Essence of Music

More often than not, finding your passion can be a very daunting and harrowing process. Knowing what you are interested in is one thing, but finding your "goal" in life in another. Frequently, we can see that people spend years and years trying out various aspects of something in order to find their goal in life. That's the caveat though. Selecting a domain is easy. Finding your passion in the domain is what breaks most people. Taking music for example. You got a guitar as a birthday gift and you start getting into music. You see this endless portal of epic-ness that is rock and roll. You dream about becoming a rock star when you grow up. You start practicing everyday and finally get better at guitar. You start performing live and gain a few followers. However, soon you will realize that it's not as simple as that. You start to realize that it's been 5 years since you had the dream of making it in music but you've barely even scratched the surface. How did t...

Many of us have been there: it's been a stressful week filled with things you hate doing and people you'd rather not talk to, and when you finally make it home, you stare at your songwriting notebook or your beloved instrument, and all you can see is a torture device instead. Suddenly, you see your dad relaxing on the sofa and watching a football game and you push the thought of practicing your art as far back in your mind as possible and sit down beside him and cheer your team on. Most of the time, the instant gratification of casting aside our responsibilities leads to future guilt and frustration, as we look back and wish we had had the enthusiasm to practice when we had the chance.  As is oft repeated, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Chances are, this isn't the first time you've found yourself neglecting your musical duties, and if you think back on the last time that happened, I know you'll remember exactly how that felt afterwards.  Thi...

Failure. That's the one thing every aspiring artist is afraid of. Especially in the music industry, a single failure is 10 times more worse than any other industry. Why? Because in our society, people expect us to fail. They except us to break down and accept that we made a mistake in choosing to pursue our passion instead of going for a conventional career. So when the stakes and the pressure is as high as that, a single failure can weigh down tremendously on a single person's shoulder; sometimes even enough to make him regret his decision. Even though the music industry has evolved tenfold over the past decade, it is still not viewed as a conventional career choice in modern society. People still expect musicians to fail. However, now, the entire dynamic has changed regarding how artists perceive that failure. In this day and age, if you let failure take over, you're doomed right from the start. Let me elaborate; I'll be frank, i'm not the most experienced per...