The Unexpected Entrepreneur: Interview with Joe Satriani
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#2I have been such a big fan of Satch ever since I heard "Summer Song" on the radio when I was in high school. It is great to learn about this side of his career, the stuff you see in the guitar magazines is (rightly so) more focused on his musicianship and composing sides.
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#3This is a good read, and definitely something I've seen with my friends in the music industry who have carved out success. Being excellent at your craft alone won't get you where you want, it takes an equal amount of work & savvy on the business side to promote, set yourself up to do well financially, and control your direction.
The most successful that I've seen amongst my musician/songwriter/composer friends enter unorthodox spaces that have strong potential, such as creating high quality sample libraries for instruments like guitars for use in DAWs (digital audio workstations - software like FL Studio, Cubase, Logic, Reason, etc.), aggressive promotion via forums & writing articles of interest to their potential audience on their blogs, and networking in scenes such as indie game developer communities (via forums & IRC) & events such as GDC and Video Games Live. I have an acquaintance who even found success networking with musicians at concerts!
It's certainly a tough business to be in - you have to love it, both the music and business side.
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#4Theres alot of "put aside" in the beginning of the article. We just can't put them aside. He was my inspiration to learn guitar. Awesome read.
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#5This sounds very similar to the stories of micro-isv's that came about by doing a solo business and learning the business side of tech. Inspiring
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#6The whole interview is great, but the last few paragraphs on advice to young musicians are brilliantly helpful.
“Be voracious when it comes to uncovering the secrets of the music business and how people outside the music business behave as entrepreneurs.”
And I wish more of my fine art friends would embrace this mentality (primarily so they can keep making art):
“[Art and business] seem diametrically opposed, but I don't think you can survive being just an artist or just a businessperson. If you're only business, you will lack the flair that attracts an audience. If you're only flair, you'll be taken advantage of.”
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#7I just thought that it would be really great on two levels. Number one, artistically for me to play with people who could really kick my butt every night, and put the fear of God in my playing. I also thought the audience would really enjoy it because I did.
http://www.guitar9.com/interview38.html
Which gets back to "Always be challenging yourself"
Re: The Unexpected Entrepreneur: Interview with Joe Satriani
#8I have been such a big fan of Satch ever since I heard "Summer Song" on the radio when I was in high school. It is great to learn about this side of his career, the stuff you see in the guitar magazines is (rightly so) more focused on his musicianship and composing sides.
Ahhh, "Summer Song", I remember you well! Many a day were spent driving in my Mustang with the windows down blasting this song. I've now been lucky enough to hear Satch play twice. He puts on an awesome show - highly recommended!
Re: The Unexpected Entrepreneur: Interview with Joe Satriani
#9I have been such a big fan of Satch ever since I heard "Summer Song" on the radio when I was in high school. It is great to learn about this side of his career, the stuff you see in the guitar magazines is (rightly so) more focused on his musicianship and composing sides.
Ahhh, "Summer Song", I remember you well! Many a day were spent driving in my Mustang with the windows down blasting this song. I've now been lucky enough to hear Satch play twice. He puts on an awesome show - highly recommended!
Yea, I saw G3 when it was him, Vai, and Petrucci, and it was amazing.
Re: The Unexpected Entrepreneur: Interview with Joe Satriani
#10I have been such a big fan of Satch ever since I heard "Summer Song" on the radio when I was in high school. It is great to learn about this side of his career, the stuff you see in the guitar magazines is (rightly so) more focused on his musicianship and composing sides.
Ahhh, "Summer Song", I remember you well! Many a day were spent driving in my Mustang with the windows down blasting this song. I've now been lucky enough to hear Satch play twice. He puts on an awesome show - highly recommended!
The second time I saw him in Dublin, I remember walking out of the venue with this big goofy grin on my face and my ears ringing like never before. I walked down the street to a convenience store to grab a Coke, but when the cashier spoke to me it was quieter than a whisper. It took about 24 hours for the ringing to finally stop, but I would do that night over again without a second thought.
Watching Satch play live (and up close!) you see the passion in his face and his playing. This is a man that LOVES what he does - and he does it very well! If only we could all be that lucky.