How to Start Your Music Journey (And Not Get Stuck as a Beginner)
So, you’ve recognized all the signs pointing you toward STARTING OUT on your musical journey. Congratulations! Taking that first step is often the hardest part.
You can start out entirely on your own—do the solo route and make self-guided music. But let’s be honest: solo music at a beginner’s level can get boring and lonely pretty fast due to a lack of motivation. If you genuinely want to strive for mastery in your passion, you can’t remain isolated at this level for long.
If you're ready to grow, here are three fundamental steps to take your music passion from a spark to a full-blown flame.
So, you’ve recognized all the signs pointing you toward STARTING OUT on your musical journey. Congratulations! Taking that first step is often the hardest part.
You can start out entirely on your own—do the solo route and make self-guided music. But let’s be honest: solo music at a beginner’s level can get boring and lonely pretty fast due to a lack of motivation. If you genuinely want to strive for mastery in your passion, you can’t remain isolated at this level for long.
If you're ready to grow, here are three fundamental steps to take your music passion from a spark to a full-blown flame.
1. Join a Group (Start with Your Church Choir)
I’d strongly suggest you join a group. Specifically, join the choir in your local church. It is a perfect platform to start from! Look around—most (if not all) of the superstars you know and admire today started right from a church choir. You can name them!
- For Aspiring Vocalists: You’ll have ample opportunity to work directly with instrumentalists (especially keyboardists) to fine-tune your vocal ability, pitch, and expressions.
- For Aspiring Instrumentalists: You’ll get unrestricted access to the musical instrument of your choice for regular practice. Plus, you get to learn along naturally as you play through different choir songs and pieces during rehearsals and weekly services.
Through regular practice days and weekly services, your passion will soon find its true expression.
I’d strongly suggest you join a group. Specifically, join the choir in your local church. It is a perfect platform to start from! Look around—most (if not all) of the superstars you know and admire today started right from a church choir. You can name them!
- For Aspiring Vocalists: You’ll have ample opportunity to work directly with instrumentalists (especially keyboardists) to fine-tune your vocal ability, pitch, and expressions.
- For Aspiring Instrumentalists: You’ll get unrestricted access to the musical instrument of your choice for regular practice. Plus, you get to learn along naturally as you play through different choir songs and pieces during rehearsals and weekly services.
Through regular practice days and weekly services, your passion will soon find its true expression.
2. ENROLL for Extra Coaching
Along with—or immediately after—joining a choral group, the next thing you must do is enroll for extra coaching outside the choir box. Why? Because the goal is to grow fast, take the lead, and become nothing less! You don't want to become just a mere backup or substitute singer forever.
Now, you don't have to "pay in dollars" for extra coaching at this beginner level (though if you can afford it, that’s great!). Music itself is expensive, even if accessing it seems cheap. In most cases, the more you invest, the deeper and better the training you get—and giving a few extra bucks to your coach ensures they train you with their full heart.
However, if you're looking for a great starting point, I highly recommend the PIANOVOICE CLASS free extra coaching plan (no matter your current skill level).
Along with—or immediately after—joining a choral group, the next thing you must do is enroll for extra coaching outside the choir box. Why? Because the goal is to grow fast, take the lead, and become nothing less! You don't want to become just a mere backup or substitute singer forever.
Now, you don't have to "pay in dollars" for extra coaching at this beginner level (though if you can afford it, that’s great!). Music itself is expensive, even if accessing it seems cheap. In most cases, the more you invest, the deeper and better the training you get—and giving a few extra bucks to your coach ensures they train you with their full heart.
However, if you're looking for a great starting point, I highly recommend the PIANOVOICE CLASS free extra coaching plan (no matter your current skill level).
Two Ways You Can Enroll:
- Direct Mentorship / Tutorials: Attend physical music classes or private lessons.
- Indirect Mentorship: Register and follow music lessons online, or get tutorial materials (online or in shops) to privately build yourself.
Whichever method you choose, remember this: both methods demand the exact same level of commitment.
- Direct Mentorship / Tutorials: Attend physical music classes or private lessons.
- Indirect Mentorship: Register and follow music lessons online, or get tutorial materials (online or in shops) to privately build yourself.
Whichever method you choose, remember this: both methods demand the exact same level of commitment.
3. Get Your Own Personal Instrument
For Vocalists:
Buy yourself a personal microphone and a mic stand. Even if you don't always plug it into an amplifier during home practice, it is crucial to always rehearse with a mic in hand or on a stand.
Just like singing demands proper, regular training, holding and standing at a microphone correctly requires constant practice until you master it.
⚠️ A Word of Warning on Mic Technique:
Holding a microphone near its grille (the head) causes it to "fume" and create terrible feedback with the amplifier. That long, sharp screeching noise disturbs everyone listening! If you were in the middle of "cracking the heavens open" with songs and worship, you’ll get instantly disrupted and disconnected. Trust me—nothing pains an audience and sound engineer more than a careless microphone user. You don't want to be that person!
Buy yourself a personal microphone and a mic stand. Even if you don't always plug it into an amplifier during home practice, it is crucial to always rehearse with a mic in hand or on a stand.
Just like singing demands proper, regular training, holding and standing at a microphone correctly requires constant practice until you master it.
⚠️ A Word of Warning on Mic Technique: Holding a microphone near its grille (the head) causes it to "fume" and create terrible feedback with the amplifier. That long, sharp screeching noise disturbs everyone listening! If you were in the middle of "cracking the heavens open" with songs and worship, you’ll get instantly disrupted and disconnected. Trust me—nothing pains an audience and sound engineer more than a careless microphone user. You don't want to be that person!
For Instrumentalists:
Get yourself your choice instrument. It doesn’t necessarily have to be brand new—if you can afford new, great! But to make things easy, look for moderately or fairly used instruments around you. Ask your friends or ask me for suggestions on purchasing an instrument.
Your concentration, effectiveness, and learning speed will multiply exponentially when you have your own instrument to practice on daily.
Get yourself your choice instrument. It doesn’t necessarily have to be brand new—if you can afford new, great! But to make things easy, look for moderately or fairly used instruments around you. Ask your friends or ask me for suggestions on purchasing an instrument.
Your concentration, effectiveness, and learning speed will multiply exponentially when you have your own instrument to practice on daily.
Remember This!
Starting out almost always comes with mixed feelings.
Some days you feel totally cool, inspired, and on top of the world. Other days, you’ll feel confused, misplaced, stupid, or like nothing is working at all. You might feel like you just can't continue.
That feeling is perfectly okay. Yes, really! It is an essential part of the growing process. It happens to everyone—even to the "pros" you see and admire out there today.
And trust me, it happened to me too.
Keep pushing, keep practicing, and stay committed to the process!
Starting out almost always comes with mixed feelings.
Some days you feel totally cool, inspired, and on top of the world. Other days, you’ll feel confused, misplaced, stupid, or like nothing is working at all. You might feel like you just can't continue.
That feeling is perfectly okay. Yes, really! It is an essential part of the growing process. It happens to everyone—even to the "pros" you see and admire out there today.
And trust me, it happened to me too.
Keep pushing, keep practicing, and stay committed to the process!
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