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Dear Guitar
Sensei,
i have a friend and she is 17 about to be 18 in
like one month...but anyways she is really good at
gutiar and i wanted to know who i can talk to to get her
noticed...she is really good she plays all types of
music...please e-mail me letting me know what to do
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-sanny |
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 Sanny
I am
assuming that your friend is already out playing live a
little bit and has a band that she has either formed, or
is a part of. If not, that should be her focus right
now.
There
are many famous musicians that will admit to seeing
better musicians performing on street corners and in
small dingy clubs. Why did the less talented musicians
succeed and the excellent musicians remain unknown? The
answer is because they were in the right place at the
right time....but the fact is, in order to make
these "right place - right time" situations possible,
you can be sure they were out busting their butts for
a long LONG time playing live in less than
desirable clubs.
The show "Behind the
Music" is a great portrait of what even the most famous
artists in the world had to endure before they became
well known. No one jumps from obscurity to fame in a
single bound.
The key element to success in
any area of the music business is marketing and
promotion. The key ingredient in this element is
tenacity (not talent, as you might think). Of course, a
certain degree of talent is needed, but the "key" to
success is tenacity. There are a lot of guitar players
in this country that are equally as talented as
your friend, but most will never be heard from. It takes
a special person, with an iron will, and ferocious
tenacity, to be able to push through the ebs and
flows of the music business and break through the
surface.
It's
important for now that your friend plays as often as
possible...it doesn't matter where. The more your friend
plays live, the more opportunities will arise to take
another step forward. She'll meet people along the
way, and who knows who they may know...and where that
will lead. If she remains focused, good things will
happen.
However, having said all this, the
first thing your friend must do is sit down and
decide whether or not she's willing to put the hard work
in that is required.
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-David
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Editor,
The Indie
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