How To Get a Music Career (true story) 🎸- VLOG #6

[@xXSlemerXx]

You give me so much motivation bro :)

[@DojoOfCool]

Some advice Ray Parker Jr said ... On the way up the ladder in your career you do have to step on people, BUT you don't have to grind your heels in, because the people you stepped on going up will be the same one you meet going down and if you ground your heels in they will remember and make it a very fast trip down. Also Ray talked about finding the balance between practicing and getting out and making contact. That there are great musicians at home practicing all day, but their phone never rings because no one knows they exist. Then there's the players who spends most their time hanging out and they are making contact, but when they get a call for a gig, they can't cut it because they didn't put enough time practicing in. So have to find a balance between practicing and making contacts. Ray also talked about being realistic in managing your career and knowing when you have hit a plateau and time to readjust your direction to keep moving upwards. Ray went from local guitarist, to touring guitarist, starting to do some studio work, to shifting into his own band, writing hit tunes, on to solo artist, shift to behind the scene record producer, first call session guitarist, and now doing whatever gigs or projects that interest him. Last one a buddy of mine's parents both were cellists in the L.A. Philharmonic but did a lot of recording and casual dates too. One day they over heard my buddy and I bitching about some musicians we knew. They said sometimes the people we dislike the most is also the guy with the most gigs to offer. No one says you have go hang with them after gigs or hang with them. Take the gig, say hello, play your best, collect your check, say thank you and go home. Be civil and the gigs will keep rolling in. Side note: My buddies parents did a lot or recording and for cello it usually just playing footballs (whole notes). this one session the cello parts were great. After the session they asked who the artist was that the session was for.... it was Kiss. There are so really well written string parts buried in the mix of some Kiss tunes.

[@ruslanpiano]

Those are such great, great points and stories. Some of this is literally on my 'future videos' list and I'm planning to do videos on some of the exact things you mentioned. Thank you for sharing and I hope more people read the comment you wrote!

[@anandgodane8022]

Sir you are great 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@jacobmann6057]

Love this vid!

[@JulianFernandez]

Whoever needs to see it, is watching. Loved that. Love you vlogs man. Happy 2019! :D

[@designleostudio]

Думаю, кто не лабал на свадьбах и в ресторанах так и не может называться полноценным музыкантом. Полезно пройти все тропинки и потом выйти на широкую дорогу. Красивая история

[@ruslanpiano]

Leo Lapidus soglasen 100%

[@olyaanisimova1647]

Руслан прочитал мои мысли, коммент идентичен - согласна на 100% !

[@Yvabien]

Brilliant and so true...music is the only thing we have to care, no matter how important is the gig.”I m gonna have the chance to be on stage and play, whatever it is, I have to be the best, just for the respect of Music.”

[@ruslanpiano]

Yves Galula my brother good seeing you here!! Miss you

[@Yvabien]

Ruslan Sirota me 2 bro, thanks for all those tips, it’s f.ckin priceless ❤️❤️❤️

[@vnunnally]

A+

[@earlem9771]

Can you show us one day how you split a keyboard into four sounds and play a song? Lol that sounds nuts

[@ruslanpiano]

theLearner it’s different on every keyboard. Each keyboard has its own way and settings to do it

[@earlem9771]

@@ruslanpiano True, but I'm mostly referring to the fact that you can think about all those parts and play them. I think that separates you from us mortals.

[@ruslanpiano]

theLearner any auxiliary keyboard player has to. At the very minimum - left hand chords, right hand high strings line or brass line.

[@vfvfrus6459]

Is that one of those 70-s songs at 6:30? :-)

[@tastybassy8135]

But how did you get into that wedding band?!

[@ruslanpiano]

+tasty bassy I was in Berklee at the time. Graduated. Started to play little gigs around town here and there. Sitting in on jams. Just getting on the scene. You meet musicians that way. And there is one thing in common to getting a wedding gig and getting the Paul McCartney gig or any gig - OTHER MUSICIANS RECOMMEND YOU FOR IT. Meet other musicians. Play with them. If they enjoy playing with you, and being around you, they will pull you into their existing musical situations and gigs.

[@tastybassy8135]

@@ruslanpiano wow, thanks for the quick and honest response!

[@Carolyn.Samuelson]

hey Ruslan great vid thanx - what's up w the furry balls at the end?