How do you pursue a Career in Playing Tabla?
Career in Playing Tabla
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Playing Tabla
There are many nuances of a Career in Playing Tabla. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Playing Tabla actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Playing Tabla. My research about a Career in Playing Tabla became a lot more meaningful when I found: https://www.lifepage.in/careers/playing-tabla-1
Anirudh Mishra’s take!
Anirudh Mishra has 6 years & 2 months of professional experience in Playing Tabla. Anirudh Mishra has worked in Playing Tabla as Tabla Artist in Several Musical Assignments. In Anirudh Mishra’s own words, this is how Anirudh Mishra got into Playing Tabla: “Being from a music family, I started playing Tabla at the age of 8 and Professionally, I am playing Tabla since 2012.” I wanted to know more about Anirudh Mishra and found this profile: https://www.lifepage.in/page/anirudhmishra
Career Video on Playing Tabla
In a video, Anirudh Mishra has talked about various aspects of a Career in Playing Tabla. Anirudh Mishra started by explaining Playing Tabla as: “Tabla is an Indian classical instrument. Tabla is relatively similar to drum and it’s a most common accompanying instrument which you can play as solo, accompanying with dance, instruments and vocal.” The video gave me so much food for thought.
It is easy to Google information about what Qualifications are needed to enter Playing Tabla, this video went a step ahead to talk about the body of knowledge one needs to develop to excel at Playing Tabla. Anirudh Mishra touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:
Tabla Basics
History of Tabla
Indian Drum
Observation
90% success in real life depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these.
Anirudh Mishra then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Playing Tabla:
Finding a Mentor
Listening
Practice
There are great positives of this Career.
Anirudh Mishra believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Playing Tabla:
Fame
Play of 4 type
Inner Piece
There are a few Challenges in this Career which one needs to be cognizant of.
And, Anirudh Mishra believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Playing Tabla:
In the final section of the video Anirudh Mishra talks about How a day goes in a Career in Playing Tabla. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Playing Tabla, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20161220-0002
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