Common misconceptions

Video 1 Transcript

Biggest misconception would probably be one that I have seen parroted and rampant all over the internet. This idea that, oh, you can learn piano in as little as three weeks or three months and get good and play complex things and impress your friends and family. It's not true. I've been playing for almost 30 years and I can tell you the 10,000 hour rule is correct. That's the minimum time it takes to master anything, especially piano. Um, the muscle memory you're going to develop, the chops, even outside of piano, whether you're playing woodwind or brass or guitar or anything else, um, the conditioning that you will develop by taking more time to really get it mastered down the right way. It's, there's no shortcuts. It's just going to take time. So if you have the fortitude to spend the years it takes of hard practice to get it down really well, go for it because that is where it's going to take you lots and lots of time.

Video 2 Transcript

I'd say one of the common misconceptions is that it's impossible to have a good paying career as a musician or to make money as a musician. It's also not something you have to do full-time. There's a lot of side ways that I found to make money with my music and it doesn't have to be your full-time job. There's lots of freelance opportunities, especially if you know where to look. I've made money on stage doing gigs. I've made money uh transposing music for people, uh doing singing telegrams. I mean you gotta if you think outside the box a little bit there's lots of different ways you can make money as a musician.