What is a serious musician?

[loonbohol]

After not posting here for a very long time, I decided that I will not give up being a composer.
I know that music requires lot of seriousness and requires heavily on the musician being tedious.
I'm planning to be a songwriter to be exact.

I certainly know what I am doing.
I wanted to be a composer, I wanted to make people happy, I wanted to express what I feel in a way they would listen.

Certainly, I don't only look at music as a way of expression but I haveanother view of music.
I believe that I should also make my listeners pay attention.

I bought all the books that tds told me to buy and it just changed my way I viewed music.
I was impressed when I read about Claudio Monteverdi and Bela Bartok.
I read the life story of Charles Ives and Igor Stravinsky.
I love Gustav Mahler's Lieder.

If you do not get the point of this post. I want an assessment of how serious Am I.
I wanted to be serious but I do not think that I am serious in the right way.

Here is what I have done in 2009.

1.) I certainly needed a lot of music to listen with and Our family happened to own a KARAOKE machine.
THe KARAOKE machine have a songbook which contains lots of songs
I tried to attempt listening to the songs on the KARAOKE song book by downloading them from the internet and My head really hurts since I cannot absorb every single song in the KARAOKE songbook.

2.) I increased the standards of my composing ability. I already act as if I was a proffesional musician.
If I do not want my songs, I throw them away. I increased my standards in music composition so much that I was only able to write only 3 songs in the 2009 composition compilation compared to 9 compositions in 2008.  (GOSH! I am saving them for my future career

3.) I experimented with new musical procedures and compositional styles.
I do not want the monotonous style of the Philippine music who only uses patterned chord progression.

Modern Philippine Music is worst in the world. I envy Modern Indian Musicians who revolutionize their music.
Imagine Music if songs are only played on Guitar if not (ROCK instruments wherein primitive in style)
and then the chord progressions from the start to end is C-G-Am-F

Even if it is not C-G-Am-F but 95% of Modern Philippine Music can be considered this way.
Modern Philippine Music sounds 1950's Japan.


Am I doing the right way?
Or the Wrong way?

[daniloperusina]

Your own way will always be the right way!
No one wants to listen to a copy.
But what is being original?
Being yourself, and being uninhibited and limitless in being yourself.
If you are interesting, you'll be interesting, if not, you won't.
I love Picasso's saying:
"A bad artist copies, a good artist steals"

[berniano]

uummmm...............


Hours of regular practice (technical or composing) + the pursuit of attaining excellence =

A serious musician.

In my opinion.

[invictious]

One who is devoted enough to survive for five days without food every other week.

Cheers.

[pianisten1989]

Someone who's really great at the angry game.

[mrba1979]

Compose and you are a composer.  Play a tune on an instrament then you are a musician.  If you are serious when composing and playing an instrament then you are a serious musician and composer.  I think the two things you actually would like to know are how to make a career out of composing and are you talented enough to do so?  To be honest the way you wright makes me think you should be an accountant.  LOL!  You need to be researching how best to achieve a career in composition.  Start by calling universities, contacting recording labels, and or well I do not know I have never looked in to this.  Research would just be my first step.  Then you need to assess if you have the means, ability, skill and dedication to follow through.   

[go12_3]

Practice + Dedication + Talent +  Good Technique + 
Good Aptitude + Goals + Musical Insight= Serious Musician. 

[prongated]

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Practice + Dedication + Talent +  Good Technique + 
Good Aptitude + Goals + Musical Insight= Serious Musician. 

... - talent definitely. In music, it is constantly those who work hard that gets somewhere. Outstanding talent only gets you so far, and is certainly not a prerequisite for becoming a serious musician (a constraint for becoming a performer, perhaps, but that's all)