079 Frustrated You Haven't “Found Your Voice” Yet? 5 Fresh Insights To Help Recognize What Makes Your Music Sound Like YOU

The Happy Musicians Podcast

5 new ideas to help navigate the age old pursuit of finding your voice. Here's a hint: finding your voice isn't a one time discover, it's a daily opportunity!

Here are this episode's journal prompts:

1. Our voice is the group of musicians you associate with

• Are there musicians you’re trying to impress, or play with, that you don’t actually like?
• Are there musicians you’d like to be playing with that you don’t feel

2. Your voice isn’t notes on recordings. We play more than just notes

• How do you want others to feel when they’re playing with you?
• Listen back to yourself on a gig. Does your playing match that intention?
• If someone is about to call you for a gig, and 3 things were to flash through their mind, what would you want those associations to be?

3. Your voice is mostly what you don’t play

• Are there things you’re ashamed of, or you’ve been trying to learn how to do but just can’t seem to get get them feeling natural?
• Why are you trying to play them?
• What would happen if you gave yourself permission to let go of those?

4. Your voice is musical habits

• Write out 10 musical problems you solve evergy gig.
• Is there an bigger musical problem you can have a habbit for that solves multiple of these smaller problems?

5. Finding your voice isn't a one time discover, it's a daily opportunity