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    So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist: GMI - Short Read Series, #2
    So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist: GMI - Short Read Series, #2
    So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist: GMI - Short Read Series, #2
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    So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist: GMI - Short Read Series, #2

    By Ged Brockie

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    So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist is part of the GMI short read series. This discussion, by guitarist Ged Brockie who has worked in the music business for over thirty five years considers the reality of working in music. He also discusses the skills needed to survive in this demanding business as a guitar player.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGMI - Guitar & Music Institute
    Release dateJul 2, 2018
    ISBN9781386647133
    So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist: GMI - Short Read Series, #2

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      So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist - Ged Brockie

      So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist

      GMI - Short Read Series, Volume 2

      Ged Brockie

      Published by GMI - Guitar & Music Institute, 2018.

      Learning To Read Guitar Music - Why & How

      Ged Brockie

      Copyright © 2018 GMI - Guitar & Music Institute

      www.guitarandmusicinstitute.com

      Part of the GMI - Short Read Series

      First published in Great Britain in 2018 by GMI - Guitar & Music Institute

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

      Cover (illustration) by Ged Brockie

      This book is a transcription, both edited and expanded, upon a podcast created by GMI - Guitar & Music Institute creator Ged Brockie.

      Learn more about GMI at www.guitarandmusicinstitute.com

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Also By Ged Brockie

      So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist (GMI - Short Read Series, #2)

      Introduction

      The Qualities And Values Musicians Need

      Playing Other Peoples Music And Other Work

      I think it’s important if you are a player to actually go out and play and not just teach. I think if you are a player as well, you can bring something to the party through your experiences to up-and-coming musicians based on both your professional experience and your musical experience and that gets forged through the fire of performance. When you're in front of large crowds of people, you’re

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