What Makes a Great Musician?

You can have two individuals, with similar musical technical ability, play the same exact notes on a guitar and receive completely different reaction from the audience. You can also have musicians who train day in and day out and become extremely good at technically manipulating their instrument but when you hear them play, they hardly evoke any emotional reaction in the audience. On the other hand, you have the other kind of musicians, who may either be technically good or not, but their delivery always triggers a palpable emotional reaction in their audience. So what is the element that makes the difference?

 

Maybe we can begin to answer that by following it with these questions. Does the great musician really need an instrument to become one? Or, to phrase it another way, does the instrument have anything to do in creating a great musician? The answer is, as you might have guessed, not really. The instrument is purely incidental, in fact, a great musician can merely whistle and get a favorable audience reaction. Why? because they are born with the internal knowledge of the universal language of music, also know as, the gift of music. The possession of that knowledge or talent is the critical difference between the great musician versus the instrumental player. The great musician usually has a clear connection with the musical language within themselves, making it easy for them to express it. To the extent they can tap into that energy the greater they can reach the audience. The not so great musician, on the other hand, has a blurred connection, if at all. You can play your instrument till you drop dead, if the notes are not connected to your internal language of music you are merely playing notes, not music.

 

The unfortunate difference between the language of music and any other language is that, you cannot learn it. If you are born with it, you can learn how to better tap into it, if you are not born with it however, you might as well take up Spanish. For those born with it, practicing your music should involve great attention to the connection of yourself to the language of music as much as the time spent with your instrument developing your technique. By that I mean, in order to tap into the energy of music easily, you will have to spend a great deal of time taking care of your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health as opposed to just concentrating on your instrument. Ultimately, it is your usefulness, in terms of inspiring and touching your audience that makes you a great musician.

 

Nadel Paris is an EDM artist and a music producer, recording artist. She is making her statement as a female vocalist and a sole composer of all her songs and hope that it will inspire many others to do the same. You can listen to her songs on itunes, spotify or on amazon.

How To Pick The Right Musicians for A Band?

Ready to start your own band? There are plenty of musicians out there willing to pursue a career in music with you, but how do you choose the right musician? Different musicians contribute different sounds to a band depending on their technical skills, innovations, and music diversity. For example, Metallica would not sound the way they do without James Hetfield, or Dream Theater would definitely not sound the same without the drumming talents of Mike Portnoy.

 

Here are some tips by Nadel Paris an EDM artist, on how to narrow down your list of potential band members.

 

1) Determine their level of commitment. You want a musician that is in the same commitment level as the rest of the band. Is the band a full-time thing or are you just jamming on occasions for fun on weekends? Musicians with a high level of commitment are always good but they can discourage if the rest of the band is lazy and only wants to play at minimal times. Figure out how often the band should get together to play and then find musicians that can commit to that schedule.

2) Technical abilities versus diversity. While technical abilities are important, there should be a good balance between music diversification as well. Anyone can pick up a guitar and shred like Yngwie Malmsteen with proper amount of practice picking the same notes over and over, but not everyone can play with such feel as Jimmi Hendrix.

3) The right musician should enjoy playing the same music style as the rest of the band members.

4) Compatibility with personality. Playing in a band is about having fun and you should be able to get along with all your band members off-stage. Generally speaking, you might get along with people within your age group better, so that might be something to consider when choosing musicians.

5) Open-minded to other music genres. While this may not apply to every band, it might be good to consider if your band ever decides to change its musical direction.

6) Band playing experience. Typically, the more band playing experience the better. There is a difference between self-taught musicians that practice at home by themselves and musicians that learn through others by playing in bands. Musicians with no band experience might have trouble with following songs since they are used to playing at home to album CD’s. In addition, if your band ever plans on performing live gigs, inexperienced musicians might have stage freight.

7) Enthusiasm. Does the musician take the band seriously enough to prioritize it? Does the musician contribute to the band musically? Enthusiasm is shown if the they contribute a lot of ideas into the songs and take some extra to practice at home as well. If the musician is always running late to practices, does not contribute and only plays what they’re told to play, then chances are he/she is not very committed to the band.

 

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Learning Styles Of Music by Nadel Paris

What genres (music types) are important?

Learning styles of music can help you get work, don’t get me wrong; but you need to consider the time and expense involved in knowing a lot of music genre’s, having the goods to do them, and if your locality really wants the specific genre.

DJs invariably enter the profession as a part time hobby because they love the music they play and love to see others enjoying it too.

 

Usually DJs have an already significant existing vinyl or CD/DVD collection of music that they enjoy and they use this to mix and play for DJ events for which they are hired.

 

Some DJs like to specialize in a particular genre of music in order to attract a certain type of clientele. This may be because they particularly liked learning styles of music; that genre; or because they know that this will secure regular work.

 

Dance, Indie, acid or house music is particularly popular with DJs who work the club circuit while 60s, 70s and 80s music is more popular with mobile DJs who host private parties and BBQs.

It depends on what’s popular in your area, as to whether you should offer Country, Hip Hop, or the latest cutting edge music genre. To learn more about specific music styles, you may want to read up.

 

Every good DJ experiments with how they will get the crowd moving and different DJs enjoy learning styles of music to do exactly that.

 

In fact, you will probably find that most DJs have a set routine for how the night will play out according to music, sound, lighting and other effects such as bubbles, background buzz, DJ banter and audience participation.

 

This methodology works the world around and is irrespective of what genre the DJ specializes in.
Regardless of what music genre a DJ specializes in, the key to the event is not the actual songs themselves but the mix that the DJ puts together.

 

EDM artist Nadel Paris says that a good DJ will know how to link together a good mix of songs with both the event and the crowd in mind.
Good DJs now how to put together songs that ebb and flow according to the crowd response and the timing of the event – the DJ cannot allow the crowd to peak too early or the event will then slowly fizzle out, long before it needs to.

 

When you specialize, it’s much easier to become known for a certain style of music and a lot cheaper to get a good stock of vinyls or cd’s in that genre since you already have a head start in your favorite style.

 

DJ Equipment is expensive; so save money where you can and specialize in just a few musical genres instead of many!

Also read here: Nadel Paris Explains How To Preserve Good Singing Voice

When Are Lyrics Not Important?

As many fans of music know, the lyrical parts of a song are usually the most important and integral pieces to a particular song or piece’s success. Many times these words are the only part of a song that fans will remember or be able to recognize in an instant. In addition, it is common for artists to make the leap into becoming a superstar when they come out with great lyrics for their new hits. But the truth is that not every artist in the world who is selling CDs and concert tickets has great lyrics to their work, or any at all for that matter. You might be wondering how music can be good without meaningful words, much less having no words at all. This article should help to answer that question and change the common notion that all great music must have unbelievable lyrics as well.

 

To start out with, it is important to realize that music is not just the songs a person can hear on a radio. In fact, the first pieces of music were almost exclusively played in a concert hall. In this setting, a group of different instruments play in unison to a conductor’s movements. There are no words because quite simply there doesn’t need to be any. Some of the most famous musical work in the world, and oldest at that, is often played in this style. While not popular with the youth today, classical music, as it is often termed, often goes hand in hand with being upper-class. Whether this is a fair pairing or not, that is debatable. But this much is true, many people find deeper meaning and enjoys this style of music without looking for words to accompany they harmony of the instruments!

 

On the other hand, a popular selection at almost any night or dance club is techno music. Techno music is often generated on a computer, and combines wacky sounding drum beats and other instrumental sounds to make a song that sounds like it was electronically produced. This music has many different beats and often is extremely easy to dance to. While it can have words, it is more common for techno songs to be without any human voices, or to use them sparingly. Even with the absence of almost any words at all, however, techno music remains a popular choice on any dance floor and it would be hard to find a club that doesn’t play at least one song. Indeed there are even some popular techno artists, whose main musical talents lie in creating new beats and remixing past billboard toppers!

 

All in all, it should be fairly obvious by now that a song doesn’t have to have lyrics to be considered worth listening to. Many different types and genres of music embedded in our society today are, in fact, found without any words at all. Whether it be rich classical music that your grandparents listen to, or fast-moving techno music that you dance to, words are not as important as they may seem initially.

 

Nadel Paris is a recording artist, musician. She is also an actor, an acting coach, a film/TV producer and the owner of the leading acting institution in personal growth for children.
Nadel Paris (www.Nadel-Paris.com) has released an EP of 6 remixes of her single “Ooh La La La La” now available on iTunes, Amazon and Beatport. This release follows on the heels of her extremely well received EP, “Freedom”.

Nadel Paris, by Jacqueline Leroy

I am so proud of Nadel Paris!

Nadel, born on 11-20-1979 (Nadel Paris age), was just a kid when she walked in to participate in my 5 p.m. singing session, in March 1995.

I would start my privates in the evening and had anyone from kids signed with labels, to kids with a choir. Nadel had taken singing lessons before but wanted to work in depth on her range and breathing. Nadel was different than all the other kids. The quality of her voice. Raspy and warm, at such a young age for instance. She stood apart. Beautiful, ambitious, but not as serious and committed, as she’d become later in life.

Her lack of hard work at the time –and oh my gosh, has she evolved, was offset by an unbelievable natural talent. She’s extremely smart and gets singing techniques better than any students I’ve ever had.

Nadel is my glorious graduate and I am proud to tell anyone who wants to hear it, that I had something to do with her amazing vocals. I did teach her everything I knew. And she now sounds better than she ever has.

Her new record Ooh LaLaLaLa is making waves here and in America. People are streaming her record in France and in the UK a lot.

I am not accepting new students for vocals But I am please t go back in time and as I rejoice for my graduate Nadel Paris, this article was way overdue.

Best of luck for all!

Jacqueline Leroy.

 

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