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What type of musician are you?

Do you approach your music as a COMPOSER, an IMPROVISER, an INTERPRETER, a TECHNICIAN, or perhaps some unique combination of all of them?

Which of the following best describes the ethic you bring to your art?
Are you...

...an architect who expresses musical meaning by building strong musical and lyric structures that contain intricate formal elements...with attention paid to each little detail?
(The Composer Archetype)

...a free spirit that goes with the flow, moves in rhythm with the ever-changing NOW, and allows the mood of the moment to inform the music you make? (The Improviser Archetype)

...someone who possesses a unique "take" on things, who trusts their unusual perspective and applies it to pre-existing songs or compositions, bringing the old creation to life by breathing fresh air and a fresh style into the music? (The Interpreter Archetype)

...a natural born executor who loves a good musical challenge and thrives most when working to perfect the mechanics of a difficult passage, master a complex exercise, or solve an intellectual musical puzzle? (The Technician Archetype)

Just about everybody possesses all of these characteristics to some extent, but by noticing and being mindful about which archetypes you seem to embody the most (and which others may seem alien to you), you can more fully align with your natural musicianship and your musical value system.

Join the conversation by listening to JP's discussion about musical typologies and how applying them can help you discover and further develop your unique musical Voice.