[Ati]

Originally Posted by andrew

I also play guitar, and a tiiinyyy bit piano.

Personally, I'd like to IM meeting new musicans and forming a fun and talented band. It's something I'd really love to do, but have had some trouble finding musicians my age that are chill and open minded.

Originally Posted by songwriter

Here's a musician with IM experience for 7 years

Originally Posted by Matt

I am a musician (guitarist) but I am not currently using IM for it. I use it for relaxation/social gatherings/clearing my mind/inspiring creativity and don't feel the need to manifest anything music-related at this point.

Originally Posted by Calculusaurus

I'm a pianist and a classical music enthusiest.

I haven't used IM with it, but piano has been a part of personal development for me. Practicing is a meditative experience, and I use it to re-orient myself and simply enjoy an hour of solitude each day.

Originally Posted by Antarananda

I'm only an amateur guitar player but played with a cover band back in med school.

Originally Posted by Ecafracs

I play bass in a band.
I also play guitar and keyboard, write songs, and attempt to sing.
I've never consciously tried IM, but well... playing and writing music has been a dream/goal of mine for a long time, and here I am doing it. It's far from a living, but well, I've certainly had dreams of making it....

Originally Posted by Gautam

I'm an ex-Deejay, ex-Rock Vocalist, Guitar & Keyboard player. I publish music online and I had an EP out earlier this year. But I still play for fun and with friends.

Originally Posted by Neutral

Hmm, everyone is a guitarist and keyboardist, huh?
To add to the cliche...I'm one too (although I can't play a tune on the keys very well!). I haven't used IM yet either but since coming here my songwriting has reflected my change in conscience, as I imagine every musician here could say.

Originally Posted by Polonius Funk

I'm also a musician - aspiring pro. I have used IM to get me motivated to finish projects and in a creative, productive frame of mind, and have seen results come from that. ...because I think a big trap of being an aspiring pro musician is focusing on the results and not the process. In the past I have expected my success to make me, rather than making my success. For example, I would say, "Ah, once I hit it big, THEN I will be REALLY creative and adventurous."

But really, when you look at the pros, they would have worked just as hard whether they were underground and unrecognized their whole life as they did when they were in the spotlight.

Actually, now that I knew a few pros, being pro is not a cakewalk - it might even be more of a grind than their day jobs were. But at the end of it all they get to do what they love, which makes it all worth while.

Coincidentally, I'm now working on a demo to send to labels, but I have gotten myself stuck, because I'm focusing on what I'll have to do IF I succeed vs. just pouring my enthusiasm into my songs.

--- On a related note, are there "groups" on this board? It might be interesting to start a "musicians" group to discuss these issues further?

Originally Posted by Vorhidin

Another musician here.

A jazz guitarist who does not play, a composer who does not compose, a student that does not study....

I'm currently very confused about what to do with my life. This blog has triggered my inner powerful questioning machinery and I don't feel comfortable any more.

Now I want to go to play the guitar... Why is so extremely difficult for me to pick the guitar and play? But when I'm on it, then the difficult thing is to stop playing.
cheers

Hey so maybe we have the workings of a group, like you say here, Polonius Funk !

I'm involved (on this forum !!) with a group investigating and reporting on our intentions (Intention-Manifestation), one doing the same with polyphasic or other altered sleep patterns aiming at healthy and efficient sleep (the board about health, forgot its real name for the moment, you'll see it), and a few other groups based on common interest, but so far not aimed at particular directions. I'd love to engage in starting a musician's group, whether we just "chatted" about musical things, or actually developed a group aim or direction such as hmm...practicing every day?? or something else perhaps. We could even have two groups, one for general discussion and things that come up, news and morning announcements, and another one for a specific purpose at any time such a thing came up. Whaddyathink?

Polonius (or shall I call you Funk? .....and are you related to Thelonius? I think your name is really ) I think you are so right about the difference between process and "results", especially if "results" means fame, glory, name or even money. (Not that I don't have a bumper sticker that says "support your local musician") But if I measure how good I am as a musician by how much money I make, I'm probably off base somewhere. Yah, great musicians, a lot of them do make money but a lot of them also don't. I know great musicians in both of these categories and the difference IMO doesn't come down to differences in the quality of their music. (And we all know about the commercial scene which brings money but at least some ??? regarding the music, not to be judgemental now--I'm talking mainly about the tradition of the marketeers dictating to the musicians what sort of music they should be playing to make a buck and the struggle musicians can have getting out of that scene, that still exists even now, with alternative marketing opportunities, feeds greed and/or insecurity in some folks, me thinks)

Also what does this mean? I'm focusing on what I'll have to do IF I succeed vs. just pouring my enthusiasm into my songs. What will you have to do that will keep you from pouring more enthusiasm into songs? I wish you the best in getting this out, let us know when you do, if you like !!

I have heard and read many times from "famous" musicians whose only "job" is music have said that they don't feel they have enough time to do what they want in music, whether it's practicing something they want to learn or perfect, or working on a composition or arrangement that's in their minds trying to find a way out. So, maybe this is a universal condition, no?

Andrew, just a suggestion, you could if you wanted to go over to the I-M page, find the sticky on top and put your intention down there. I don't know what kind of magic we are making there but people are supporting each other and today I'm putting a second sticky up for people to report on what they've manifested, that's by request of several frequent flyers on our board there.

Also, just my curiosity what would it mean for a musician to be "my age that are chill and open minded"? I ask because I am also trying to get a group together...I live in a real small town in the mountains out here and my next step here does need to be to get a group together to play regularly.. and it's not like living near a university or in a bigger town...

Antarananda, best of luck with the IM Boards ! and please, please allow me to argue with you here. What do you mean " only an amateur guitar player" when you can not only play with a band but do that while in med school?

Vorhidin, I surely understand what you are saying and I doubt there is a musician amongst us who hasn't had times like that. I think the second part of what you say is key: "But when I'm on it, then the difficult thing is to stop playing." I expect you've read some of Steve Pavlina's blog entries. He puts it well for a lot of things, and it certainly goes for music--if you just get started, make yourself get the guitar out--buy a tuner so you can tune it quickly--and say you're going to play for 5 minutes by the clock, no doubt that what you just said will kick in and there you'll be, playing again!

All best to all of you, if you're interested, let's see what we can do.

This is the intro board. I can think of a couple boards that a thread like this would fit into, including the Intention-Manifestation board, others as well. Perhaps we should see what develops and if we have something after a week or so, consider moving somewhere else, where people who've been on for awhile and might not hit the intro board might catch sight of us? I think there are actually quite a few musicians on the forum and an active music thread would probably fit on just about any active board!

All best!

Ati