5 CORE REASONS WHY A GOOD INSTRUMENTALIST MAY PERFORM BETTER IN A CORPORATE WORLD THAN AN ORDINARY INDIVIDUAL
By A.F. John
a.k.a. Ark Johnson
There are so many
benefits one can gain being a good instrumentalist but this article will
provide you with 5 core corporate
expertise you can develop from playing a musical instrument. The playing of an
instrument helps to develop the following skills in you.
It helps to develop
your time management and organizational skills.
Time management is
vital, because there are only a fixed number of hours in a day; days make up a
week, weeks in a month, months into a year and years in your lifetime. The
process of learning in playing an instrument requires a lot of hard work within
a space of time and this practice builds your time management and
organizational skills. How? A professional musician values rehearsals more than
anything in the world. There’s a saying among musicians that goes something
like this: …amateur practices until he gets it right …professional practices
until he never gets it wrong. Here, dedication comes in and when that is in
place, there is wise usage of time and organization. In other words, he/she
keeps a calendar and learns how to tell time. However, this article separate
itself from the unserious kind of instrumentalists that are much today;
instrumentalists that come for rehearsals one hour after the start of a
rehearsal; who may lose opportunities in life.
Makes you a team
player
Team skills are a
very important aspect of being successful in life. Practically, a football team
may not come out victorious if there is no connectedness, integration and consistent
practice with one another. Playing a musical instrument requires more than your
presence in a band. It requires your full dedication to the team by blending
and going along with your band in any performance or rehearsal knowing well
that a mistake made by one person in the band is a mistake made by all. Good
listeners are essential for teams to function effectively. No wonder in the corporate world, Human Resources (HR) ask during
interviews that “are you a team player” or “do you like working in a team”? So
being a team player is very essential not only in the music and corporate world
but in every aspect of life.
Enhances your mental coordination.
Coordination is the ability to repeatedly execute a
sequence of movements smoothly and accurately. This may involve the senses,
muscular contractions and joint movements. Everything that we participate in
requires the ability to coordinate our limbs to achieve a successful outcome The art of playing an instrument is no difference and it requires a lot of
high minded coordinating ability and this is very common with professional
musicians or instrumentalists. By virtue of reading and digesting musical notes
on a page, takes a lot of critical thinking ability as it helps you develop a
fast comprehension skill. This is how the process works; your brain
subconsciously converts the musical notes you read into specific motor patterns
while also adding breathing and rhythm to the mix. This specific motor pattern
prompts an action in you to display all the skills you can which requires a lot
of critical thinking. Not everybody can do a critical thinking in the corporate
world but “professional” instrumentalist and musicians can do.
Boosts your listening
skills.
This section actually
brings us to the question; the difference between hearing and listening. Hearing is a
physical ability while listening is a skill that can be learned. Listening
skills allow one to make sense of and understand what another person is saying.
Listening is the real way of cognition and not to misunderstand or misinterpret
a given information or data. There are different grades, degrees, of listening.
A music philosopher once said that "the ability to listen well is a very
important skill" requiring "training and practice." When the ear
is trained far beyond mere hearing to listening in its most refined form, then
the "internal ear" the mind´s integration of auditory sensations
actually becomes a performer, imitating vocal or instrumental music. Nothing is
more sublime than a piece of beautiful music, confirming the importance of the
skill of listening. Tuning your instrument means hearing if the
pitch you're playing is high (sharp) or low (flat). When playing in an
ensemble, you have to listen for the melody and play softer if you're the
supporting part (accompaniment). There are too many examples to list every
possibility here, but by playing an instrument you are guaranteed to improve
your listening skills. However, the ability to convert what you have heard
actively to a physical action is what is called creativity.
Builds up your
creativity
Imaginative ability: the ability to use
the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things, especially in an
artistic context. Good instrumentalists or musicians are highly creative set of
individuals. This can be seen in the aspect of scoring songs. If you are a
musician you would know what I mean. Scoring songs is never easy and also requires
active listening but what brings about creativity is the ability for musicians
or instrumentalists to refine songs they score and present a more profound
instrumentation than the scored songs. That is why we have so many adaptations
of old time music being integrated into our today’s music in a more profound
manner and techniques. Also, studies have shown that students who play
instruments or study the arts perform better in their grades at school. And
this will actually setup a pace and a platform for them to explore the social
activities of their environment.
Conclusion
From all the sections
above, you will agree with me that playing a musical instrument has some
benefits that will be very useful even when you get to the corporate world and hopefully
that will motivate you to keep on practicing and always hold music in high
esteem. Whenever you come across challenges as a musician, think about the end
results and always remind yourself of all the great reasons you love to play.
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