Use the tricks that worked on you
Find a media outlet that writes about new music.
You’ll read about so many artists that you’ve never heard of before, and see their photos too.
Out of all of them, only one or two will really catch your attention.
Why? I don’t have the answer. Only you do. Ask yourself why a certain headline or photo or article caught your attention.
Was it something about the opening sentence? Was it a curious tidbit about the singer’s background? What was it exactly that intrigued you?
Analyze that. Use that. Adapt those techniques to write a headline or article about your music.
This also helps you get into the mindset of seeing yourself from others’ point of view.
Some musicians have tremendous popular appeal. However, others are revered more for their contributions to a local music/cultural scene. Either way. it's fascinating to learn how and why people appreciate music!
interesting thought
Hello everyone,
Besides seeing the mindset of others, it seems to me this can help for the mindset of coming to be what sort of performer you have decided to be.
I would rather not blankety-blank role model for you, but some examples would be: Blank, blank, blank and funny. To take the last, the hardest one for some folks: To go from being as funny as a wet mop to getting your audience to chuckle—if you have become a chuckler—could mean noticing and cold bloodily copying some amusing lines/body language/instrument flourishes.
I can say for sure that, for several (marketing or "being") categories, noticing and copying until you can do it spontaneously on your own, works fine, because I have done so.
...Hmm. I don't think I would role model off of Spinal Tap.
Writing teacher John Gardener said that people are like chimpanzees—they can't do much better than they have seen someone else do.
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