27 tips from a professional musician

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I've worked as a full-time professional musician for ten years and during that time picked up a few tips and tricks on things you should and shouldn't do! So today I'm going to impart on your 27 things that will help you in your career as a working musician.


The outro music to this video is my track "The Longest March" which you can hear in full on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJ... 🎶

And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇

0:00 Introduction
0:44 be direct!
1:26 give out your phone number
2:05 learn to drive
2:43 play multiple instruments
3:09 make a showreel
3:30 check your spam
3:53 keep a good calendar
4:20 Happy Birthday
4:45 Christmas music
5:03 Auld Lang Syne
5:20 learn the standards
6:00 practice until you can't get it wrong
6:32 download maps
6:58 PAT testing
7:12 PLI
7:32 remember names
7:47 don't wear your stage clothes to the gig
8:19 food, water & coffee
8:40 spares
9:18 aux cable
9:47 event photographers
10:00 transpose button
11:51 know how to use your gear
13:21 ear plugs
14:10 receipts
14:44 be friendly
15:31 have fun!
16:06 Timbro
17:00 Patreon


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