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# 30 Tips For The Typical Musician
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/30-tips-for-the-typical-musician/
- Published: 2010-07-16T10:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-07-16T10:40:00.000Z
- Description: There are two new posts up over at Music Think Tank. One is from Jon Ostrow titled Reality TV Killed The Rockstar. But Is That So Bad; it is on. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/07/30-tips-for-the-typical-musician.html]
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There are two new posts up over at **[Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com)**. One is from [Jon Ostrow](http://twitter.com/miccontrol?ref=hypebot.com)titled **[Reality TV Killed The Rockstar. But Is That So Bad](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/reality-tv-killed-the-rockstar-but-is-that-so-bad.html?ref=hypebot.com)**; it is on the role of **transparency** in careers of artists. The other, by [Mike Venti](http://twitter.com/mike%5Fventi?ref=hypebot.com)of the [Wayward Musician](http://www.waywardmusician.com/?ref=hypebot.com) blog; he gives **[30 tips for the typical musician](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/30-tips-for-the-typical-musician.html?ref=hypebot.com)**. Here just are a few:

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- **Practice one hour a day**. However, feel free to skip practice if there is something more interesting going on.
- **Play the same piece over and over again**. Never try to deconstruct the music and figure out how and why it works.
- **Convince yourself that taking music lessons is out of the question,** since all your favourite musicians were self taught.
- **Use only tabs and chord charts to learn new songs**. Never try to figure it out by ear, it's simply too frustrating. (**[Read the rest](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/30-tips-for-the-typical-musician.html?ref=hypebot.com)**…)