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Good News for the Musically Untalented
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Author: Edward Weiss
Topic: Education
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Have you ever been told that you were good at something but not
good enough to make it a career or life ambition? Especially
with music, if you're passion is music you are hopelessly
outnumbered right from the beginning. "You better have a back-up
job" or "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" are common
refrains heard from well meaning adults who inadvertently had
their dreams crushed out of them.
The world has more then enough computer programmers and
engineers and these professions are well paying ones. What are
we musicians to do? Well, for one thing we can forget about
needing "talent" to make it. What is talent anyway but a
person's ability to connect with his or her audience. You might
think that talent means technical proficiency. You couldn't be
more wrong.
Here's the good news. Connect with yourself and your art and you
automatically become talented. This means you don't have to wait
years and years before you begin to share what comes out of you
with others. In fact, most so called "really talented people"
last in the limelight for a few years or so and then burn out to
non-remembrance. If you consider yourself hopelessly untalented
you are focusing on the wrong problem.
The question isn't do you know enough. The real question is, are
you confident enough to believe in your own abilities. If you
do, you will go far. If not, there's not much hope. Those who
are able to let go and connect with the music inside of them are
already truly talented.
About the author:
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of
Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping
students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over
14 years! Visit us now at
href="http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html">http://w
ww.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano
lesson!
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