MY GOALS AS A MUSICIAN:
The following are titles that I would like to establish for myself in the near future:
The Session Guitarist
- an instrumentalist available for hire, as opposed to being a musician that is permanently a member of a set band/group
The Recording Artist
- The vocalist/musician with established and refined musical style
- Makes the most use of singing voice, performance and stage presentation
- Has at LEAST a demo package with songs that best represent vocalist’s style and professionalism
- established image, “star quality”
The Songwriter
- The lyricist and/or composer, responsible for creating melodies, words, and chords for multiple works. Songwriters may perform their own works, or may also write for other artsists.
The Producer
- Has many roles, which include overseeing and controlling recording sessions, providing guidance to the musicians, scheduling and communicating monetary situations and resources, and supervising mixing/mastering sessions.
- essentially create or mold music that is given to them according to their vision for the final product
- also deals with the business side of music, including copyrights, rights, arranging gigs, communicating with venues and management.
- may also be capable of instrumentation (such as piano, guitar, drums, etc) and singing as well, but will not primarily be the recording artist in that they do not often perform live, appear as center roles in music videos/interviews etc.
In order for the latter to be fully realized, here’s what I need to accomplish:
- Create a 3-5 song demo by MID SEPTEMBER. Preferrably before school starts so I have material to present if the need arises.
- Work out. hard. this means, physical exercise as well as vocal and guitar and piano exercises. my lungs need to be 100%, my stomach needs to be able to support at 100%, and my hands need to build endurance for long setlists if I aspire to be a legit performer.
- Network even MORE. there’s immeasurable strength in numbers and in friends. be a good person to everyone- life’s trick is that the most unexpected people can help you out or screw you over if there’s bad blood.
- Write, read, inspire, be inspired. if I’m a sponge with everything around me, I’ll have more to say in my songs. I don’t want to be one-dimensional.
- Emphasizing on reading- read books and manuals for Logic and Pro Tools… it would never hurt to understand engineering so that I can be even more understanding and cooperative with the ever so valuable mixing/mastering crew.
- Find a damn image that suits me. ugh, meaning I need money for clothes… how lame
- Freaking TIME MANAGE. this one’s going to be the bitch and a half- I have to own my free time without burning myself out if I plan to make the moves that I intend to. responsibility is going to start playing a much bigger role in my life from here on out.
- Work with the Souldeep and Downplay Productions fam much, much more than I am now. they’re the best of both the professional and personal worlds. <3
this list will grow, and will be frequently checked upon as the summer rolls by.
bottom line? no more slacking. I want what I love to do to become a reality. if it means owning school, then bring it.
