ASK LISA - My First Q&A! How to memorize music quickly, How to transcribe, How to be a pro musician

This was my very first Q&A video! I am calling this series "Ask Lisa" and you can ask me anything! Some of my favorite questions this week were about how to memorize a lot of music quickly, how to transcribe music for your own arrangements and how to be a professional musician. I also answered questions about my trombones and mouthpieces, my time in Blast, the pros and cons of creating consistent content and much more!

Here are all of the questions I answered:

What is inspiring you to make new music?

What’s your all time favorite show you’ve ever performed in?

In freelance, how far out do you know about a gig?

Would you like to do a collaboration?

What is your biggest dream or goal?

What is the reference [recommendation] of your trombone? Your mouthpiece?

If you could go and live in a new country every 2 years would you?

Do you produce/edit all of your videos by yourself?

How do you transcribe all of the tracks before recording?

In the case you record and edit your own material, I guess your first videos did not look as great as the ones now. Do you still have those first videos around?

I’m a trombonist, how can I be a professional trombonist like you?

[How did you feel when you were playing the Circle of Life solo in the Blast show?]

[What can I do to cheer you on?]

What do you do to memorize music quickly?

What has been your biggest adjustment going back to the states?

After publishing a video, did you ever had the feeling you could have done this or that different and it could have sounded better?

How many years have you been playing the trombone?

At what age did you start and what were our feelings about it?

Do you play any other instrument(s)?

What’s the most unique trombone you’ve played, and what specialty horn would you like to add?

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions this week! I received so many good questions on my Instagram story, Facebook story and Facebook wall. If you have a question for me, leave it down in the comments and I will include it in a future Q&A video!

This was a prerecorded video, as you can tell. That is just the format I am used to from creating videos for my YouTube channel. I have been polling everyone on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram and overwhelmingly, people said they prefer Live Stream Q&A’s! The people have spoken! So, for my next Q&A I am going to do a Live Stream, and then upload the video to YouTube later so you can watch if you were unable to join us live.

So now, I have to figure out the best way to do that! You all are gonna make me work for it, haha. I also did a poll about which platform people would like to watch the Live Stream on, and again, there was an overwhelming answer - INSTAGRAM! So that is the platform I will choose for my next Q&A Live Stream. Sorry, Facebook people! The next step is: I will research how to do multiple platforms at once and see if I can include Facebook Live too. One step at a time… maybe for my 3rd Q&A video!

I am looking forward to trying new things, thank you all for keeping me on my toes!

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CAREER PATHWAYS AS A FREELANCE MUSICIAN: Music Student to Music Pro - At Arizona State University

On February 24, 2020 I spoke to the brass studios at Arizona State University. In this presentation, I spoke about my transition from music student to music professional, my career so far, Blast!, Japan, freelancing, networking, social media, and more! I was very happy to get to share my experiences with so many students, in the same room as I used to have classes, no less! A huge thank you to the brass faculty at ASU for having me come speak to your students: Dr. Brad Edwards, Dr. John Ericson, Joe Burgstaller and Dr. Deanna Swoboda.

I filmed the presentation and uploaded the video to my YouTube channel. I recommend this video to all college music students. Especially those who are interested in a freelance career. There are so many different career pathways for musicians these days! Click the link above to head over to YouTube and watch the whole video. In the video description I used timestamps so you can navigate to the different topics that interest you. Here is the full list of topics covered: My Story, The Blast! Audition Process, How To Get Into the Local Music Scene, The Importance of Going to Musical Events Off Campus, Setting Goals, How To Get A Cruise Ship Job, Choosing Between a Job and Finishing a Degree, Taking Time Off After My Undergrad, How To Deal With "Real Life" When You're On Tour, The Music Culture in Japan, How To Practice and Work on Side Projects on Tour, Building an Online Presence and Social Media, Going All In!, How To Connect with a Pro Player Who is Not on Social Media.

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Here are some pictures we snapped after the presentation!

I look forward to giving more presentations like this in the future! If you have any questions or would like me to come speak at your school please reach out to me on social media @lisaliztrombone or send me an email: lisa.lizanec@gmail.com.

-Lisa