Riccardo Ros
Experienced
Hi all!
I know this may sound like a stupid thread... but I'd like to hear your opinion.
The idea of becoming a professional musician* never even crossed my mind, and now, over 40, I regret that I never considered it.
I would love for some professionals* to share their experience or at least how positive or not the choice they made is... for the sake of imagining a parallel universe in which I also made that kind of choice.
Another aspect of interest is, also, how important technique is compared to the ear and feeling the rhythm... I always thought that in order to be a professional one had to be a virtuoso in some way (I come from piano, where it's taken for granted that all graduates play everything) but recently I think I've realized that that aspect is not that important..
Thanks in advance if you would share your experience!
* people who work as a professional musician as main job / income source
I know this may sound like a stupid thread... but I'd like to hear your opinion.
The idea of becoming a professional musician* never even crossed my mind, and now, over 40, I regret that I never considered it.
I would love for some professionals* to share their experience or at least how positive or not the choice they made is... for the sake of imagining a parallel universe in which I also made that kind of choice.
Another aspect of interest is, also, how important technique is compared to the ear and feeling the rhythm... I always thought that in order to be a professional one had to be a virtuoso in some way (I come from piano, where it's taken for granted that all graduates play everything) but recently I think I've realized that that aspect is not that important..
Thanks in advance if you would share your experience!
* people who work as a professional musician as main job / income source
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