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Arts & Entertainment Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • page 23 more practical and more fun. With re cording and arranging, I have a lot of control. It makes me better at producing and recording, which is valuable stuff.” Stevenson thinks YouTube is a good move for Magee, because the Internet apens him up to a bigger audience. But le emphasizes the importance of stand- ng out on a platform that makes it so asy to post material. “YouTube works great for consumers )ecause it’s a quick, easy and free way to ccess a large quantity of diverse music,” tevenson said. “YouTube is great for the rtist because it is instant distribution to large number of potential fans. The lallenge for the artist is getting ‘heard hove the noise.’ Because of the quantity f music on YouTube, an artist needs to eate great music in unique ways to suc- jssfully garner the attention of fans.” As Magee’s time at Elon comes to a ose, he looks forward to creating more usic and videos. After that, Magee pes to work in the music industry, entually building himself into his own lit Magee wants to move to Midnight Meals January 23 at Irazu 11:00 p.m. LA or Nashville to work in a recording studio as a piano piayer, but his goal is to be his “I want to head to LA or Nashville and find work in a recording studio,” Magee said. “I want to do some sessions play ing as a piano player. It’s a high-pressure job. In the meantime, I will write songs, maybe for other artists.The ultimate goal is to be my own artist, writing and per forming my own songs.” Diamond said he hopes his former student will stay disciplined and knows that he needs to focus on his work rather than how it is received. “You need the discipline of practice and working at your craft,” Diamond said. “You’re not always going to write a good song, but you always got to write. It’s the only way to get there. Also, you cannot get too high over successes or too low over failures. You need to focus on actual work. That’s what you can control.” Stevenson agrees, but believes any young artist should know how to diver sify his or her efforts and should have the skills to use today’s technology to be a marketable artist. “Musicians in Sean’s position need to use as many of the tools and options JANE SEIDEL ] Staff Photographer own artist, writing and performing his own material, available to them in order to be success ful,” Stevenson said. “I advise aspiring artists to be diverse in the way they mar ket themselves. Artists should be releas ing music via YouTube, playing concerts, entering artist showcases, partnering with other artists, shopping their demos, etc. The idea is to reach as many poten tial fans as possible.” Magee will graduate this spring to pur sue his musical aspirations, but no matter what happens, music will be at the center of his life. To Sean Magee, music matters because it’s a way for people — musician to musician, musician to audience, audi ence member to audience member — to connect on another level. “Music makes everyone feel good,” Magee said. “It makes a lot of people get along. There’s nothing quite like big live shows with the lights and the loud music blasting, overwhelming you. Experiences like that, or hearing a new song and be ing like ‘I didn’t know you could do that, that it was possible.’ It’s an art, and art is intellectual and valuable, but for me, it makes everyone feel good.”
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