Skip to main content

Browse Mode

Learning the trade

Steve Williams playing bass in recording studio
spacerimage

Introduction

Introduction

Covering student debts?

Some professional musicians have gone to university, some to music college and others have come to musical careers by less conventional means.

Find out from this page about the experiences of musicians as they finish their education and launch on their careers.

Busker on the street

Feature

Feature

About the bass: electric or acoustic?

Larry Bartley thinking

Larry Bartley was an experienced electric bassist in his mid-20s when a change in his life started to happen. He was about to do something that didn't seem to make much sense if he was trying to make a go of life as a musician. "I stayed home from February to December. I just practised every single day... I thought, I’m going to learn to play this thing."

Read Full Article

Articles

Articles
Seb Rochford holding a drum

Learning patience, as well as technique

Find out more

Compare Viola with Violin

How the viola took its place as Clare Finnimore's favourite instrument

Find out more

David Hocking in the ensemble with other musicans

The options facing a young musician leaving school are varied and can be confusing. David Hockings explains what made him choose music college and what he gained there.

Find out more