Pro tip: If you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of things a musician needs to learn, just take a step back. Play something that you really like. At the end of the day what matters is if you're having fun.
I am a pro myself, and playing things you like is not bad to do sometimes, but most of the time you should really not do that. For most people playing what you like is playing what you are already capable of. Repeating/noodling' the same thing over and over isn't gonna make you a better musician nor take you to a higher level. Can you never play anything you like then? Of course you can: play it to feel good, to express yourself, but never expect to get better while you are noodling around in your comfortzone!
@@voxwah75 I am no pro at all. Many great musicians played the same songs throughout their lives, continuously adding to and improving their versions. All I wanted to say is that when we're feeling bored or unmotivated to play, we can pick up a well-known song we like to regain motivation. It's better to play than not to play.
I consider being a musician a special privilege I was given. I played semi pro until my mid 50s, lived in SF. For me playing music is part of my life. Now I'm retired and can play 🎸 all day long! My advice to young musicians is keep learning and moving forward. The more you keep at it the more opportunities will come along. They will come, you just need to be ready when they do.
SO many good points. I booked my first gig before I was ready, 6 years later I am getting closer and closer to being a full-time musician. IF you're just starting, HANG IN THERE! It's a marathon!
I’m 28, a bass player. I like what you said about finding the gigs first and the band will follow. I’ve been struggling with getting the band together before getting the gigs. This advice will change my life. Thanks for your posting this video.
Will be 60 this year, Don't feel like it. far from. A long time ago I started not to take myself too serious about it. Helped a lot. Still learning and enjoying this endless voyage. Even more now. Happy bday maestro.
I started a music career by accident. A friend asked me to play for their wedding. Fortunately piano and singing came easy. I employed top studio musicians. I site read. Having charts was super important. We never rehearsed but I recorded the gigs and improved that way. My mother was playing gigs till 95. Fats Waller and Debussy, Bach and Irish jigs and reels. In love with life. That's what music does. 🎶 🎵
@@DarioNapoliGuitarLearning musical instruments is my passion at 77. Guitar is my obsession. Everyday. Soon as I wake up. Only stop for exercise and food. I feel like a teen-ager. No need to make money or be famous. Gigging was showmanship rather than creative. Doing what the audience wanted is the profession and deserves being well paid. Being on TV was stressful. Rehearsal was the real reward.
happy (late) 50th birthday! Thank you for sharing all this wisdom. I'm 18 right now and have been floundering in music for the past 2 years, not really being able to progress much. Your wisdom is going to help me push past that and seriously get back into music again. I need to eliminate my distractions like too much social media, I need to be a better musician before I try forming a band again, and mainly I need to develop the discipline I've been severely lacking in order to practice consistently everyday.
@marshal-d-123 thank you very much for your input and for sharing your story. I wish you all the very best in your journey, you are so incredibly young, hang in there and stay in touch🎶😊💪🫶
Happy Birthday, Dario. I met you at the festival in Ramelton in Ireland a few years ago, I was 25 at the time and was near the beginning of my journey in Gypsy Jazz. Your playing and what you said was very inspiring to me and encouraged me to keep going and working. I am 32 years old now and will keep working at getting better at gypsy jazz and playing and writing music in general 😊
@mattdowie92 ciao Matt, thank you! Yes of course, I remember very well! Wow, 32, you are still so young and you were already very good at 25, never stop, you have the best yet to come! All the best, will be curious to hear you and see your progress🙏🎶😊
@DarioNapoliGuitar thank you, Dario. It is great to follow you on RUclips now to learn from you. Have a great birthday. It is good to take the attitude that we are in this thing for life and can keep making progress and enjoying it!
Easily one of the most insightful and down to earth videos about music ive seen in a long time! I also picked up music in my mid teens, and it took roughly 15 or so years for it to feel like its really working. Some months are way better than others, but mostly, the journey has been an upward trend.
You definitely haven't failed at all, playing with masters like Stochelo is a dream to me. Music to me is a life long journey, is a long time faithful friend that never let's me down or turn its back on me. I don't play guitar or music in general professionally and I can't imagine making it till this day without music in my life.
Happy birthday sir. I’m 21 right now, and those are words that I needed to hear. I’ve been struggling with “comparison syndrome” lately and this video really helps. Stay blessed and enjoy
Hi Dario, I cannot believe that your video was suggested to me! I saw you play last September at a bar in Milan on the Navigli, and I remember that I asked if you could play Spain, to which you and the bassist played masterfully. It was truly beautiful to listen to both of you play with such passion and I remember telling you about my then-recent application to Berklee, which I have been accepted to! As a first-year student at Berklee, it is so great to hear you talk about having to believe in yourself and staying true to yourself, since I see so many musicians better than me every day and I would only compare myself to them. But I started to channel that energy into a source of inspiration for me to work harder and strive to be better. Thank you for this!
@dubadeebadabudap ha! Wow, yes I remember, so great to hear from you and congrats! Thank you for tuning in, if you're back in Milan don't hesitate to reach out 😊🎶🙏💪
We share a similar path with tennis. I only played D2 but also coached tennis for quite a few years (I'm 54 now). I look back and remember only doing choir in high school when I had opportunities to do other musical activities, but instead I pursued sports and especially tennis due in large part to family influence as we were all a bunch of gym rats. In retrospect I wish I had primarily focused on music, put it first, and demoted sports to a distant second, kind of like what I'm hearing you say. But I wonder if we had done that if we would love making music as much as we do now? Regarding your tennis, most people don't understand the commitment it takes for a junior to play D1 as you did. You had to get your 10k hours in to get to that level, so music definitely was taking a back seat. On the other hand, tennis is an amazing school master to teach you that you can do something that's extremely difficult, such as tennis or finger style guitar, which have tiny margins for error, if you put in the work and are disciplined. I'd like to think your tennis background helped to inform this in you. What an amazing journey! Thanks for posting your video!
@WSBM absolutely 1000%! I believe my experience in tennis is the primary reason I was able to have a career in music later, I very much appreciate your input and you are so right, for me music and tennis are like parallel, very similar processes really. Everything I applied to tennis I was also applying in music l, dealing with nerves in performances, endless hours of practice, routines, perseverance, fighting through adversity, traveling, all not it. Thank you for sharing some of your story with me, pleasure to meet people that share similar paths😊🙏
@@DarioNapoliGuitar I'm chuckling at the point you made about nerves! LOL! It's such a perfect parallel how there's the same fight or flight nerves with tennis as the court truly is a stage, and all the same butterflies and nerves present there as in music. We used to say coaching tennis, if you can't do the skill in a match (at a tournament or a dual match), you don't really have the skill yet. Lots of skills we can do in the practice room that when we get in front of others can vanish in a puff of smoke if the muscle memory isn't there. If our paths ever cross, we have to go hit and then jam. Keep up the great work! You're an amazing encourager and teacher! PS. Just watched a video on fast playing...man, I thought I had the playback speed on 1.5 at least! Wow!
Happy Birthday Dario! These insights are priceless. I wish someone had told me a lot of what you're saying a long time ago. But as you said.... everyone's journey is different.
This is exactly the stuff I've been thinking and telling myself for the last year while I'm taking my music career more seriously. I'm glad to hear it from someone with more experience and wisdom :)
Told myself I was never gonna do this as a job. Played as a hobby, loved the hobby, got invested in the hobby. I play music for fun all the time and I am happy with that. Learning a new song on guitar and making a playthrough video feels like a personal accomplishment and is very fulfilling. Taught me a lot about discipline and perserverance.
@wunderwaffefries that is fantastic Jacob! Music is a great vehicle regardless, the important thing is the happiness it brings and to find one's own balance
Great reflections. Thank you for sharing and happy birthday! I’m a 65-year-old adult violin learner. Only started any sort of music when I turned 40. The comparison trap is very real for me when playing with others who started at age 5! A trap that I need to keep reminding myself not to fall into. Thanks for the inspiration and reminder about gigs. It has prompted me to restart our local Gypsy Jazz jam in a cool in our local town. Finally, the other curse of advancing age, arthritis, has hit and is limiting my mobility and is this that is really made me understand and appreciate the importance of Music in my life and how it can more than compensate for some of the more physical things I was able to do 5/10 years ago and as a sportsman in early adulthood. Looking for positives, I can now practice and play more.
@nickcheetham Thank you so much for your message Nick! Yes, every day that we can play is such a blessing! I'm so glad to hear about your jam:) I truly hope you can keep the ailments at bay and keep enjoying the music for as long as possible 🤞💪🙏🎶
Congratulations on the big "50" Great that you share your knowledge and wisdom with all, you deserve the success and respect thats coming your way! Thanks for another great video with unique and inspirational content 🎂👋
Happy 50th. I’m a professional guitarist the same age as you who’s been in the game for about the same time, although I chose music as a full time career since I was 13 years old. I’ve been an MD now on a cruise ship for the last 16 years and still feel a deep and never ending love affair with guitar. I admire all musicians on their journey. It’s a personal relationship and should not feel like a competition. The more you play the more you are able to express yourself.
At my side of the computer, I can see the honesty and heart that went into this video. Thank you for sharing - both this video and your musical expression with the world. We are lucky to have you :)
I went the other route and got a traditional job. However, I still play guitar everyday. I have played with many of my guitar heroes through camps and clinics. I could have been a really good guitarist but haven’t had the time to develop it like I would have if I were doing gigs on a regular bases. Life is a trade off. I am set to retire early and plan to spend a lot of it focusing on my never ending journey to be a better player. Bottom line, music makes the world a better place. Keep on entertaining folks with your skills and talent.
@DannyBrooks1 thank you for tuning in Danny and sharing your perspective and journey! Much respect and all the very best in obtaining your objectives. Stay in touch, look forward to hearing about it💪🙏🎶😊
happy birthday sir..ye turned 68 week ago and the journey never ends..life during apartheid{am south african asian}and life post apartheid has just been a wilful strugggle as a jazz guitarist..God has my back..just gotta keep the creative juices flowing..never give up..love to all out there.
Happy birthday my friend 🥳💚 Music has no retirement age, so 50 is no age at all! In my eyes you are highly successful in your life. You are living your dream, as well as bringing joy to so many people through live shows, recordings and sharing your knowledge online or in person ✨🎶
dude im 19 just finished a year studying jazz and im about to move overseas to chase dreams of music. this helped me so much. your advice is amazing bro thank you so much for posting this. and have a happy birthday g!
Thanks for the insight and it's just what I needed now (about to turn 60 very soon). The point about a flower not growing faster or even dying with too much water is absolutely beautiful and fitting.
This is really inspiring. I cannot thank you enough for all the points you raised. I'm quite new to learning music production, so I'm at the beginning of the marathon, but know that deep down music is what I want to pursue forever. At 19 and halfway through a degree, I'm faced with the reality that in a year and a half when my degree is done, I've got to find a way to make things work. This is pushing me to learn more and more about music production so that hopefully when I reach that stage in my early twenties, I can dedicate all my time to it and do what I really love. The biggest challenge I face at the moment is the distractions, especially with phones. They make it so easy to lose focus on a task then end up not spending as much time or losing a bit of that intensity when working on something. So to hear it from a professional like yourself with decades of experience about cutting these distractions is so important to me. So, thank you very much for this video and helping me reflect and believe in myself
A very inspiring video, and one that I needed to see. I'm planning to quit the day job at the end of the year to purse music full time, so naturally my head has been all full of a million things - this video has given me the perspective I needed. 😊 Thank you and happy birthday!🎉
Thank you so much for sharing this. You are a gem. Don't care about the views, not everyone can recognize.a diamond when the see, it so is your channel. Keep making videos like this...
Thank you for this video. I think it probably comes just at the right time in my life. I've given up on 2 jobs this year, being jobless and staying at home for a couple of weeks. The jobs I'm looking after are sadly probably gonna be jobs, that I'm not looking forward to. Right now, I'm looking to do regular covers on RUclips etc. and building something for the future. Thank you again, it just gave me a push to think about my future in a different light. And late congrats on your 50th birthday!
You really do look like a mature 35 year old (or even younger) than a 50 year old. Seems like you’ve kept yourself at peace and in good health. Best of luck to you and your journey as a musician, good sir 🫡
I fought cancer three times. In remission for the 3rd time today. Fuck what anyone else thinks, you doing the damn thing, and keep playing bro!!!!! Glad I found your channel
Such great advice Dario. I think about almost everything you're talking about here every day since I went full-time with music a couple years ago. It's great to see people with as much experience as you put this so eloquently. Subscribed.
Im 26 and just started creating music... I often think to myself its already over. That its too late to get into it. It seems so hard to get noticed. Im really passionate about the music I create. But im so worried It will all not be enough to become a successful musician. I love how you bring up meditation in this video because that been what has brough me back to music. I had dreams of being in some sort of rock band in highschool and they kind of got crushed as I got into college. Meditation has been something that brought me back. Im really resonating with your story about your distractions with TV and even being cautious about the friends that have been trying to get involved in my music. For me, it was video games. I finally quit and stopped playing a game I was addicted to for years. And ive never felt better. I feel more focused and not wasting so much time anymore. To be honest im really scared to continue going forward. Your wisdom has really helped me today, thank you.
@VellMusic-z thank you so much for tuning in and sharing your personal story here, and very flattered if it can be of help. A career in music can be a challenge of course, like any other competitive field. But I think it starts with clarity. Clarity of goals and objectives, then clarity of planning and finally clarity and decision in execution, over a long period of time. I wish the absolute best in your journey, stay in touch🎶💪🙏🫶
Your videos were an inspiration to me since many years ago and continue to be. I turned 54 recently and I am looking forward to every practice and time with the instrument. A person's overall disposition and mindset reflect age more than a number.
HEY THERE BIRTHDAY MAN- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Honesty, consistency, be straight and avoid distractions- very sound (pun intended) council. You show up and do your best- you can be proud of your values- your experiences. BRAVO!
Happy Bithday Dario, I found out that we have more things common than I thought ... Almost 50, 2006 old car, TV, great friends between TOP players and many more ... There are many good and useful thoughts in this video that speak from my heart ... thanks for that video my friend. I hope to see you somewhere. Greets Tomas
@tomashonsa-swingtet4322 Dear Tomas, thank you so much for tuning in! Hehe, wow I haven't seen you in too long, btw, if you're not too far, on May 27 I play with my trio at the Khamoro Festival in Prague!
Great advice Dario. It says a lot about a persons character to put something like this out. I hope you've now enjoyed your birthday week full of playing every night with people you love. Enjoy the next one, and the next, .... all the best!
Happy birthday! This is nice advice and wisdom, thanks for sharing. What resonated with me the most was about reducing distractions, mine are similar to TV but more modern, like youtube/social media/videogames, and the part about community and relationships and how everything needs time to grow. I feel a lot of times that what I'm doing is not paying off fast enough, but looking at it like a marathon or a garden that needs time to develop, I think is a good way to solve that, because as long as you are doing things well in the moment, and being active in music, patience will (hopefully) get you to the other stuff.
@horatiuromantic Thank you for tuning in Horatiu, and for your response!🙏 Some things one becomes aware of over time, others happen sooner, but as long as the goals are clearer, the intention will be more directed and specific. All the very best, keep in touch😊🎶
Happy birthday! And much respect for keeping at it! My advice would be... create the right circumstances for yourself. If you need to sing loud, but your neighbors have a problem, then dont stay in that situation. Get a rehearsal space or even move away. You need to protect your art, often times nobody else will. Cheers!
Great video! Life is a process of learning, unlearning, and learning again on repeat. There’s always something new and there’s always a new way of viewing the things you already know haha
I love you! ❤️ Perfect video! Really helpful and filled with heart, I really appreciate it ❤️ It can be applied to everything. Thanks for the title, I'm in fact in my 20ies. Hope to see some more videos on this style, about your music journey! 🤟🏼🤟🏼❤️ And happy birthday! 🎉🎼
Thank you Mr Dario, I really appreciate the wisdom you are sharing with us, it is truly priceless and life changing, Thank you so much. As 23 year old aspiring full-time musician there is so much I resonate with here 🛐📝💯
I’m 72 and have been in bands all my life. I recommend music to anyone. You won’t make any money but you will have a wonderful life. I’m Still gigging. When the sound is good, the crowd is into it and the band’s locked on there is no better place on earth.
Great video man i can relate to what your saying there ... maybe b'cos im 50 next year And i definitely believe distractions can hold you back mentally as a musician All the best for your 50th year best wishes
I will never give up and keep on trying to achieve the dreams of my life of becoming a good guitarist. You can always leave a legacy behind for others to follow your years of guitar playing experiences by teaching others what you know in You tube channel. There are always someone who is always better than you but most important strife to remain humble and learn from the experts so you can improve your musicians skills as time passes. There are always room for improvement if you work and practice hard to become good in something you do one day. I agreed playing music is like running a marathon, start slow, run the race and finished well at the end of the journey. Thanks for sharing your two cents worth in this video to upcoming musicians who are starting their own life journey just like you did years ago.
@@CalvinLimSH-ld5le very much appreciated Calvin! All the very best in your musical journey, I hope you reach all your objectives and have the best time doing so💪🎶😊🫶
Hey man. I'm a guitarist in the rock and blues part of things and I've been working extremely hard at my guitar playing and seeing results. It's a long story but due to depression I quit guitar are started again at 28, unable to play open chords. Now at 35 I can rip through some fast lines and I'm getting satisfied with my chops: I'm able to play Van Halen, some Joe Satriani. I'm not looking to be Guthrie Govan or John Petrucci, I just need enough chops to express myself with. What is still missing is the ability to improvise, which is my next milestone. I also have terrible stage fright and can't play in front of people while I can rip through things at home. That's another thing I must work on. What you've described really resonated with me, so thanks for sharing ! Regarding being a successful musician: I find it both very frightening but also a meaningless thing to pursue. It's frightening because there are incredibly talented musicians who never got big because they weren't very charismatic on stage. Some got lucky enough to have a charismatic frontman to sell the show. But many end up with ridiculous chops I'll probably never have even if I doubled the amount of practice I currently do (which is at least 1 hour a day), and they're just getting by teaching or doing small gigs. I think of people like Benjamin Schippritt on RUclips, or even people like Damjan Pejčinoski (he is actually a well established guitarist, but his fame does not match his skill). When I see their skill and their level of notoriety, I wonder if guitar is something worth pursuing. On the other hand I also see that being a famous guitarist is also show business, and that musicians that are excellent but not necessarily the best or most versatile, have huge careers because they are part of a huge money machine promoting them, they tour intensely, and have a stage presence. I don't mean to say that makes them lesser musicians, but I see that 50% of your success as a musician is your musicianship, and the other 50% are your skills at presenting and marketing yourself. And to be honest, even as someone who enjoys entertaining people, I'm not sure I'm interested in pursuing the marketing aspect required to have a big career. It kind of gives me an excuse to justify later in my life that I never became some big name guitarist even though I worked on my craft a lot, maybe. But it's also undeniably true for me that I don't like that kind of pressure and marketing and would stay away from it. I can't be a session musician either because this requires a high level of skill and ability to play all genres and read charts fast. So I'm thinking that my trajectory is: be a rock and blues musician that doesn't have the chops to be a session guy, but also doesn't want to try to promote or market himself in the rat race. And besides enjoying playing small gigs in the future, I'm not sure I can make a living from guitar. But as you said though, what matters is actually the enjoyment you get from playing the instrument and playing the gigs.
@KingGrio wow, thank you so much for sharing your story and your thoughts and impressions! At the end of the day what truly matters is finding one's own sweet spot, one's own balance, where music is present in one's life In a way that's fulfilling. All the very best in your journey, stay in touch!💪🎶🫶
yes youre happy, you have a gaming laptop in the van =P in all seriousness, I love this video. thanks for sharing your thoughts on it. before I started playing jazz or before even online streaming was a thing, I was lucky enough to have been surrounded by not so talented but extremely happy punk musicians. they showed me that music is anything but conventional and that ridiculous amounts of money doesn't equate happiness. i brought that attitude to my love for jazz and even the most sour of notes could not ruin my day. Dario, thank you for constantly educating us and sharing your musical life and adventures. I wish you another 50 years of happiness.
Wow, the universe has conspired to throw me a bone with this video! What a wonderful and thoughtful piece of wisdom. I thank you sincerely for your reflections. I have played guitar for fun for 30 years and it is what kept me sane as a young man. Every day, it has brought me joy. Like you, i ditched TV years ago. People think i'm mad but what they dont realise is, i'm free! Thank you for your time and thoughts.
a bit delayed thoug but all my best wishes to you Dario for your just begun 51st year may it be another one packed with making music and in doing so sharing love and happieness ( sadness at times, if life demands some ) stay healty, safe, loving, loved, helping, helpey, friend, befriendet, rocking, rocked, inspired, inspirational to us out here google logic sent you to me tonight, i am not sure i actually encountered your music before from today i will so keep rockin' peace greetings from Germany
Thank you so much for making this video, I am 25 and this is exactly what I needed to hear. It’s true, comparison is the thief of joy, and music is a journey of a million miles that is taken step by step. For me I have no desire for money or fame from music, I am a computer science student who found a passion in music much like computers for the surface level simplicity and endless depth they both provide. My goal with music and the root of my passion is in being unhindered in my artistic expression with whatever my instrument of choice. I have spent several years dissecting music theory and trying to incorporate concepts into my play through guitar and piano, and most recently have had a lot of people encouraging me to play live, or record myself which I have begun to do. Sometimes I feel like I upload a piece of music and wish I did more with it, I fixate on all the little mistakes and wear down my fingers to try and rectify them. It doesn’t happen over night and giving up is the easy way out and doing myself a disservice to something I love and hold so dearly in life. I’m sure there are pieces I will revisit in the coming years to document how far I’ve come, and your video helps me to appreciate where I’m at in the road despite not being the best at anything. I would love to meet you one day it seems you have a lifetime of wisdom to bestow and thanks again for sharing!
@alexleonard5601 Thank you so much for your comment Alex. It would be a pleasure. I think it's critical to find peace and balance with music along with life, to find joy in the journey, regardless of whether it's a professional or not. All the best in your current journey, hope to cross paths soon😜🎶
@MAPO-25 thank you mate, yes, I should've have titled "I failed...according to the mainstream music industry standards", but that would have been too long
Grazie Dario per le tue bellissime parole, ne farò tesoro . Ho 71 anni e ho iniziato a suonare la chitarra più seriamente da circa 6/7 anni, poco prima di ritirarmi dal lavoro. In particolare jazz periodo be bop. Mi piace molto la tua definizione che imparare la musica è una maratona: a volte sei solo con te stesso e pensi di non farcela, ma poi la calma e la passione ti spingono ad andare avanti. A volte effettivamente è un po' frustrante quando incontri musicisti bravissimi e ti rendi conto di essere un mediocre, ma essere mediocri è la spinta per imparare. Auguri per i tuoi 50 anni! Un caro saluto, Maurizio Punelli, Roma.
@mauriziopunelli6069 grazie di cuore Maurizio! Davvero, eh si, io penso capiti veramente a tutti di sentirsi "mediocri' ed e' proprio quella la molla che poi spinge a spronarsi, a cercare di migliorare sempre:) ti auguro il meglio nel tuo percorso! A presto spero:)🙏😊🎶🫶
Just commenting in the beginning of the video: I already see you play for (in my opinion) large audiences, who clearly value your playing! I dont think you have failed, if you can move the hearts and souls with your music and authenticity behind the instrument in the way you feel and are!
@cx777o much appreciated:) I should have titled "I failed, according to the mainstream music industry standards", but that would have taken too my space..🙏🎶🫶
Right now I’m on 4th minute of video, continueing to watching. Can’t not to notice how good this man looks, and it’s not even a compliment You look just like 33-35 Full of energy, but it feels that you really wise
Lovely jazz, in the beginning of this video. Good work !! Very melodic, with enough sophistication to make it interesting, but not just simply a display of technical prowess: Well done.
Beautifully made video man, I'm 24 and this hits hard :D I'd be lying if I said I haven't debated "careers" multiple times in my life, can only hope I stumble across something. Thank you for making this though, it helps a lot to know that you can be happy and enjoy music as a touring musician. Keep up the work!
Happy Birthday Dario!😊I met you last year at UTTS. You took me with you in your Doblo ( in tour-mode, I think ) from Napoli to Borgo Solario. So you are still libra, just like me - I turned 68 almost a month ago and I'm still learning ( sometimes, at least ). Thanks for your inspiration. Would like to join again. Have a nice day😊
@joachim22335 ha! Ciao Joachim, yes I remember very well! Super, I will be announcing news about this year soon, which will be year 10 (unbelievable 😅). All the very best in the meantime!🙏🎶😊
Pro tip: If you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of things a musician needs to learn, just take a step back.
Play something that you really like.
At the end of the day what matters is if you're having fun.
@@Passeira1 hehe, thanks Hugo, you are absolutely right:)
And you're always learning from what you like :)
@@gabo4zul true😜
I am a pro myself, and playing things you like is not bad to do sometimes, but most of the time you should really not do that. For most people playing what you like is playing what you are already capable of. Repeating/noodling' the same thing over and over isn't gonna make you a better musician nor take you to a higher level. Can you never play anything you like then? Of course you can: play it to feel good, to express yourself, but never expect to get better while you are noodling around in your comfortzone!
@@voxwah75 I am no pro at all. Many great musicians played the same songs throughout their lives, continuously adding to and improving their versions. All I wanted to say is that when we're feeling bored or unmotivated to play, we can pick up a well-known song we like to regain motivation. It's better to play than not to play.
I consider being a musician a special privilege I was given. I played semi pro until my mid 50s, lived in SF. For me playing music is part of my life. Now I'm retired and can play 🎸 all day long! My advice to young musicians is keep learning and moving forward. The more you keep at it the more opportunities will come along. They will come, you just need to be ready when they do.
@JRriffin so true! I appreciate very much your input😊🙏🎶
I'm coming up to 75,still looking for something. The journey never ends.
@PeterBromage-y1u ciao Peter, that's so great to hear! Very happy that you are still in it and pushing to be better, and thanks for tuning in 🙏😊🎶💪
I am right behind you, about 12 years. Life is short.
@@Joe-m6p6b And as sweet as you make it to be! I'm 17 now. Do you have any wisdom to share?
@eliaspietila_ Sure. Choose wisely what your goals in life you have and enjoy it. Life IS shorter than you think right now in your age.
@Joe-m6p6b Thanks. The shortness is actually my biggest worry atm
Music isn't about making money or being famous it's about excerting passion and as long as you enjoyed it you didn't fail
@dolier2802 i agree completely, I should have titled "I failed, according to the mainstream music industry standards", but it would have been too long
SO many good points. I booked my first gig before I was ready, 6 years later I am getting closer and closer to being a full-time musician. IF you're just starting, HANG IN THERE! It's a marathon!
@TrevorHuntMusic great to hear Trevor!💪 All the very best in your journey, thank you for tuning in 😊🙏🎶
I’m 28, a bass player. I like what you said about finding the gigs first and the band will follow.
I’ve been struggling with getting the band together before getting the gigs. This advice will change my life. Thanks for your posting this video.
@mukomanjisichilongo8796 I'm very happy to hear this, keep in touch, all the best in your journey!😊🙏🎶
Yes that also made an impact on me. Gigs first.
@beewardrobe most definitely! Much appreciate you tuning in😊🎶💪
Will be 60 this year, Don't feel like it. far from. A long time ago I started not to take myself too serious about it. Helped a lot. Still learning and enjoying this endless voyage. Even more now.
Happy bday maestro.
@perrynaturespain8559 Querido gracias! Much appreciated, yes so much is in the outlook, attitude and therefore, lifestyle...many hugs from Italy!😊
Most people will think you're 36 or something
@@OrganicFaithFactory 🙏🙏😊
Ya Seriously
@Banzo_ 🙏😊🫶
Have a peaceful birthday. Yes, making music you love with people you like - a good way to spend the day
@@anfiorsceal thank you, much appreciated!😊🙏🎶
i read making love to people with music you like lmfao
@@sylphus 😂
I started a music career by accident.
A friend asked me to play for their wedding. Fortunately piano and singing came easy.
I employed top studio musicians. I site read. Having charts was super important. We never rehearsed but I recorded the gigs and improved that way. My mother was playing gigs till 95.
Fats Waller and Debussy, Bach and Irish jigs and reels. In love with life. That's what music does. 🎶 🎵
@xge555 yes! Couldn't agree more, wow, kudos to your mom, will try to do the same:)🙏🎶
@@DarioNapoliGuitarLearning musical instruments is my passion at 77. Guitar is my obsession. Everyday. Soon as I wake up. Only stop for exercise and food. I feel like a teen-ager. No need to make money or be famous. Gigging was showmanship rather than creative. Doing what the audience wanted is the profession and deserves being well paid. Being on TV was stressful.
Rehearsal was the real reward.
@xge555 the same for me!😊 ever since I was a teenager, until today, it has never changed...many many hugs your way 🙏🙏😊
happy (late) 50th birthday! Thank you for sharing all this wisdom. I'm 18 right now and have been floundering in music for the past 2 years, not really being able to progress much. Your wisdom is going to help me push past that and seriously get back into music again. I need to eliminate my distractions like too much social media, I need to be a better musician before I try forming a band again, and mainly I need to develop the discipline I've been severely lacking in order to practice consistently everyday.
@marshal-d-123 thank you very much for your input and for sharing your story. I wish you all the very best in your journey, you are so incredibly young, hang in there and stay in touch🎶😊💪🫶
@@DarioNapoliGuitar Thank you for the encouragement! :)
You're obviously a resounding success, mate!
@PallHermannssonGuitar Very much appreciated Pall! Sometimes wish the bank account would also reflect this but I'm working on it😅🙏🎶
Thanks for all the wisdom, I definitely gained a lot of needed clarity from this as a 23 year old
@Hesi-m2e makes my day to know, thank you for tuning in!😊🎶🙏
Happy Birthday, Dario. I met you at the festival in Ramelton in Ireland a few years ago, I was 25 at the time and was near the beginning of my journey in Gypsy Jazz.
Your playing and what you said was very inspiring to me and encouraged me to keep going and working. I am 32 years old now and will keep working at getting better at gypsy jazz and playing and writing music in general 😊
@mattdowie92 ciao Matt, thank you! Yes of course, I remember very well! Wow, 32, you are still so young and you were already very good at 25, never stop, you have the best yet to come! All the best, will be curious to hear you and see your progress🙏🎶😊
@DarioNapoliGuitar thank you, Dario. It is great to follow you on RUclips now to learn from you.
Have a great birthday. It is good to take the attitude that we are in this thing for life and can keep making progress and enjoying it!
@@mattdowie92 🙏🙏🙏😊💪💚
Easily one of the most insightful and down to earth videos about music ive seen in a long time! I also picked up music in my mid teens, and it took roughly 15 or so years for it to feel like its really working. Some months are way better than others, but mostly, the journey has been an upward trend.
@bernardodaddario4905 thank you so much for your comment Bernardo! All the best 💪😜🎶
You definitely haven't failed at all, playing with masters like Stochelo is a dream to me. Music to me is a life long journey, is a long time faithful friend that never let's me down or turn its back on me. I don't play guitar or music in general professionally and I can't imagine making it till this day without music in my life.
@KimchiSpringRoll very much appreciate your message! Yes, I also cannot imagine life without it and certainly plan to play all the way until the end😊🙏
Lovely video mate, Happy birthday and nice playing too.. 👍 🎸 🙏
@AlexHutchingsMusic 🙏🙏Thank you very much for tuning in Alex! Listening to "Afraid to Love", love your style!🎶🎵💚
@@DarioNapoliGuitar Aw wow. Thank you so much man.... 👍 🎸 🙏
Happy birthday sir.
I’m 21 right now, and those are words that I needed to hear. I’ve been struggling with “comparison syndrome” lately and this video really helps. Stay blessed and enjoy
@hermannbnh3834 I'm very happy to hear! Stay strong, keep in touch, look forward to hearing about your path, all the very best💪🎶😊
Hi Dario, I cannot believe that your video was suggested to me! I saw you play last September at a bar in Milan on the Navigli, and I remember that I asked if you could play Spain, to which you and the bassist played masterfully. It was truly beautiful to listen to both of you play with such passion and I remember telling you about my then-recent application to Berklee, which I have been accepted to! As a first-year student at Berklee, it is so great to hear you talk about having to believe in yourself and staying true to yourself, since I see so many musicians better than me every day and I would only compare myself to them. But I started to channel that energy into a source of inspiration for me to work harder and strive to be better. Thank you for this!
@dubadeebadabudap ha! Wow, yes I remember, so great to hear from you and congrats! Thank you for tuning in, if you're back in Milan don't hesitate to reach out 😊🎶🙏💪
We share a similar path with tennis. I only played D2 but also coached tennis for quite a few years (I'm 54 now). I look back and remember only doing choir in high school when I had opportunities to do other musical activities, but instead I pursued sports and especially tennis due in large part to family influence as we were all a bunch of gym rats. In retrospect I wish I had primarily focused on music, put it first, and demoted sports to a distant second, kind of like what I'm hearing you say. But I wonder if we had done that if we would love making music as much as we do now? Regarding your tennis, most people don't understand the commitment it takes for a junior to play D1 as you did. You had to get your 10k hours in to get to that level, so music definitely was taking a back seat. On the other hand, tennis is an amazing school master to teach you that you can do something that's extremely difficult, such as tennis or finger style guitar, which have tiny margins for error, if you put in the work and are disciplined. I'd like to think your tennis background helped to inform this in you. What an amazing journey! Thanks for posting your video!
@WSBM absolutely 1000%! I believe my experience in tennis is the primary reason I was able to have a career in music later, I very much appreciate your input and you are so right, for me music and tennis are like parallel, very similar processes really. Everything I applied to tennis I was also applying in music l, dealing with nerves in performances, endless hours of practice, routines, perseverance, fighting through adversity, traveling, all not it. Thank you for sharing some of your story with me, pleasure to meet people that share similar paths😊🙏
@@DarioNapoliGuitar I'm chuckling at the point you made about nerves! LOL! It's such a perfect parallel how there's the same fight or flight nerves with tennis as the court truly is a stage, and all the same butterflies and nerves present there as in music. We used to say coaching tennis, if you can't do the skill in a match (at a tournament or a dual match), you don't really have the skill yet. Lots of skills we can do in the practice room that when we get in front of others can vanish in a puff of smoke if the muscle memory isn't there. If our paths ever cross, we have to go hit and then jam. Keep up the great work! You're an amazing encourager and teacher! PS. Just watched a video on fast playing...man, I thought I had the playback speed on 1.5 at least! Wow!
@WSBM ha! Totally in for a hit and a jam my friend! Anytime 😊 darionapoliguitar@gmail.com
All I needed to hear. Thanks, and enjoy your 50’s!
@@madeira-de-vento much appreciated Joao!🙏🎶💪😊
Happy birthday man! I’m a 28 year old therapist, who writes music, and loves playing live. I love seeing someone following their creative instincts.
@michaelccrosby thank you Michael!🙏 Very much appreciate your input, all the very best in your journey, keep in touch!🎶🎵😜
As soon as you realize that music is not a race or a competition but instead a way to express yourself you will be okay.
@jaymac72 I should have titled "I failed, according to the mainstream music industry standards", but it would have been too long...I'm ok Jay😊🙏
Well said.
Happy Birthday Dario! These insights are priceless. I wish someone had told me a lot of what you're saying a long time ago. But as you said.... everyone's journey is different.
@SamLarsen2 Thank you Sam!🙏 I also learned them as I went along, by experience. But when you want the answers, one way or another, they come:)
This is exactly the stuff I've been thinking and telling myself for the last year while I'm taking my music career more seriously. I'm glad to hear it from someone with more experience and wisdom :)
@@kevinacemusic much appreciated Kevin!🙏😊
Told myself I was never gonna do this as a job. Played as a hobby, loved the hobby, got invested in the hobby. I play music for fun all the time and I am happy with that. Learning a new song on guitar and making a playthrough video feels like a personal accomplishment and is very fulfilling. Taught me a lot about discipline and perserverance.
@wunderwaffefries that is fantastic Jacob! Music is a great vehicle regardless, the important thing is the happiness it brings and to find one's own balance
Thank you for giving a gift to us on your 50th birthday.
'They' say 50 is when you receive wisdom.
@alexandermargotta6206 much appreciated Alexander! I guess I'll find out:)
Great reflections. Thank you for sharing and happy birthday! I’m a 65-year-old adult violin learner. Only started any sort of music when I turned 40. The comparison trap is very real for me when playing with others who started at age 5! A trap that I need to keep reminding myself not to fall into. Thanks for the inspiration and reminder about gigs. It has prompted me to restart our local Gypsy Jazz jam in a cool in our local town.
Finally, the other curse of advancing age, arthritis, has hit and is limiting my mobility and is this that is really made me understand and appreciate the importance of Music in my life and how it can more than compensate for some of the more physical things I was able to do 5/10 years ago and as a sportsman in early adulthood. Looking for positives, I can now practice and play more.
@nickcheetham Thank you so much for your message Nick! Yes, every day that we can play is such a blessing! I'm so glad to hear about your jam:) I truly hope you can keep the ailments at bay and keep enjoying the music for as long as possible 🤞💪🙏🎶
Congratulations on the big "50" Great that you share your knowledge and wisdom with all, you deserve the success and respect thats coming your way! Thanks for another great video with unique and inspirational content 🎂👋
@craftyfingers2037 So very much appreciated my friend 🙏🙏😊💚
Happy 50th. I’m a professional guitarist the same age as you who’s been in the game for about the same time, although I chose music as a full time career since I was 13 years old. I’ve been an MD now on a cruise ship for the last 16 years and still feel a deep and never ending love affair with guitar. I admire all musicians on their journey. It’s a personal relationship and should not feel like a competition. The more you play the more you are able to express yourself.
@KristopherCraig Very much appreciate your input Kristopher! All the very best in your musical journey!🙏🙏😊🎶
Happy Birthday Dario! Thanks for all you are doing for us 😉😎
@@bernardszostek1337 Thank you so much for tuning in Bernard!🙏😊
Happy Birthday 🎉
I turned 50 a while ago as well.
@florentintise super! Happy birthday to you as well, thanks for tuning in 😊🎶
At my side of the computer, I can see the honesty and heart that went into this video. Thank you for sharing - both this video and your musical expression with the world. We are lucky to have you :)
@juliasteinweh-adler5288 So very much appreciated Julia!🎊😊🫶
Wisdom.❤ I m 55 and still playing with joy and passion. Stopped alcoohol etc...15 years ago and play better now, more " consciously "...thank you
@christianboutot my pleasure Christian, thank you for tuning in🙏😊🎶
I went the other route and got a traditional job. However, I still play guitar everyday. I have played with many of my guitar heroes through camps and clinics. I could have been a really good guitarist but haven’t had the time to develop it like I would have if I were doing gigs on a regular bases. Life is a trade off. I am set to retire early and plan to spend a lot of it focusing on my never ending journey to be a better player. Bottom line, music makes the world a better place. Keep on entertaining folks with your skills and talent.
@DannyBrooks1 thank you for tuning in Danny and sharing your perspective and journey! Much respect and all the very best in obtaining your objectives.
Stay in touch, look forward to hearing about it💪🙏🎶😊
Happy birthday, Dario! Have a nice day!
@jorgebermejo3708 thank you Jorge!🙏😊💚
happy birthday sir..ye turned 68 week ago and the journey never ends..life during apartheid{am south african asian}and life post apartheid has just been a wilful strugggle as a jazz guitarist..God has my back..just gotta keep the creative juices flowing..never give up..love to all out there.
@marcellesraman4560 thank you so much Marcelles! I wish you all the very best in your musical journey also!😊🙏🎶💪
Happy birthday my friend 🥳💚
Music has no retirement age, so 50 is no age at all!
In my eyes you are highly successful in your life. You are living your dream, as well as bringing joy to so many people through live shows, recordings and sharing your knowledge online or in person ✨🎶
@Vebjorni So very much appreciated my friend😊🙏🙏 Scary though how time flies...😅
@@DarioNapoliGuitar Yes! I’m only «32», but I feel the same way 😅
@Vebjorni you are incredibly young my friend and very talented! Keep going because the best is ahead of you💪🎶
@@DarioNapoliGuitar 🙏🙏
dude im 19 just finished a year studying jazz and im about to move overseas to chase dreams of music. this helped me so much. your advice is amazing bro thank you so much for posting this. and have a happy birthday g!
@lucarobinson701 thank you for tuning in Luca and for your response! All the very best in your journey, keep in touch😊 💪🎶🫶
There were some really great thoughts in there man, thank you for sharing, happy birthday :)
@fretcraft thank you so much for tuning in, much appreciated!🙏😊🎶
Happy Birthday, dear Dario, thank you for sharing all your insights and thoughts.
@BackingtracksforJazzViol-sy4fk thank you for tuning in!😊🙏🎶
Thanks for the insight and it's just what I needed now (about to turn 60 very soon). The point about a flower not growing faster or even dying with too much water is absolutely beautiful and fitting.
@stridersongs very much appreciated, thanks for tuning in! All the best in moving to your new decade 💪💪😊🎶
great video. I turned 30 this year and started taking music more seriously. Community is definitely vital. thanks for the video!
@Boywhocriedrainbow very much appreciated Jamie! All the very best in your journey, keep on it and keep in touch 🎶💪😊
This is really inspiring. I cannot thank you enough for all the points you raised. I'm quite new to learning music production, so I'm at the beginning of the marathon, but know that deep down music is what I want to pursue forever.
At 19 and halfway through a degree, I'm faced with the reality that in a year and a half when my degree is done, I've got to find a way to make things work. This is pushing me to learn more and more about music production so that hopefully when I reach that stage in my early twenties, I can dedicate all my time to it and do what I really love.
The biggest challenge I face at the moment is the distractions, especially with phones. They make it so easy to lose focus on a task then end up not spending as much time or losing a bit of that intensity when working on something. So to hear it from a professional like yourself with decades of experience about cutting these distractions is so important to me. So, thank you very much for this video and helping me reflect and believe in myself
@charliesalter3744 thank you so much for tuning in and sharing your story Charlie! All the very best, stay in touch😊🎶🙏💪🫶
A very inspiring video, and one that I needed to see. I'm planning to quit the day job at the end of the year to purse music full time, so naturally my head has been all full of a million things - this video has given me the perspective I needed. 😊 Thank you and happy birthday!🎉
@Freddie_Webber makes my day Freddie! Super cool, all the very best in your path, keep in touch💪😊🙏🎶
@DarioNapoliGuitar thank you Dario 😊 I shall do
Thank you so much for sharing this. You are a gem.
Don't care about the views, not everyone can recognize.a diamond when the see, it so is your channel.
Keep making videos like this...
@siyamishra7140 much appreciated!🙏😜🫶
Thank you for this video. I think it probably comes just at the right time in my life. I've given up on 2 jobs this year, being jobless and staying at home for a couple of weeks. The jobs I'm looking after are sadly probably gonna be jobs, that I'm not looking forward to. Right now, I'm looking to do regular covers on RUclips etc. and building something for the future. Thank you again, it just gave me a push to think about my future in a different light.
And late congrats on your 50th birthday!
@@m4271m4z I'm very glad to hear! Hang in there, I wish for the best in your journey 💪😊🎶
Thank you for the sage advice, I’m 23 and I’m just starting my musical journey; thank you for the message!
@@iOwnASubaru super! Keep in touch, all the very best💪🎶😊
You really do look like a mature 35 year old (or even younger) than a 50 year old. Seems like you’ve kept yourself at peace and in good health. Best of luck to you and your journey as a musician, good sir 🫡
@jwardbass4452 very much appreciated! All the best to you and 😊🙏
Happy Birthday man.
Great to hear your views on music and life.
More power to you and keep bringing the music.
@@JohnWilson-ru7xd much appreciated John!🙏😊🫶🎶
I fought cancer three times. In remission for the 3rd time today. Fuck what anyone else thinks, you doing the damn thing, and keep playing bro!!!!! Glad I found your channel
@SynUglyPPl thank you so much, I truly wish you all the very best in your battle!💪💪🙏🎶💚
I'm 42 and I really resonate with your message. Thank you for the video!
Very much appreciated, thank you for tuning in!😊🎶🙏
Such great advice Dario. I think about almost everything you're talking about here every day since I went full-time with music a couple years ago. It's great to see people with as much experience as you put this so eloquently. Subscribed.
@Tjdes your comment makes my day! Very much appreciated, stay in touch and all the very best in your journey!💪🫶🎶💚
I have been playing since 1970, you are still very young. You have been a good steward of your musical gift.
@davisworth5114 thank you Davis, much appreciate you tuning in!😊🙏🎶
Im 26 and just started creating music... I often think to myself its already over. That its too late to get into it. It seems so hard to get noticed. Im really passionate about the music I create. But im so worried It will all not be enough to become a successful musician. I love how you bring up meditation in this video because that been what has brough me back to music. I had dreams of being in some sort of rock band in highschool and they kind of got crushed as I got into college. Meditation has been something that brought me back. Im really resonating with your story about your distractions with TV and even being cautious about the friends that have been trying to get involved in my music. For me, it was video games. I finally quit and stopped playing a game I was addicted to for years. And ive never felt better. I feel more focused and not wasting so much time anymore. To be honest im really scared to continue going forward. Your wisdom has really helped me today, thank you.
@VellMusic-z thank you so much for tuning in and sharing your personal story here, and very flattered if it can be of help. A career in music can be a challenge of course, like any other competitive field. But I think it starts with clarity. Clarity of goals and objectives, then clarity of planning and finally clarity and decision in execution, over a long period of time. I wish the absolute best in your journey, stay in touch🎶💪🙏🫶
I needed this, thank you. I wish I had this 10years ago when I was over watering my garden. ✌️💜
@@Gekoman333 🙏🎶🫶
Your videos were an inspiration to me since many years ago and continue to be. I turned 54 recently and I am looking forward to every practice and time with the instrument.
A person's overall disposition and mindset reflect age more than a number.
@BucoBucolini grazie my friend! It's a pleasure, look forward to meeting in person one day:)
Extremely helpful and insightful tips
@liweiyu1113 very much appreciated!🙏😊
Happy Birthday Dario you are an amazing musician, person and all around amazing guy! You are an inspiration
Fratello! Grazie 🙏 I hope to cross paths soon 🎶🫶
Amen! Happy Birthday!
There’s a load of wisdom packed into those words.
@jz5005 thank you JZ for tuning in, much appreciated!😊🙏
HEY THERE BIRTHDAY MAN- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Honesty, consistency, be straight and avoid distractions- very sound (pun intended) council. You show up and do your best- you can be proud of your values- your experiences. BRAVO!
@@MichaelPutsch Michael, so very much appreciated! 🙏😊🎶
dear Dario, thank you by heart for having sharing your musical experience life with us. With a great esteem for you
@@carlostupiggia4376 carissimo Carlo, grazie a te "for tuning in"😊🙏🎶
Happy Bithday Dario,
I found out that we have more things common than I thought ... Almost 50, 2006 old car, TV, great friends between TOP players and many more ... There are many good and useful thoughts in this video that speak from my heart ... thanks for that video my friend. I hope to see you somewhere.
Greets Tomas
@tomashonsa-swingtet4322 Dear Tomas, thank you so much for tuning in! Hehe, wow I haven't seen you in too long, btw, if you're not too far, on May 27 I play with my trio at the Khamoro Festival in Prague!
Great advice Dario. It says a lot about a persons character to put something like this out. I hope you've now enjoyed your birthday week full of playing every night with people you love. Enjoy the next one, and the next, .... all the best!
@jarrodelks4928 very much appreciated Jarrod, thank you for tuning in! Yes, the week of concerts was great, can't wait for the next 😊🙏🎶
Happy birthday! This is nice advice and wisdom, thanks for sharing. What resonated with me the most was about reducing distractions, mine are similar to TV but more modern, like youtube/social media/videogames, and the part about community and relationships and how everything needs time to grow. I feel a lot of times that what I'm doing is not paying off fast enough, but looking at it like a marathon or a garden that needs time to develop, I think is a good way to solve that, because as long as you are doing things well in the moment, and being active in music, patience will (hopefully) get you to the other stuff.
@horatiuromantic Thank you for tuning in Horatiu, and for your response!🙏 Some things one becomes aware of over time, others happen sooner, but as long as the goals are clearer, the intention will be more directed and specific. All the very best, keep in touch😊🎶
Happy birthday! And much respect for keeping at it!
My advice would be... create the right circumstances for yourself. If you need to sing loud, but your neighbors have a problem, then dont stay in that situation. Get a rehearsal space or even move away. You need to protect your art, often times nobody else will. Cheers!
@jilsky thank you very much! Much appreciate you tuning in and your input, all the very best in your journey 😊🙏
Great video! Life is a process of learning, unlearning, and learning again on repeat. There’s always something new and there’s always a new way of viewing the things you already know haha
@@yajy4501 thank you! Yes, couldn't agree more😊🙏
Dario..you are a great musician. What a wonderful thing to be! God Bless you always.
@italianguy607 thank you truly!🙏🙏😊
I love you! ❤️ Perfect video! Really helpful and filled with heart, I really appreciate it ❤️ It can be applied to everything. Thanks for the title, I'm in fact in my 20ies. Hope to see some more videos on this style, about your music journey! 🤟🏼🤟🏼❤️ And happy birthday! 🎉🎼
@giovannibosiomusic Giovanni thank you! Much appreciate you tuning in, all the very best in your journey, stay in touch😊🙏🎶
Thankyou for posting this
@Sam_Gowman thank you for tuning in Sam😊🙏
@DarioNapoliGuitar you're welcome 🙏🏻
Nice video. Great information and totally true to this music biz
@brandonpaulofficial very much appreciated Brandon! Thanks for tuning in and congrats on your playing and music 🎶🙏🫶
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!! ❤
@Sashitosan much appreciated Sasha, thank you for tuning in😊🙏🎶
Thank you Mr Dario,
I really appreciate the wisdom you are sharing with us, it is truly priceless and life changing,
Thank you so much. As 23 year old aspiring full-time musician there is so much I resonate with here 🛐📝💯
@ethantanatsiwasesedza8305 thank you so much for tuning in, means a lot! Stay in touch, all the best in your journey 💪🙏🎶🫶
I’m 72 and have been in bands all my life. I recommend music to anyone. You won’t make any money but you will have a wonderful life. I’m Still gigging. When the sound is good, the crowd is into it and the band’s locked on there is no better place on earth.
@@garyadams9016 I could not agree more!😊🙏🎶🫶
wow incredibly helpful. Thanks for sharing your wisdom man
@@ForTodayisawesome Thank you so much for tuning in😊🙏🎶
Beautiful video, man. Thanks for the wisdom!
@@TheRyankainec much appreciated Ryan! Thank you for tuning in😊🙏🙏
Happy Birthday and ALL the best of wishes!!! Its your diet and physical fitness, and if you keep it up you'll always feel great.
@Wyrdo999 I definitely watch both, you are right Lorne:) much appreciated!😊🙏🎶
Great video man i can relate to what your saying there ... maybe b'cos im 50 next year
And i definitely believe distractions can hold you back mentally as a musician
All the best for your 50th year best wishes
@@Alan-zi2rs ah much appreciated Alan🙏😊 all the very best in your journey and towards your 50th, stay in touch🎶💪
Thank you so much for this video.
@@KickSilverOMG much appreciate you tuning in!🙏😊
Love the advice. I’m a 17 wannabe jazz guitarist and am very glad I’ve got a head start because of this video!
@MankMuffinMemes very much appreciated! Stay in touch, all the best in your journey 💪🎶🫶
this is all, ALL valuable info. - almost too good to just give away. Thank you for sharing this very personal message. THANK YOU
@@paulmehling4647 grazie!😊🙏
I mean you succeeded. You won!
You made a living through music that you enjoy. Congrats
@somekindofdude1130 very much appreciated, yes 😊🙏💚
Great sentiment,all the best Dario
@nonslipstream much appreciated!🙏😜
I will never give up and keep on trying to achieve the dreams of my life of becoming a good guitarist. You can always leave a legacy behind for others to follow your years of guitar playing experiences by teaching others what you know in You tube channel. There are always someone who is always better than you but most important strife to remain humble and learn from the experts so you can improve your musicians skills as time passes. There are always room for improvement if you work and practice hard to become good in something you do one day. I agreed playing music is like running a marathon, start slow, run the race and finished well at the end of the journey. Thanks for sharing your two cents worth in this video to upcoming musicians who are starting their own life journey just like you did years ago.
@@CalvinLimSH-ld5le very much appreciated Calvin! All the very best in your musical journey, I hope you reach all your objectives and have the best time doing so💪🎶😊🫶
Hey man. I'm a guitarist in the rock and blues part of things and I've been working extremely hard at my guitar playing and seeing results. It's a long story but due to depression I quit guitar are started again at 28, unable to play open chords. Now at 35 I can rip through some fast lines and I'm getting satisfied with my chops: I'm able to play Van Halen, some Joe Satriani. I'm not looking to be Guthrie Govan or John Petrucci, I just need enough chops to express myself with. What is still missing is the ability to improvise, which is my next milestone. I also have terrible stage fright and can't play in front of people while I can rip through things at home. That's another thing I must work on. What you've described really resonated with me, so thanks for sharing !
Regarding being a successful musician: I find it both very frightening but also a meaningless thing to pursue. It's frightening because there are incredibly talented musicians who never got big because they weren't very charismatic on stage. Some got lucky enough to have a charismatic frontman to sell the show. But many end up with ridiculous chops I'll probably never have even if I doubled the amount of practice I currently do (which is at least 1 hour a day), and they're just getting by teaching or doing small gigs. I think of people like Benjamin Schippritt on RUclips, or even people like Damjan Pejčinoski (he is actually a well established guitarist, but his fame does not match his skill). When I see their skill and their level of notoriety, I wonder if guitar is something worth pursuing. On the other hand I also see that being a famous guitarist is also show business, and that musicians that are excellent but not necessarily the best or most versatile, have huge careers because they are part of a huge money machine promoting them, they tour intensely, and have a stage presence. I don't mean to say that makes them lesser musicians, but I see that 50% of your success as a musician is your musicianship, and the other 50% are your skills at presenting and marketing yourself. And to be honest, even as someone who enjoys entertaining people, I'm not sure I'm interested in pursuing the marketing aspect required to have a big career. It kind of gives me an excuse to justify later in my life that I never became some big name guitarist even though I worked on my craft a lot, maybe. But it's also undeniably true for me that I don't like that kind of pressure and marketing and would stay away from it. I can't be a session musician either because this requires a high level of skill and ability to play all genres and read charts fast. So I'm thinking that my trajectory is: be a rock and blues musician that doesn't have the chops to be a session guy, but also doesn't want to try to promote or market himself in the rat race. And besides enjoying playing small gigs in the future, I'm not sure I can make a living from guitar. But as you said though, what matters is actually the enjoyment you get from playing the instrument and playing the gigs.
@KingGrio wow, thank you so much for sharing your story and your thoughts and impressions! At the end of the day what truly matters is finding one's own sweet spot, one's own balance, where music is present in one's life In a way that's fulfilling. All the very best in your journey, stay in touch!💪🎶🫶
yes youre happy, you have a gaming laptop in the van =P
in all seriousness, I love this video. thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.
before I started playing jazz or before even online streaming was a thing, I was lucky enough to have been surrounded by not so talented but extremely happy punk musicians.
they showed me that music is anything but conventional and that ridiculous amounts of money doesn't equate happiness.
i brought that attitude to my love for jazz and even the most sour of notes could not ruin my day.
Dario, thank you for constantly educating us and sharing your musical life and adventures.
I wish you another 50 years of happiness.
Much appreciate you tuning in!🙏😊🫶
Wow, the universe has conspired to throw me a bone with this video! What a wonderful and thoughtful piece of wisdom. I thank you sincerely for your reflections. I have played guitar for fun for 30 years and it is what kept me sane as a young man. Every day, it has brought me joy. Like you, i ditched TV years ago. People think i'm mad but what they dont realise is, i'm free! Thank you for your time and thoughts.
@Monty5959 so much appreciate you tuning in, your comment and yes, as long as there is oxygen in my lungs, there will be music🎶😜🙏
a bit delayed thoug but all my best wishes to you Dario for your just begun 51st year
may it be another one packed with making music and in doing so sharing love and happieness ( sadness at times, if life demands some )
stay healty, safe, loving, loved, helping, helpey, friend, befriendet, rocking, rocked, inspired, inspirational to us out here
google logic sent you to me tonight, i am not sure i actually encountered your music before
from today i will
so keep rockin'
peace
greetings from Germany
@@funkyfishcloneloverofmusic3825 very much appreciate your words! All the very best your way😊🙏🎶
Thank you so much for making this video, I am 25 and this is exactly what I needed to hear. It’s true, comparison is the thief of joy, and music is a journey of a million miles that is taken step by step. For me I have no desire for money or fame from music, I am a computer science student who found a passion in music much like computers for the surface level simplicity and endless depth they both provide. My goal with music and the root of my passion is in being unhindered in my artistic expression with whatever my instrument of choice. I have spent several years dissecting music theory and trying to incorporate concepts into my play through guitar and piano, and most recently have had a lot of people encouraging me to play live, or record myself which I have begun to do. Sometimes I feel like I upload a piece of music and wish I did more with it, I fixate on all the little mistakes and wear down my fingers to try and rectify them. It doesn’t happen over night and giving up is the easy way out and doing myself a disservice to something I love and hold so dearly in life. I’m sure there are pieces I will revisit in the coming years to document how far I’ve come, and your video helps me to appreciate where I’m at in the road despite not being the best at anything. I would love to meet you one day it seems you have a lifetime of wisdom to bestow and thanks again for sharing!
@alexleonard5601 Thank you so much for your comment Alex. It would be a pleasure. I think it's critical to find peace and balance with music along with life, to find joy in the journey, regardless of whether it's a professional or not. All the best in your current journey, hope to cross paths soon😜🎶
from the intro I've gathered that you have been able to sustain a way of life purely of your music
I wouldn't call that failing at all
@MAPO-25 thank you mate, yes, I should've have titled "I failed...according to the mainstream music industry standards", but that would have been too long
Grazie Dario per le tue bellissime parole, ne farò tesoro . Ho 71 anni e ho iniziato a suonare la chitarra più seriamente da circa 6/7 anni, poco prima di ritirarmi dal lavoro. In particolare jazz periodo be bop. Mi piace molto la tua definizione che imparare la musica è una maratona: a volte sei solo con te stesso e pensi di non farcela, ma poi la calma e la passione ti spingono ad andare avanti.
A volte effettivamente è un po' frustrante quando incontri musicisti bravissimi e ti rendi conto di essere un mediocre, ma essere mediocri è la spinta per imparare. Auguri per i tuoi 50 anni! Un caro saluto, Maurizio Punelli, Roma.
@mauriziopunelli6069 grazie di cuore Maurizio! Davvero, eh si, io penso capiti veramente a tutti di sentirsi "mediocri' ed e' proprio quella la molla che poi spinge a spronarsi, a cercare di migliorare sempre:) ti auguro il meglio nel tuo percorso! A presto spero:)🙏😊🎶🫶
Just commenting in the beginning of the video: I already see you play for (in my opinion) large audiences, who clearly value your playing! I dont think you have failed, if you can move the hearts and souls with your music and authenticity behind the instrument in the way you feel and are!
@cx777o much appreciated:) I should have titled "I failed, according to the mainstream music industry standards", but that would have taken too my space..🙏🎶🫶
Right now I’m on 4th minute of video, continueing to watching.
Can’t not to notice how good this man looks, and it’s not even a compliment
You look just like 33-35
Full of energy, but it feels that you really wise
@yarnest7171 much appreciated my friend!😊🙏 I grew up with a lot of sports and music, and love them both..I think this helps
Happy birthday Man, I'm 57 and just starting out 'pro fresh'. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Recently found your channel
@timothyqrobinson9862 awesome Timothy! Very much appreciated 😊🙏
Lovely jazz, in the beginning of this video. Good work !! Very melodic, with enough sophistication to make it interesting, but not just simply a display of technical prowess: Well done.
@@KenTeel grazie!😊🙏
Beautifully made video man, I'm 24 and this hits hard :D I'd be lying if I said I haven't debated "careers" multiple times in my life, can only hope I stumble across something.
Thank you for making this though, it helps a lot to know that you can be happy and enjoy music as a touring musician. Keep up the work!
@jamouthhhpettouthh3356 thank you! Much appreciate you tuning in, all the very best in your journey 💪🎶🫶🎶
Enjoy the youth of your old age my friend. 50 is definitely different, but be curious and keep on living 😊
what a great video. it helped. I'm on my way.. thank you man
@@DenisBurbach much appreciated Denis! Thank you for tuning in 😊 🙏
Happy Birthday Dario!😊I met you last year at UTTS. You took me with you in your Doblo ( in tour-mode, I think ) from Napoli to Borgo Solario. So you are still libra, just like me - I turned 68 almost a month ago and I'm still learning ( sometimes, at least ). Thanks for your inspiration. Would like to join again. Have a nice day😊
@joachim22335 ha! Ciao Joachim, yes I remember very well! Super, I will be announcing news about this year soon, which will be year 10 (unbelievable 😅). All the very best in the meantime!🙏🎶😊
Happy Birthday Dario ! First time watching you ... Thanks for giving us this wonderful gift today ! Have a good one ! (Subscribed).
@rootblack8745 very much appreciated my friend! Thank you for tuning in🎶🙏😊