Learn Your Bloody Craft!
OK. Yes, I'm lazy. But I'm not lazy about everything. Songwriting, musicianship and performing are crafts and if you don't master them you can kiss your rock star dreams goodbye. Study great songs and see how they are constructed. Watch great musicians play. Youtube has lots of great videos. Learn how to work an audience. What presses their buttons?
Let's start with mastering your instrument.
There are two great downloadable courses you can get for under $40 bucks each.
If you want to be the next Jimi Hendrix
Budding Elton Johns
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