The Top 5 most-important things a musician should do every day

Everyone agrees that a musician is a very creative person, right? The specificity of his activity involves the creation of something new and beautiful. He is constantly in a state of creativity. Every day, new ideas are scrolling into his head, and he’s coming up with original lyrics. Oftentimes, he’s thinking about how to move forward in the right musical direction.

But his daily thought processes are not limited to songwriting and music. How would his musicianship be different from a mere craftsman? If you decide to go professional in the music industry, you’ll have to think about your future promotional strategy. How can you better engage with your fans? How can you get featured in the press or on media blogs?

Even reading about this makes your head swell a little, right? But what happens when you’re faced with it? To not get swallowed up in all of this, it’s essential that you adequately strategize your daily creative and thinking process. To achieve your goal without burning out emotionally, you should make a simple list of things every day that can be recommended to any musician, both beginner and experienced.

Top 5 things a musician should do every day

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  1. Don’t just focus on the music

Yes, it’s about finding a hobby of some kind. Many musicians break into a cold sweat and a nervous tic at these words because they already give themselves to music, constantly rehearsing and performing at concerts. Naturally, all of this takes up a lot of time, but the fact remains that engaging in some other activity is simply necessary. We don’t know what it will be in your particular case, like cross-stitching, awkward cooking experiments in the kitchen, or efforts to learn to write competently by studying essay examples. You need to do it to get out of the proverbial comfort zone. So, you’ll significantly expand the scope of your perception of reality, and you’ll begin to take an interest in things that are not just about your professional activities.

  1. Push the boundaries of your taste in music

Be neutral about all the music you don’t like because there will always be a chance you will someday really appreciate something you didn’t like just two or three years ago.

If you’re a hardcore rock and roll guy, don’t be too quick to turn your nose up at pop music. The times of radical opinions and positions are long gone. So there’s no need to be so categorical. Especially since pop music is listened to by millions of people. It’s unlikely that such popularity would come out of nowhere. There’s likely something special about this music. So you, as a musician, would do well to listen to a few albums like this.

  1. Distribute your workload wisely

Every musician aims to become the greatest performer, soloist, and guitarist to leave their mark on history. The goal is cosmic, but why not. The important thing to understand here is that the solution to any plan is to do certain things, both minor and global, consistently.

You don’t have to make a marathon out of every new day in an effort to break a new record. No one requires you to write a new song every day. So it’s not necessary to sweat over a blank sheet of paper for five hours. You have an idea for the lyrics, but you can’t think of the right words? Just sketch out the overall structure and idea and return to that task another day.

  1. Develop your skills

Let’s say you are good at something and feel confident at the concert. So you already have this skill in your skill bank, and all you need to do is practice it periodically so that it won’t be lost.

Here we are talking about something else. Analyze what exactly you can’t do right now. For example, at a concert, you often get uncomfortable with pauses between songs, and you constantly feel like you need to fill in the gaps somehow. Well, it’s a good time to sit down and think about how you can do that. It’s like working on yourself, and it is because the lion’s share of a musician’s success is not his talent but his hard work and drive for self-improvement.

  1. Think of new ways to promote yourself

If you’re not yet graced with the attention of major music publications, you should not think that things will change by themselves. It may well be that you should take a different route and start a conversation with a blogger, offering him to work together. Constantly look for new people: representatives of labels, journalists who specialize in music, members of other music groups, etc.

And don’t attack these people with endless emails asking for collaboration. Write to them in human language, explaining why this person attracts you with his professional qualities. If he did not respond, that’s okay – shift your attention to someone else. Some promoters or label owners get hundreds of these inquiries every day, so there’s always the possibility that they’ll come across your letter a month later.

Undoubtedly, a musician can do more in theory for his development. Still, everyone has their way, and how exactly it will turn out depends only on you. But remember one thing – stagnation and inaction have never brought anyone success.

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