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5 Ways to Make Money Playing Guitar.
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Everybody needs to make a living and so do musicians.
For a lot of musicians the ultimate goal is to write and perform their own music and get paid for it.
This is an awesome goal, but success takes a while. In the meantime you need to pay the bills. Luckily as a musician there are a lot of creative ways to make good money.
We can’t live without music anymore. Music is needed everywhere and for everything. It’s a global language that we all understand and people all over the world come together to listen to it. We need music to feel good, get excited, be inspired, relieve stress, go crazy, to connect and to feel we belong to something or someone.
We are surrounded with music everywhere. Just to name a few: CDs, DVDs, Radio, TV programs, ads, movies, Internet, games, jingles, concerts, festivals, bars, coffee houses, restaurants, malls, weddings, ceremonies, etc. So there is a huge market for you as a musician to benefit from. You don’t need to be a professional. You become one while doing it. It’s possible for everyone. All you need is dedication, motivation and persistence to make it happen.
Here are 5 ways to make money while loving what you do:
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Don’t Try to Perform, Live the Music.
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Yesterday I played a gig with my band. We played our own songs and some covers as well.
It was a great night and we had a blast. The crowd was really enthoustiastic and particularly about our own songs that they’ve never heard before.
When we play covers, we only play the ones we really like and hope the audience feels the same way. The great thing about playing your own music and covers you really really like is that it doesn’t feel like you’re standing on a stage performing.
You can totally lose yourself.
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