Ohhh I just found your channel (I’m learning the harp and watched your video on buzzing!!) I totally agree…learning how to content create and market yourself is soooooo important. I have been struggling with this for 10 years too-I graduated from my masters in viola performance in 2015 and at that time, I just put weekly stuff up on youtube for fun…I was in my 20s and now as a 34 year I realize, I am a content creating, music teaching musician…that hardly performs and mostly creates!! I am grateful to have been focused on my instrument in college….but wow…musicians need to think of themselves as content creators with a highly sophisticated skill in an instrument…I like medieval music…but that’s such a small niche! Mozart’s father encouraged him to produce music for the public, not just sophisticated audiences…but I like that genre and am inspired by it. I’m not inspired by popular music. Anyway…I could go on lol. It’s really nice to meet you-I’m Amber😊🎻📚 Thank you for your wonderful channel!!!
As a classical voice major graduate from East Asia, same here. Really no time for just staying in the practice room without proper exposure to the reality outside. Life is bigger than the practice room, I end up doing jobs unrelated to music but occasionally sing for opera houses.
I agree with you! I felt like a machine who is just getting ready for exams and hopefully don’t miss a note to be marked down! 🥵 It took me 20years to get back into playing the harp, I think I’m healed 😂 but instead of pedal, I’m enjoying lever harp, I must admit solfeggio comes handy to transfer music onto lever harp. But business knowledge I gained in different profession. P.s my fabulous teacher always made sure I had right posture , hands and …short nails!! 😂
I did not go to music university, but went to University specializing in science. I think what you opine is universal no matter what degree you pop out with. University teaches you the geeky subject (and maybe a little about life as you need to learn to swim in a big pond of people and bureaucracy) of your degree but leaves the rest up to you. You get out in your mid to late 20’s and off you go, bumbling along until you figure it out. Hopefully your parents have taught you some life skills (mine did) and you survive to long enough to get a good paying job. Think of all the people you know that work in completely different job-types than what they went to school for. It’s especially difficult for the folks that get a degree in the arts.
Interesting. I’ve been out of university now for decades but it was the same. Maybe they were teaching us ‘how to learn’ and everyone then goes on to apply it uniquely. But I totally agree with you on the ergonomics of playing…no matter the instrument! Stress (performance) relaxation techniques…not taught. The business side of things….and I don’t mean take a course from the business school but one that specifically applies to musicians of ALL types, that includes the marketing, balance sheets etc. I believe the biggest elephant in the room (at least in Canada) 🇨🇦 is the disappearing Music Departments in universities. It’s a shame music has lost its public support.
You forgot the 2nd part of the message: there is functionally no jobs when you graduate. So why should the public waste limit resources to produce hobby degrees?
Wow, this is spot on! Totally agree with your points :) I do have an additional (non-spicy I’m afraid - lol) off topic question. I’m thinking of getting the Dusty Strings FH36S and am waffling on the wood choices. I saw your video on the walnut you have! Do you think the walnut, which of the 3 woods I’m looking at (maple, cherry, walnut) has the richest tone, is good for Irish dance music? Or is there too much bass resonance for those tunes? And if you feel it does, will dampening solve that? I don’t play exclusively dance music by any means - not even 50-50 yet but I do want to add more and maybe ultimately a 50-50 ratio. What’s your opinion on the walnut for faster music??
I keep trying to reply to this, but RUclips keeps seeming to block my reply. I'll be curious to see how Chiara responds to your question, but I wouldn't think wood choice would matter so much for various styles of music; it's more about what sort of tone you like. By the way, if you haven't already, go to the Dusty Strings website, click on "Harps" in the top menu, then "About Harps" on the left side, scroll down to "Woods and Anatomy" on the right, then scroll down to the expandable menu item labeled "Wood Choices". You'll see that they've placed Sapele right in the middle of the tonal pyramid. I tried posting the link, but RUclips may possibly not allow that.
@@Alittlepillowcompanyhome hey! I was in the same pickle .. I found Fh36 to too rich in sound. in the end I went for Ravenna 34 and I love it! I tried my friends electric Camac carbon fibre very very fancy! I didn’t have it plugged in but I still prefer DS Ravenna 34 all the way . But it’s purely personal preference! Hope you can find your favourite !
Hi, sorry for my late reply. Dusty are amazing! The wood is more of a personal choice (depth of the sound, timbre, subjective taste and perception...). Although I love them, I don't particurarly enjoy them for playing Irish music. They do resonate a lot. They can be good for slow air and "slow" melodies, but for the fast ones I think a crispier sound would be more suitable. But at the end of the day, you have to choose! And as soon as you can, have more harps! I know it sounds excessive but I actually think it's the only way to play all the repertoire you want with the "right sound" or "right feeling".
Interesting, I think that music universities have performers as a goal and not the professional per se, because we know that to be a professional you need way more than just knowing how to perform, it would be good if the prepared musicians to the market and not simply to the stage.
Ohhh I just found your channel (I’m learning the harp and watched your video on buzzing!!) I totally agree…learning how to content create and market yourself is soooooo important. I have been struggling with this for 10 years too-I graduated from my masters in viola performance in 2015 and at that time, I just put weekly stuff up on youtube for fun…I was in my 20s and now as a 34 year I realize, I am a content creating, music teaching musician…that hardly performs and mostly creates!! I am grateful to have been focused on my instrument in college….but wow…musicians need to think of themselves as content creators with a highly sophisticated skill in an instrument…I like medieval music…but that’s such a small niche! Mozart’s father encouraged him to produce music for the public, not just sophisticated audiences…but I like that genre and am inspired by it. I’m not inspired by popular music. Anyway…I could go on lol. It’s really nice to meet you-I’m Amber😊🎻📚 Thank you for your wonderful channel!!!
As a classical voice major graduate from East Asia, same here. Really no time for just staying in the practice room without proper exposure to the reality outside. Life is bigger than the practice room, I end up doing jobs unrelated to music but occasionally sing for opera houses.
I agree with you!
I felt like a machine who is just getting ready for exams and hopefully don’t miss a note to be marked down! 🥵
It took me 20years to get back into playing the harp, I think I’m healed 😂 but instead of pedal, I’m enjoying lever harp, I must admit solfeggio comes handy to transfer music onto lever harp. But business knowledge I gained in different profession.
P.s my fabulous teacher always made sure I had right posture , hands and …short nails!! 😂
I did not go to music university, but went to University specializing in science. I think what you opine is universal no matter what degree you pop out with. University teaches you the geeky subject (and maybe a little about life as you need to learn to swim in a big pond of people and bureaucracy) of your degree but leaves the rest up to you. You get out in your mid to late 20’s and off you go, bumbling along until you figure it out. Hopefully your parents have taught you some life skills (mine did) and you survive to long enough to get a good paying job. Think of all the people you know that work in completely different job-types than what they went to school for. It’s especially difficult for the folks that get a degree in the arts.
There is definitely room to improve...
I just saw your five minute warm-up did you ever do an easier one for maybe intermediates?
Well said on both points!
Interesting. I’ve been out of university now for decades but it was the same. Maybe they were teaching us ‘how to learn’ and everyone then goes on to apply it uniquely. But I totally agree with you on the ergonomics of playing…no matter the instrument! Stress (performance) relaxation techniques…not taught. The business side of things….and I don’t mean take a course from the business school but one that specifically applies to musicians of ALL types, that includes the marketing, balance sheets etc. I believe the biggest elephant in the room (at least in Canada) 🇨🇦 is the disappearing Music Departments in universities. It’s a shame music has lost its public support.
You forgot the 2nd part of the message: there is functionally no jobs when you graduate. So why should the public waste limit resources to produce hobby degrees?
It's truly sad. Now with AI, a lot of jobs will be deleted. Music and other empathic jobs are the ones that will be more important!
:-(
Wow, this is spot on! Totally agree with your points :)
I do have an additional (non-spicy I’m afraid - lol) off topic question. I’m thinking of getting the Dusty Strings FH36S and am waffling on the wood choices. I saw your video on the walnut you have! Do you think the walnut, which of the 3 woods I’m looking at (maple, cherry, walnut) has the richest tone, is good for Irish dance music? Or is there too much bass resonance for those tunes? And if you feel it does, will dampening solve that? I don’t play exclusively dance music by any means - not even 50-50 yet but I do want to add more and maybe ultimately a 50-50 ratio. What’s your opinion on the walnut for faster music??
I keep trying to reply to this, but RUclips keeps seeming to block my reply. I'll be curious to see how Chiara responds to your question, but I wouldn't think wood choice would matter so much for various styles of music; it's more about what sort of tone you like. By the way, if you haven't already, go to the Dusty Strings website, click on "Harps" in the top menu, then "About Harps" on the left side, scroll down to "Woods and Anatomy" on the right, then scroll down to the expandable menu item labeled "Wood Choices". You'll see that they've placed Sapele right in the middle of the tonal pyramid. I tried posting the link, but RUclips may possibly not allow that.
@@Alittlepillowcompanyhome hey! I was in the same pickle .. I found Fh36 to too rich in sound. in the end I went for Ravenna 34 and I love it! I tried my friends electric Camac carbon fibre very very fancy! I didn’t have it plugged in but I still prefer DS Ravenna 34 all the way . But it’s purely personal preference! Hope you can find your favourite !
Hi, sorry for my late reply. Dusty are amazing! The wood is more of a personal choice (depth of the sound, timbre, subjective taste and perception...). Although I love them, I don't particurarly enjoy them for playing Irish music. They do resonate a lot. They can be good for slow air and "slow" melodies, but for the fast ones I think a crispier sound would be more suitable. But at the end of the day, you have to choose! And as soon as you can, have more harps! I know it sounds excessive but I actually think it's the only way to play all the repertoire you want with the "right sound" or "right feeling".
Great help, as usual!
AHHH I saw now the message! Well done for getting your Ravenna. Enjoy it!
Interesting, I think that music universities have performers as a goal and not the professional per se, because we know that to be a professional you need way more than just knowing how to perform, it would be good if the prepared musicians to the market and not simply to the stage.
Agree!
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