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Ok, so I'm still working at that grocery store in Wisconsin, but i"m considering quitting. I have about $4500 in the bank, plenty enough to live on until I graduate high school in 1.5 years, and then some. I want to quit because I could play so much more if I didn't have to work, but that money could also pay for college. Then I'm thinking, "Oh wait, I could get scholarships", so now I have a decision to make. Should I quit my job for extra practice time, or keep the job to pay for college (I'm going to a music school)? I play a bit when I'm not working, about 6-7 hours per day. But when I am working, I can only get in like an hour or two, and while the paychecks are nice ($110 a week for 20 hours), that's 20 potential practice hours I could utilize. Thoughts?

~Incidents

I'm not sure what to say. That money will be very helpful when you get to college, but if you're planning on becoming a professional musician (good luck with that...too hard for me! I'm going to write, it's MUCH easier haha), than I guess you might need those extra hours of practice... :eek:

[font=trebuchet ms]I think you should take a look at your sig.

If you do nothing but play guitar, you become nothing but a guitar player. Then where do you get the life experiences that can shape your music?[/font]

Not to try and indicate that your guitar playing skills are inadequate, but what happens if you quit job, practice like crazy, but still don’t get a scholarship?

Keep the job and practise when you can.

Hear are some thoughts:

1) How much practice time is required to get better / maintain a steady state ?

2) Time spent playing beyond that is recreation

3) do both and either play less video games or watch less TV !!!

4) stop sleeping !!!

Originally Posted by: b_hovesNot to try and indicate that your guitar playing skills are inadequate, but what happens if you quit job, practice like crazy, but still don’t get a scholarship?

Keep the job and practise when you can.

Because I've already won scholarships. I have about $1000 in scholarships from guitar competitions I've won (jazz guitar). The real money ones are in classical guitar, and that's why i'd quit my job, so I can really get better at classical, win some scholarships, etc. Plus, there's FAFSA (sp?), that would basically loan me the money for college until i get the degree.

~Incidents

Except that one guy... ;)

~Incidents

I say,if you have enough loot then why keep the job unless you have nothing to do.thats my opinion....

Ive been thinking about entering a competition(guitarmaggedon...whooooah)..whats required?Do you need a backing band,or do you just whip out all your tricks into one neat composition?Heck even some runner up award/prize would be cool.I'm afraid to get my ass handed to me by a 12 year old or something though...

Well it's different depending on what style it's in. If it's classical, then try to nail something like The Chaconne by Bach (good luck, it's 20 mins long [except segovia's edition] and would need to be memorized, and is rated a 10/10 on difficulty). If it's Jazz, there are alot of standards that you can make great, like Autumn Leaves, for example.

But if it's rock, I couldn't tell you. I've never really liked rock music that much, other than the jam-bands (phish, grateful dead, etc). I don't even listen to those guys anymore, so I'm not sure what to tell you. But if it's called Guitarmageddon, then probably whip out some tapping or something lame like that *Attention All Tappers, don't start bitching*.

~Incidents

Being a more conservative person as each day progresses, i'd say stick with the job. I mean who knows, maybe you won't make it into a music school or get any sort of scholarship. Where does that leave you...