{"id":734,"date":"2023-01-11T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T18:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2023-06-30T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T20:48:49","slug":"its-all-about-showing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/its-all-about-showing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s All About Showing Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some time back in the 1980s, I read an article in Modern Drummer by Rick Van Horn entitled &#8220;Show Up!&#8221;, hence the similar heading. Nevertheless, the message stands clear and has stood the test of time, as I&#8217;ve used this &#8220;<em>one weird trick<\/em>&#8221; to keep myself working as a creative for nearly four decades.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Rehearsal is where you go to learn how everyone else&#8217;s part fits together with yours, not where you go to learn your part&#8230;<\/p><cite>Unknown<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a lifer in the music business, one of the most oft-asked questions I hear is &#8220;how does one get a gig?&#8221;  My answer is always &#8220;Show Up!&#8221;. You gotta show up to practice your instrument. You have to show up to jam sessions, auditions, rehearsals and eventually you begin showing up for gigs. Then you&#8217;re showing up to recording sessions, and if you&#8217;re lucky, you show up on TV and larger stages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when you show up, make certain that &#8220;you&#8217;re all there&#8221;. Put your phone away. Be immersed in the moment and pay attention. If you&#8217;re rehearsing, remember the fact that &#8220;rehearsal is where you go to learn how everyone else&#8217;s part fits together with yours, not where you go to learn your part&#8221;, so going in unprepared is a non-starter. (Did I mention showing up for personal practice?) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s all about showing up. Make time for yourself and your instrument. Take the leap of faith and go after that part or chair or gig or job or whatever. Just <em>show up and be all there<\/em>. It&#8217;s that easy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> show up guess what happens? \ud83d\ude09 Spoiler alert: absolutely nothing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time back in the 1980s, I read an article in Modern Drummer by Rick Van Horn entitled &#8220;Show Up!&#8221;, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"disabled","site-content-layout":"disabled","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"disabled","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"disabled","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"disabled","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"disabled","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"disabled","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[37,52],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-woodshed","tag-billraydrums","tag-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattledrumschool.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}