Along with persistence, knowing what to use your time on and what not to is essential to progress in music and art without wasting your life away in the process. There are also what I would call 'inner' or 'psychological' skills that one has to develop as an artist. These are: 1) cultivate your thoughts, ideas, aesthetics, emotions and other inner stirrings through contemplation and time spent alone. 2) Develop the skills and mental ability to transform these inner thoughts, etc. into physical forms (music, paintings, poetry, dance, etc.) so as to share your inner feelings with others. 3) Cultivate curiosity. Be curious, observe and study anything and everything around you. 👀
Been producing since 2016 and i can confirm this, you can’t be the best at everything but once you find what u love and consistently struggle thru it you can get far. One of the best videos I’ve seen lately
Thank you! I love this comment because I've always worried that there might not be an interest for deeper thinking here on music RUclips. Most big channels I see seem quite shallow.
I quite resonate with this. Often I tend to focus a lot of my time on perfecting skills, technique, endlessly drilling arppeggios and scales... which is cool and fun and I love it, yet at the same time I don't progress as a songwriter or get as much stuff actually done as I could. (I managed to fully produce one song in the last 4 months and I'm super proud of myself! :) ) Your example of the alternative cost greatly explains that. And the message in the end is simple, yet powerful!
Great job on the song!! And thank you for your nice comment. And of course, happy to hear this video resonated with you! Anywhere we can hear you song? Have an awesome day!
So I am not the only one then! Great haha. I've often felt quite alone in that my dreams are not to play these big shows at "nice" arenas or venues. Which of course makes things harder because touring is a great way to connect with an audience, and one of the few ways to make any money doing music these days.
This was quite interesting and as a guitar player that can't read music or know really good chords except then 2 it makes sense that I focus my energy on more my voice would fit the chords
Hi! What are your goals with your guitar playing? If you don't mind me asking. Ask yourself questions like: Do I want to write my own songs? Do I want to perform live? Do I want to sing and play guitar at the same time when I do? What kind of music do I want to make? What are good chords? These are all important questions to ask yourself if you want things to move a bit faster. Either way, have a wonderful day!
"Wasted time practicing fancy guitar things to impress other guitar players" Man what kind of loser does that am I right? Haha But in all seriousness some really great points made here. I'd also add that another great skill is knowing when to start and knowing when to stop. I have a hard time starting projects or even taking the initiative to practice something that I know I should be practicing, but on the other end it's also really difficult to accept that a track that you've been working on for months is as ready as it's going to be and it's finally time to let it go. Anyway I better get back to practicing my sweep picking, because that's what my filter seems to be zoning in on Haha.
Haha! For me it was only an insecurity and wanting to prove myself-thing. It wasn't really relevant to any of the music I wanted to make, and at that time I hand't even really thought clearly about any of that. It was more "if I can do this then that means I can call myself a guitarist, and I don't have to hide that I play anymore, basically". It was NEVER "I want to practice this because I think it would sound really cool in a song I'm working on", or even "I like this, this is fun!". It was only insecurity and fear. Probably sounds a bit extreme but that's only because it was, haha. Absolutely agree with the points you raise here. I've talked about these things before in various stream theory episodes but maybe I should do more scripted videos around these topics as well. I think both of these tie in to expectations, perfectionism and fear of the end result. Or fear of having to face an end result. Do it! As long as you do it for the right reasons, i.e. playing more killer solos for me in the future! Haha, just kidding.
@@heitstrengningmusic I get ya man, I was just kidding. I've been practicing sweep picking for nearly ten years and I think I've only ever used it once in my own music. I guess there's just a part of me that never matured past being impressed by flashy guitar licks haha. And I still think I subconsciously hold the belief that "If i learn to play this scale as fast as humanly possible other guitarists will fear me" haha. I think it's rooted somewhere in being very bad at sports in high school. Mate, I am more than happy to be the Heitsrengning session soloist. Kind of like a Larry Carlton in Steely Dan type thing, but within the context of dark folksy prog metal haha.
@@lamondsutherland4581 I'm with you! I just stole the opportunity to explain myself a bit more, because letting go of all that was a long and big process, and I wouldn't be putting any music out if I hadn't! I'm impressed by it too! Haha. Maybe more so than I was when I was young, because I know how much work it takes! You know what though, I think they would. I think we never fully grow out of that. But I think it matures from a feeling of "that guy is better than me and it's making me feel threatened and everyone will know I'm not as good" to "that guy is a much better guitar player than me, that's cool, good for him, that must have taken a LOT of work". I think my insecurity was somewhat rooted in being good at sports, and being a football (soccer) guy rather than a music guy. Those worlds didn't cross much where I grew up so I felt like a fraud and an imposer trying to "go native" and get acceptance from the other side. Exactly!! Haha. You nailed it.
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Along with persistence, knowing what to use your time on and what not to is essential to progress in music and art without wasting your life away in the process. There are also what I would call 'inner' or 'psychological' skills that one has to develop as an artist. These are: 1) cultivate your thoughts, ideas, aesthetics, emotions and other inner stirrings through contemplation and time spent alone. 2) Develop the skills and mental ability to transform these inner thoughts, etc. into physical forms (music, paintings, poetry, dance, etc.) so as to share your inner feelings with others. 3) Cultivate curiosity. Be curious, observe and study anything and everything around you. 👀
Hi Richard! Welcome back! Good to see you here again.
And I agree. These are wonderfully outlined. Thanks for the input!
Been producing since 2016 and i can confirm this, you can’t be the best at everything but once you find what u love and consistently struggle thru it you can get far. One of the best videos I’ve seen lately
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you saying that. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you
Love this! Haven't seen many videos that go as in depth as this. Keep it up bro
Thank you! I love this comment because I've always worried that there might not be an interest for deeper thinking here on music RUclips. Most big channels I see seem quite shallow.
I quite resonate with this. Often I tend to focus a lot of my time on perfecting skills, technique, endlessly drilling arppeggios and scales... which is cool and fun and I love it, yet at the same time I don't progress as a songwriter or get as much stuff actually done as I could. (I managed to fully produce one song in the last 4 months and I'm super proud of myself! :) ) Your example of the alternative cost greatly explains that. And the message in the end is simple, yet powerful!
Great job on the song!!
And thank you for your nice comment. And of course, happy to hear this video resonated with you!
Anywhere we can hear you song? Have an awesome day!
I can very much relate about the lack desire to perform in front of others.
So I am not the only one then! Great haha. I've often felt quite alone in that my dreams are not to play these big shows at "nice" arenas or venues.
Which of course makes things harder because touring is a great way to connect with an audience, and one of the few ways to make any money doing music these days.
This was quite interesting and as a guitar player that can't read music or know really good chords except then 2 it makes sense that I focus my energy on more my voice would fit the chords
Hi! What are your goals with your guitar playing? If you don't mind me asking.
Ask yourself questions like: Do I want to write my own songs? Do I want to perform live? Do I want to sing and play guitar at the same time when I do? What kind of music do I want to make? What are good chords? These are all important questions to ask yourself if you want things to move a bit faster.
Either way, have a wonderful day!
Some great points made here 👍👍
I'm glad to hear it resonated! Thank you.
"Wasted time practicing fancy guitar things to impress other guitar players"
Man what kind of loser does that am I right? Haha
But in all seriousness some really great points made here. I'd also add that another great skill is knowing when to start and knowing when to stop. I have a hard time starting projects or even taking the initiative to practice something that I know I should be practicing, but on the other end it's also really difficult to accept that a track that you've been working on for months is as ready as it's going to be and it's finally time to let it go.
Anyway I better get back to practicing my sweep picking, because that's what my filter seems to be zoning in on Haha.
Haha! For me it was only an insecurity and wanting to prove myself-thing. It wasn't really relevant to any of the music I wanted to make, and at that time I hand't even really thought clearly about any of that.
It was more "if I can do this then that means I can call myself a guitarist, and I don't have to hide that I play anymore, basically". It was NEVER "I want to practice this because I think it would sound really cool in a song I'm working on", or even "I like this, this is fun!". It was only insecurity and fear.
Probably sounds a bit extreme but that's only because it was, haha.
Absolutely agree with the points you raise here. I've talked about these things before in various stream theory episodes but maybe I should do more scripted videos around these topics as well.
I think both of these tie in to expectations, perfectionism and fear of the end result. Or fear of having to face an end result.
Do it! As long as you do it for the right reasons, i.e. playing more killer solos for me in the future! Haha, just kidding.
@@heitstrengningmusic I get ya man, I was just kidding. I've been practicing sweep picking for nearly ten years and I think I've only ever used it once in my own music. I guess there's just a part of me that never matured past being impressed by flashy guitar licks haha.
And I still think I subconsciously hold the belief that "If i learn to play this scale as fast as humanly possible other guitarists will fear me" haha. I think it's rooted somewhere in being very bad at sports in high school.
Mate, I am more than happy to be the Heitsrengning session soloist. Kind of like a Larry Carlton in Steely Dan type thing, but within the context of dark folksy prog metal haha.
@@lamondsutherland4581 I'm with you! I just stole the opportunity to explain myself a bit more, because letting go of all that was a long and big process, and I wouldn't be putting any music out if I hadn't!
I'm impressed by it too! Haha. Maybe more so than I was when I was young, because I know how much work it takes! You know what though, I think they would. I think we never fully grow out of that. But I think it matures from a feeling of "that guy is better than me and it's making me feel threatened and everyone will know I'm not as good" to "that guy is a much better guitar player than me, that's cool, good for him, that must have taken a LOT of work".
I think my insecurity was somewhat rooted in being good at sports, and being a football (soccer) guy rather than a music guy. Those worlds didn't cross much where I grew up so I felt like a fraud and an imposer trying to "go native" and get acceptance from the other side.
Exactly!! Haha. You nailed it.