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Before we get to that lets define success. I mean what is success without happiness? What's the point of being successful but unhappy? Doesn't really work that way right? So we are talking about being a kind of musician that will make one happy and give musical success at the same time.
Now we human beings require many things in life to be happy and successful. There is no one thing that can make us happy or successful, Its a combination of many things. Many young stars when they get into music, specially guitar, they really forget about everything else in life. I know that cause I was the same when I started and so were many of my friends. I used to practice long hours ignoring everything else that I was supposed to do. After a while my guitar playing skills really improved, but was I really happy? Well to some extent yes, but I could be happier if I worked differently.
The key to success and happiness would be maintaining all the priorities of life. As I said we need a combination of things in life to be happy, you need to maintain a priority list and go for all those things, not just one.
Imagine having crazy guitar playing skills but unhealthy and unfit at the same time. Or not having any friends, financial liberty, or social acceptance. Can you be happy with just your skills? Most likely NO. You might think that's all you need specially when you are young but trust me, in the long run you will regret.
So how can you be a mad guitar player or musician and be happy at the same time? The key is consistency. Instead of working too hard and long hours on practicing guitar you have to practice for a short time ( say two hours max) but you have to do it consistently. And two hours of good practice, not just fooling around. No matter what, whether you feel good or bad you have to do your 2 hours practice everyday, and have patience. Don't expect the good things to happen over night. Make a long term goal and slowly move towards it. This way you can also work to achieve other things in life that you have on your priority list.
Trust me, this works. The second thing you have to do on a regular basis would be 'marketing'. Spend about 30 mins of your time everyday on marketing your music on social networking sites, blogs, you tube and any other web based media where you can share your music. Don't expect people to discover you and become your follower just because of your musical talent. There are thousands of talents like you out there if not more. So why should they follow you? The only reason can be good presentation and good marketing. You need to spread your music and let them know you exist.
You do these two things consistently and let me know how it goes for you. The most important thing is to have patience and be consistent.
