Music Information

Good News for the Musically Untalented


Have you ever been told that you were good at something but not good enough to make it a career or life ambition? Especially with music, if you're passion is music you are hopelessly outnumbered right from the beginning. "You better have a back-up job" or "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" are common refrains heard from well meaning adults who inadvertently had their dreams crushed out of them.

The world has more then enough computer programmers and engineers and these professions are well paying ones. What are we musicians to do? Well, for one thing we can forget about needing "talent" to make it. What is talent anyway but a person's ability to connect with his or her audience. You might think that talent means technical proficiency. You couldn't be more wrong.

Here's the good news. Connect with yourself and your art and you automatically become talented. This means you don't have to wait years and years before you begin to share what comes out of you with others. In fact, most so called "really talented people" last in the limelight for a few years or so and then burn out to non-remembrance. If you consider yourself hopelessly untalented you are focusing on the wrong problem.

The question isn't do you know enough. The real question is, are you confident enough to believe in your own abilities. If you do, you will go far. If not, there's not much hope. Those who are able to let go and connect with the music inside of them are already truly talented.

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!


MORE RESOURCES:

TrustedReviews

Music companies to police illegal downloads
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
The music industry yesterday announced that it was forming an alliance with ISPs to monitor downloading, issue warning letters and ultimately restrict ...
British Net Firms in Music Piracy Deal TIME
Should the music industry tax you to use the Web? CNET News
Parents face fines if children illegally download music or films ... Telegraph.co.uk
Reuters - guardian.co.uk
all 486 news articles


Russell Brand hosting MTV Video Music Awards
The Associated Press - 52 minutes ago
The British actor and comedian will host this year's Video Music Awards, set to air live from Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Sept. 7. ...


Fluid Music's Trusonic(R) Extends Growing Relationship With Guitar ...
FOXBusiness - 9 hours ago
By providing strategic control of music, messaging and ad placement, Trusonic solutions build on existing brand awareness while generating new revenue ...


Yahoo! Music Store Support Dead by Sept. 30
PC Magazine - 1 hour ago
by Chloe Albanesius Several months after the Microsoft MSN Music Store snafu, Yahoo announced Wednesday night that support for the Yahoo! ...
Yahoo Music Shuts Down, Your Music is Kaput Marketing Shift.com
all 3 news articles


Music and stars take center stage at Lick Observatory
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 1 hour ago
The concert was part of the "Music of the Spheres" summer concert series running through Sept. 5. Tickets range in price from $30-150 and include an ...


Yahoo Music follows MSN into DRM controversy
CNET News, CA - 6 hours ago
Yahoo is shutting off support for Yahoo Music after Sept. 30, which means starting Oct. 1 if users want to move music to new hard drives or computers, ...
Yahoo! Music to drop support for purchased DRM tracks Yahoo! Tech
Here We Go Again: Yahoo! Music Throws Away the DRM Keys EFF
all 3 news articles


UK Proposes Music Flat Tax
PC Magazine - 3 hours ago
by Brian Heater Leave it to our friends across the pond to come up with a creative, tax-heavy way of punishing music downloaders. ...


Seattle Post Intelligencer

At Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, city and country come ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour ago
By RM CAMPBELL The Olympic Music Festival is not the only chamber music festival in the Northwest that holds its concerts in a barn. ...
Chamberfest ’08 — Ottawa’s Premiere Music Festival The Epoch Times
Morning chats late-night pints Ottawa Citizen
all 3 news articles


Music is all in the family for Matt Pryor, who has two albums ...
Kansas City Star, MO - 18 hours ago
As his family has grown, Matt Pryor’s music world has adapted accordingly: He tours less, he writes and records at home, and when he hits the road, ...


MediaPost Publications

American Eagle Outfitters Summer Music Festival, New American ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 9 hours ago
The New American Music Union festival combines some of the most innovative and popular artists with 15 of the country’s best college bands. ...
AOL Music Launches Tour Tracker MediaPost Publications
AOL Music Launches Tour Tracker Business Wire (press release)
all 15 news articles

Music - Google News

home | site map
© 2006