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Ask HN: How would you grow a musician from scratch with $0?

1 points by gotem ↗ HN
Friends and I have been thinking of tough scenarios that require heavy bootstrapping and trying to come up with solutions (our favorite is how to impact an election most with $0). Figured HN might have some creative ideas.

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iameoghan
Grow a musician? Immerse my child in all kinds of different music genres whilst a baby, and then implore them to learn as an instrument when they're old enough to do so. Encourage going to concerts and other events.

If you mean to help an existing musician to grow their fan base: - jump on some shy tik tok bandwagon, - Instagram stories, - live Q&A's

byoung2
My college classmate at UCLA was a classical guitar major. His parents got him started on guitar when he was 5 by buying a classical guitar and putting it on display in the living room. They of course told him it was priceless and never to touch it. It turned out that it was an inexpensive student model they got specifically for him.
ksaj
That's brilliant.

When I was around 20, my mother was visiting and I was listening to some Deep Purple. She sang along with one of the verses and then looked at me quizzically and said, "Funny... you hated that song when you were a baby." She was floored when I told her it heavily influenced my guitar playing.

To this day we wonder if being exposed to it as a baby, liked or otherwise, triggered a subconscious recognition that resulted in me liking, and actually being influenced by the music afterall.

WheelsAtLarge
A very useful skill for any musician is perfect pitch, the ability to identify notes without reference. Adults aren't able to learn the skill but if you start as a child you are able to learn it in the same way kids can learn a new language without an accent and can identify small differences in sounds that adults can't learn. I suggest you look into teaching that ability.

Also, loving music is the best motivator towards being a great musician. You can help by exposing someone to different types of good music and helping to identify a favorite.