20 Quick Music Tips for Musicians | How to be a Good Musician

[@chris_outh]

Invaluable stuff Ruslan. Thanks a lot.

[@Eldorias]

1. Play like a producer 2. Feel AND understand the music (both) 3. Develop relative pitch 4. Tell a story when playing a solo 5. Never be late 6. Learn basic piano 7. Learn to say no 8. Play by heart 9. Learn to use sequencers (Logic, Ableton ...) 10. Never play on autopilot (always be present) 11. Learn to write a chart 12. Take your small gigs very seriously 13. Develop impeccable time 14. Be a good hang 15. Only compare yourself to yourself ! 16. Pace your practicing 17. Get a mentor 18. Play with opposites 19. Learn the music you love 20. Learn how to read music Thanks for these golden advices 🙏

[@paulolevisilveirateixeira2903]

Awesome tips 🎉 Tganks for this

[@edlotube]

I am humbled by hearing your tips, thank you so much for sharing them !

[@kabeersingh8411]

Enough stuff here to keep one busy for a lifetime. Thanks Ruslan !

[@ruslanpiano]

I was gonna make it "30 tips" hahahah... saved the other 10 for another video :)

[@albrin]

you deliver such a great vibe and your tips are gold

[@BlethyMusik]

Thank you 🙏🏽 maestro

[@yoavyenon]

Thanks Roslan, super lucid and great reminder for me. Checking out your album now. Happy trails

[@espr7564]

Wise tips 👍🎷 thanks man !!!

[@Anorexiaification]

So encouraging! Thank you!

[@claudiosuriano]

Thanks for sharing, I will come back here more often!

[@g.2049]

Thanks for the Insp:)

[@DojoOfCool]

Great advice every one of the 20!

[@grobertabidbol4005]

Great!

[@steinhalvorsen_]

Thanks!!

[@kunzangrangdrol]

Please, please make a clip on effective methods to develop and refine "relative pitch". This one is my biggest block in music. Thanks.

[@vitekadolf1225]

James Schlesselman if you’re an apple user, there’s a great app called “complete ear trainer”, if not, there’s a plenty of other apps that work just fine. I think it’s a great way to start 👍🏿 for me it works the best if you do small chunks every day (like 5 mins) and build your way up, rather than doing it once a week for an hour.

[@JulianFernandez]

knocked out of the park. thanks so much!

[@precisionhoops365]

Awesome thanks for sharing!!!

[@wichitatim]

Yes sir!

[@i.t.t.]

A friend just sent me this and just wow. Neither of us are professional musicians and this was relevant to us too. Side note, I can sense some exasperation in your voice which I loved and made me laugh out loud bc as an educator I totally understand those feels. Those are the bits imma focus on first 😜

[@ruslanpiano]

iteobesta hahah yes. Thank you :-))

[@donngoodside6885]

Ruslan ____ you mentioned an 'Up coming Book. As a 'Guitar player', that does not read Staff, would this book be of any Value to us guitar players. ( I use Modes, Scale degrees, and 'Roman Numeral Chord designations ).

[@ruslanpiano]

+Donn Goodside I’m afraid not my friend. The examples and exercises are notated. I wish I had a way to help you read it in some other way

[@jeremylarez]

thanks a lot man, more clear impossible. 👍🏽

[@ruslanpiano]

JEREMY LAREZ thank you. I’m a little torn on what kind of videos to make. On the one hand I want to make super advanced videos about Motivic development and stuff like that. On the other hand I realize that most people are probably not on the level where they need that advanced stuff and they probably need help with more basic stuff, like in this video.

[@Ruben1459]

@@ruslanpiano a mix of the two sounds great! I just discovered some of your vids, awesome job, thanks!

[@ruslanpiano]

Ruben1459 Thank you brother. That’s probably what I will end up doing. It’s just that KZbinrs don’t recommend doing that since it confuses the audience and you don’t end up attracting neither the advanced demographic (they get repulsed by the beginner videos) nor the beginner demographic (they get repulsed by the advanced videos). And your channel stays small and doesn’t really grow past 4-5 thousand subscribers, who are a dire minority and are the only ones don’t mind the mixing of the two kinds of videos.

[@tonianeumann9353]

@@ruslanpiano I think that is maybe right in some cases but maybe the channel of those KZbinrs stay small because of various other reasons. I immediately think of an opposite example of music and jazz KZbinrs like Aimee Nolte or Rick Beato, who both grew their channels very big (above 100000) in a short period of time (2 years?) . They both cover beginner's, intermediate and super advanced stuff. But more importantly I think that it's all about the person and the style of teaching. Sometimes two people try to tell me the same thing in a very similar way but it only resonates with me how one explains it to me. I'm at an intermediate level of jazz, guitarist and singer but beginner of piano, and like to watch both, the beginner's and the very advanced level videos. The beginner videos teach me how different people approach different things and remind me of what I have to go back to and what I lack of. And the advanced stuff gives me a glimpse on where I want to go and give me more context to understand where I am now. And I think that good quality of both, the videos and their content will always win. Also consistency and same intervalls of posting new content is important for KZbin. Maybe try to do more KZbin collaborations? (I came from the video you did with weeklypiano) - Just some thoughts I had... I love the genuine yet very thoughtful and wise way you communicate things. Your videos always leave me with not only more knowledge but a smile on my face and a warm feeling for humanity. You have such great wisdom and knowledge of music and everything relating plus such a positive aura. I'm sure your channel will take off at one point. I will stick around, no matter what level. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience☀️

[@tonianeumann9353]

My point on the first thought was, that it might be the good marketing of yourself, the brand, that succeeds in most cases. A brand versus niche thing...

[@graysinslade]

Great advice! Who else is putting it to action? Im documenting my try at it... much love and support.

[@opubobraide4437]

pls be my mentor. pleasseeeee

[@ruslanpiano]

no problem!

[@victoza9232]

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