Learn Piano On Your Own
How to Develop Your Own Style(2) by Jj1470
Some musicians rely heavily on the crutch of their instrument through improvising. While I do know that creating music in this way is perfectly legitimate and can produce good results in some situations, it is the most difficult process in which we can hope to discover our own originality. Why is this so? Because the guitar (or whatever your instrument may be) has been explored in this exact same way by literally millions of people.
Let me give you an analogy, there is a man who wanted to become very wealthy. There was an old gold mine near his home and every day he went to the mine in search of gold. In the years before him, countless numbers of people had already harvested all the gold from the mine. Occasionally the man might accidentally stumble upon a very tiny crumb of scrap gold. Most of his efforts were in vain each time he tried to mine gold there, yet he continued to go there every day without considering that there might be a far simpler way to acquire the wealth he sought. This is how most people attempt to seek their own
