daniel asked:


I am looking for some advice in music careers. I just want to know about some of the options i have. I am attending year 9 in Melbourne, Australia and am 15 years old.
I have played piano for 6 years, currently in practicing for grade 5 exams. Basically i would really appreciate some outlook on my future as a musician. Being a concert pianist would be a very fulfilling job as it is basically performing for a living. I like the idea as it doesn’t require any song writing(i really am not creative). I have done some research and i have read that you would need a lot of theory skill and when it comes to theory and reading a whole piece of music in 5 minutes and understanding it all that doesn’t look very easy. I think i am more of a good-ear kind of musician and i am willing to practice and study theory. But the thing i am worried about is the fact that it might be too late for me to study theory and sight reading completely. Keeping in mind im not completely blind on theory i have gotten straight B+s in my last exams, apart from last year. Also i am very curious on how i am meant to cram heaps of study on music theory and complete some weekly homework assignments as well. I just would like some insight on how it is actually possible because the only thing stopping me is my motivation and confidence levels. It just seems like it is too much to handle

Any Help is Appreciated.
Daniel Manning

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RyanPSings asked:

Ryan P Townsend and the Sophomore Voice Major Ladies sing I’m Gonna Suck at Solfege to the tune of Purpose from Avenue Q at their Sophomore Convocation at Carnegie Mellon University. Solfege is a class we take that helps us with sight reading music. Think Julie Andrews in Sound of Music “Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Si, Do”!

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Susan .S. asked:


I am so nervous for high school. Now you may say everyone is and they’ll get the hang of it , but that is why I am nervous I’m not sure that I will.
It all started in eighth grade when i have decided that i would like to transfer from a private school to a public. I did. although the principal wasn’t to happy and the teachers tried to convince me to do otherwise i still decided to go to a public high school. i felt about especially mine that private schools are more about the religion than the education.
when i went to the orientation i got sort of intimidated, nervous,…these kids all are coming from schools where they actually learned properly. but where i’m coming from i haven’t even learned how to sight read music, or any other extra curricular. most teachers don’t evenknow their own subject that well. i know that high schol will be challenging and difficult… a whole new environment and that is why i’m nervous. i tried to prepare by even doing studying over the summer but i still feel nervous.please if you’ve got any tips … i would really appreciate it thank you.

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