You will NEVER be a Professional Musician... Here's why.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2023
- This video might be really awkward if you're an actual professional musician... Jokes aside, how would you go about pursuing a career as a professional musician? Comment down below, and thanks for watching! If you enjoyed the video, please be sure to leave a like and subscribe!
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Hope you all are well! This subject has been on my mind ever since I got back into the piano. I've seen countless posts on Reddit with people who contemplate if they should learn an instrument because they have the desire to become a professional. This video might be helpful to those who have these kinds of questions on their mind!
You make some very good points. There are plenty of supremely talented/skilled musicians who could have taken the world class soloist path if they wanted to but decided to do less frequent performances/gigs in smaller local venues, play more chamber music and teach, because it’s less stressful, they don’t like the high octane pressures of the jet setting celebrity lifestyle and they want to prioritise friends, community and family.
They are no worse or better, they are just doing something different.
Jetting around the world as a celebrity is only one category of musician. I hope you are not looking down on the career of someone who is not a celebrity.
I think that is his point. He said one should be doing it for the love of music, not because it will stroke one’s ego to have achieved stardom. He could have mentioned being a composer. Lots of good pianists stopped focusing on performance and composed for film. Today it could be soundtracks for video games. I think his point is well made.
Exactly. There are plenty of talented/skilled musicians who could have taken the world class soloist path but decided to do performances in smaller local venues, play more chamber music and teach, because it’s less stressful and they don’t like the pressures of the jet setting celebrity lifestyle and they want to prioritise friends, community and family. They are no worse or better, they are just doing something different.
Fair point indeed !
I saw Alexander play Rach 2 in Seattle earlier this year. When he sat at the bench he gave me this bear riding a tricycle feeling.
😃 The Mantra is, "Put in the action, but let go of the outcome." All things are possible, but not necessarily for the person with the desire. Happenstance is a thing and can assist others but not us. Let's use an analogy: The lone or solo sailor desiring to circumnavigate the world, can have dreams shattered, by not least of which, the weather. It is called the music business, and most forget about the business. Finally, nobody achieves success alone; we need a team. Get an assistant at the first opportunity, even before we can afford one. Someone who can do the things we are not good at. However, if we use the Mantra, "Put in the action, but let go of the outcome." we will keep our good spirit if things do not go according to our plan. In the music business, remain our own gate keeper.
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I totally agree with you!!! Time for classical musicians to find their own audiences, their own kind of people! Our generation has an amazing opportunity that no one has had it before us 🎶
just to add, I love the community you’re creating here!
Intelligent take on that you need to have your own unique trait to be able to stand out. I immediately thought of Richter's WTC recording, compared to Barenboim's. Richter gives this special flair to the works he plays which I resonate with. I truly believe everyone has a musical trait that will resonate with others, but finding and executing it is where the challenge lies
I have been a classical pianist for 10ish years but I realize that will only use it for myself and friends. Many late nights of playing ballad no 1 with headphones on until I get sleepy to come...
I love your insights! Thank you!!
People interested in classical music can work for concert venues, record labels, music production, music data analysis (like for Spotify), and more, not just a performer lol
you do not have to be the best in your field, to be professional. If you want a career as an internationally-renowned soloist, sure - you have to be one of the best. If you want a position in a top-tier orchestra, sure you have to be extremely good. But there are lots of other spaces for a musician, especially in teaching. If you can get into an academic position, it's a modest income but very stable. If you can build a reputation as a solid private teacher you'll have plenty of students, charge good rates, and will make a very decent income.
I would be very careful if you're only aspiring to be a performing musician but don't have an interest in teaching.
Such an entertaining video! Keep it up!
This is just sad…the worst part is you’re not exactly wrong
Regardless, I always wait in anticipation for your videos. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Great vidoe as always, but PLEASE what recordinig of Liebestruame did you use for the Rubinstein video?? I CNAT FIND IT
When people ask if they can be a famous concert pianist, I look at it this way: There’s 8 billion people in the world. Less than 2 dozen people can pack the major concert halls of the world. Do you feel lucky? You have better odds of winning the lottery and playing pro sports or being a famous actor/singer.
I wondered where you'd go with the headline, listened, skimmed a bit, and stopped. I am 77 and has worked with music - as performer and teacher and radio-host - in most of my working life, but also worked as an IT consultant from 1984-2009 - 25 years? I chose music because I can give you happiness being and doing things in harmony with other people. Music has many functions, but let us stay with amateurs, classical and song-music, it is something which we feel great when we can mold it. There is no singer or instrumentalist who is "the best", they just do music so good, all of them, some more like "in their own sweet way", others close to what a composer wished for.
I was surprised at recognizing Beethoven Bagatelles Op 33 in the background :P
Hi Piergiorgio! I love your channel, and it's been inspiring me to keep playing (just as a hobbyist!). If you don't mind, what are the first few piano bgm pieces?
Hi! Thanks for watching :) The first piece is a part of Schumann's Carnaval! It's the Reconnaissance. The other pieces are Haydn's Sonata in C major, Beethoven's Bagatelles Op. 33, and Mozart’s Sonata No. 9. Last piece is Liszt's Waltz Impromptu in case you wanted to know too!
Unpopular comment maybe, but for some of us it is a true and deep calling (strong inner impulse toward a life in music) and some of us are lucky to be able to strive for fulfilment of that calling every day without having to worry too much about fame nor money. It actually took me 18 years to complete my first cycle of 8 piano pieces and in the meantime I also learned all of Moszkowski's etudes and a few epic works by the great piano composers. Not as many as Kissin and Andsnes of course, but what is important here is the overall process. I even got tinnitus and two chronic diseases, and that didn't stop me. The point is: Don't give up if your true calling is music and mastery!
@PiergiorgioWilson, you had a great point in this video, great video and very happy for you that you met Alexander Malofeev.
I'm a sophomore in hs, and the topic of future careers has been on my mind all the time now. I would LOVE to become a concert pianist and perform around the world and for some reason I truly believe that I can achieve that dream no matter how impossible it is nowadays. But realistically, I think that it's very important to have a backup (could be literally anything else that you're interested in.) Don't ever quit on your dreams of becoming a pro musician, even if it doesn't become your main source of income it is still a very good skill to have. It might save you one day👀
I wish you the best of luck! Seems like you're very level-headed. And that's a good thing!
@@PiergiorgioWilson I appreciate that !🙏 Also I absolutely love your content!
Here is my new Sonatina (4 movements): th-cam.com/video/tVA50b646kw/w-d-xo.html
I just need to brush that one up.
My teacher is from the Beethoven line.
Tiffany Poon is better than Yuja Wang.
I went to Kissin's Moscow school.
At least one of the twoset violinists plays out of tune in one of their videos..
The sentence disappears too fast: You wrote: I mean that you should do it for yourself because you love doing it in the first place, not because you want a career.
Just coming here to say I am a professional musician and this title is clickbait
Most people are not cut out to be professional musicians. First and foremost it takes discipline. If you're not practicing your craft AT LEAST 2 to 3 hours a day you're simply not working hard enough. Many professional guitarists and bassist play 6-8 hours. Vocalists up to 3, but most vocalists are doing some type of body conditioning. Secondly, you have to learn to be a business person. That means you have to spend as much time marketing yourself as you do writing and playing music. You have to have some type of physical appeal. You should be fit. You have to look good. You have to invest at least HALF of your time promoting yourself and creating content that promotes your music. You have to get out to the places where music happens and network. WHO you know STILL has a lot to do with it. Finally you have to write quality music because if your music isn't good no matter how much you market it no one's going to listen to it. ALL of the things above HAVE to be done, or you simply will not succeed. I did it successfully for 25 years. Success has NO shortcuts. It’s not for everyone. Good luck.
It's who you know not what you know.
You cou could build a very solid reputation as a sensitive and qualified audience member 😏
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Do you hope to do a video with Brett and Eddy someday?
I think it would be pretty crazy if I did! Would definitely take up the opportunity if it presented itself one day.
6 minute video, 100% waffle. If you didn't read the title you would have no clue what this guy is talking about.
😩 Promo sm
I don’t really understand you. Passion for music, and for sharing that passion and your skill with as many people as possible, is an excellent way to begin. Then comes hard work, REALLY HARD WORK and UNQUENCHABLE THIRST for sharing your gifts. Forget “promoting” yourself; forget social media. Thousands of great musicians of my generation became deservedly famous and loved without social media. Their names have come down from generation to generation - through HARD WORK of every kind. It’s a long time since I’ve heard a presentation as muddled as the one you’ve just given us.
First, I think you are unfairly underestimating the importance of social media in this age. Even those who reached success through traditional ways like Hilary Hahn, Maxim Vengerov, Yuja Wang, and countless others are on social media to promote themselves. And that is a good thing. Social media has allowed a declining genre like classical music to be revitalized and to reach new audiences. Second, I think it is well understood that hard work is the bare minimum. It takes a combination of hard work, luck, and privilege for musicians to achieve success. You can't blame this generation for wanting to seize every opportunity there is to get their names out there including social media.
You’re a TH-camr and an entertainer
Now... you can also become a composer, ya know.. or making music for videogames, movies, series... entretaiment industry in general... so I'd say, as a backup... learn other arts or programming. Just to ve safe (to get a job, and money yo Even survive). ^v^
I’ve been around a lot of brilliant musicians. Musicians don’t obsess about fame. Or money. Your video isn’t saying much.
You have to look the part.