Does Personality Make You a Better Musician?Learn how personality can help in your musical expressionIn this video, Robert answers a viewer question by telling you what "playing with personality" means and how it can help you in today's music world. Released on January 6, 2016 DISCLAIMER: The views and the opinions expressed in this video are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Virtual Sheet Music and its employees. Video TranscriptionHi, this is Robert Estrin at livingpianos.com and virtualsheetmusic.com. The question today is can personality make you a better musician? This sounds like a really loaded question and so I'm going to try to approach this honestly. Well, obviously you want to be able to express something in your music. So having a personality to your playing is vital for capturing the interest of the listener. But the interesting thing is there are some people who are very dynamic on their instrument but maybe very milquetoast personally. It happens. Now, for example, there are people, for example, who are great musicians who maybe just don't like to get up in front of people. You wouldn't think this would be the case, but there are many pianists, violinists and other instrumentalists who really do not really like the public life. A classic example, Glenn Gould, actually gave up his live performance career and devoted himself to recording where he felt much more comfortable. Yes, personality is essential in your music but just because maybe you don't have the personality to go out there and be in front of a bunch of people doesn't mean you can't be a great musician particularly with the advent of recording not to mention composing and other disciplines. Thanks for the great questions. Keep them coming in, robert@livingpianos.com and also here at virtualsheetmusic.com. I'll see you next time. Automatic video-to-text transcription by DaDaScribe.com Comments, Questions, Requests: Steve Borcich * VSM MEMBER * on August 19, 2021 @1:14 am PST
Your point is well taken. Like great athletes, some musicians thrive when the bright lights go on and others don't. That's why some musicians make a living as a studio musician instead of as a touring musician. Musicians who prioritize their family lives also may prefer to stay close to home rather than be on the road 360 days/year. Other musicians love the night life and traveling. Then there are musicians who love playing live but can't travel and are satisfied to play locally. That's the beauty of being a musician. You can find several ways to get paid to do something that you love.
William Strickler * VSM MEMBER * on August 18, 2021 @9:27 am PST
If playing in front of the public does not appeal to you, seems to me there are many musicians who do everything by YouTube. Doing that allows you to make recordings of yourself and then choose the better recording to post and then your friends can watch at their choice of time and make comments that inspire you. For most of us, playing music is a social activity where motivation dies without at least some social support of others. An example of a YouTube (only?) violinist who is very successful on YouTube is Katy Adelson. She has quite a following, but I think many will be happy building a list of only 10 to 20 friends who will follow them on YouTube, especially beginners and shy kids. Recording yourself and watching the recording builds confidence and contributes a lot to musical improvement.
 Robert - host, on August 18, 2021 @11:19 am PST
Today there are so many outlets for performing online that didn't exist years ago. Social media can be a great place to share your music! While I love performing live, I get thousands of views on each of my videos which is a larger audience than I could ever dream of having for my live concerts!
Gerardo de la Torre * VSM MEMBER * on January 12, 2016 @9:07 am PST
Hi Robert thank you for your very interesting vÃdeos I enjoy them very much. Here is my question. I always experience porformance panic when playing infront of people not to say infront of an audience to the point that I make mistakes playing. I am not a pro but I love music and playing I am still taking piano and guitar classes. Please tell me how to overcome it. Thank you best wishes.
Robert - host, on January 13, 2016 @10:44 am PST
Here is an article and video I made on this very subject:
HOW TO DEAL WITH STAGE FRIGHT – OVERCOMING NERVES http://livingpianos.com/general/how-to-deal-with-stage-fright-overcoming-stage-fright/ Display more comments... (3 more)
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