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Step 2Learn your instrument
...and for God's sake, learn it well!!!
If you don't already have your instrument, go out and get it ASAP if you really want to do this. I don't care if you got it secondhand from your dad or if you scrimped and saved for years just to buy it. You need to have it if you really want to use it.
As for learning...
Guitar, and other instruments
If you're going to play the guitar, then practice, practice, practice. Practice makes perfect is the motto here, especially if you never learned how to play your instrument as a child. Practice until your fingertips are calloused. Practice until your ears are bleeding. Practice until you can play whatever you're learning backwards and forwards and blindfolded.
Vocals
If you're serious about this, SING AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Learn exactly how to carry a tune, and develop your lungs so that you can carry a tune as far down the field as it can go. Learn how to scream and shout in key. (Unless you want to be in a screaming punk band, in which case... I'm not sure if screaming in key really matters.) And learn how to project confidence and emotion through your voice.
Note: You might be self-conscious of practicing within hearing range of roommates, next-door neighbors, etc. Don't be. The true first step to becoming a rock star is learning to lose your social inhibitions.
If you're still scared, plug some headphones into your amplifier or go find a soundproof room. But don't use your search for a soundproof room as an excuse to not practice.
The best way to learn is to DO
Write your own music. Add your own lyrics. If you don't know how to write music, just record it. People can become great musicians without knowing music theory-- even without knowing how to read music. The trick is to listen to a lot of it and just recognize the patterns. (If you're tone deaf, I'm really sorry, but you're probably screwed on this one...)
If you don't already have your instrument, go out and get it ASAP if you really want to do this. I don't care if you got it secondhand from your dad or if you scrimped and saved for years just to buy it. You need to have it if you really want to use it.
As for learning...
Guitar, and other instruments
If you're going to play the guitar, then practice, practice, practice. Practice makes perfect is the motto here, especially if you never learned how to play your instrument as a child. Practice until your fingertips are calloused. Practice until your ears are bleeding. Practice until you can play whatever you're learning backwards and forwards and blindfolded.
Vocals
If you're serious about this, SING AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Learn exactly how to carry a tune, and develop your lungs so that you can carry a tune as far down the field as it can go. Learn how to scream and shout in key. (Unless you want to be in a screaming punk band, in which case... I'm not sure if screaming in key really matters.) And learn how to project confidence and emotion through your voice.
Note: You might be self-conscious of practicing within hearing range of roommates, next-door neighbors, etc. Don't be. The true first step to becoming a rock star is learning to lose your social inhibitions.
If you're still scared, plug some headphones into your amplifier or go find a soundproof room. But don't use your search for a soundproof room as an excuse to not practice.
The best way to learn is to DO
Write your own music. Add your own lyrics. If you don't know how to write music, just record it. People can become great musicians without knowing music theory-- even without knowing how to read music. The trick is to listen to a lot of it and just recognize the patterns. (If you're tone deaf, I'm really sorry, but you're probably screwed on this one...)
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