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I think you'd have to do more than that to be able to call yourself that.
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07-12-2009, 09:29 AM
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To be a musician, one must be able to interpret sounds as art.
I play bass, and consider myself a musician. I can't currently read music, but I am versatile, play by ear, and know a lot of music theory.
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07-14-2009, 03:51 PM
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It takes only two things to be a musician: Ideas and Motivation.
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08-04-2009, 05:41 PM
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A musician is a person passionate about making music, even if they suck, and even if their only reasons are for fame and money!
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08-04-2009, 06:02 PM
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If their only reasons are fame or money, then music is not one reason, and therefore they're not musicians.
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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08-04-2009, 06:04 PM
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I don't know if I agree. A musician is essentially a person who creates music. I'm not sure the reason matters.
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08-07-2009, 11:32 PM
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I think its the ability to turn noises into art.
I've played bass for going on 8 years, guitar for 7, synths for about 3. I played saxophone and bells for a little bit in 6'th grade band. I also do electronic music, record production, etc. But, I don't know how to read music, and I don't really know a ton of music theory, but I don't think you have to know it. It helps though.
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08-08-2009, 09:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mir
Duane, you will never be a musician. Period. Two periods. Infected floss. Poison ivy.
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At this point I think we must make a distinction between a musician and a professional musician.
Primitive tribes make music without being able to read or write one lick of a treble clef or get paid to perform. They are still musicians.
I think what Mir is referring to is a professional musician, getting paid royalties and begin paid to perform for large audiences.
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08-08-2009, 06:33 PM
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Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol! C-c-c-c-c-cocaiiiiiiine!
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