Starting up your career in music in the simplest and modest way is the best way to keep yourself grounded. “Horrible start,” “failure,” “bad beginning,” and “disaster project” are phrases you should get used to.
These phrases and all their relatives will make you aware of your drawbacks and will be your checkpoint to help you perform better.
“Flying start,” “amazing debut,” etc., are all good. But everything that has an instant flight should wait for a ‘twice the pace’ fall.
And a start from that fall is going to be tough, worse than starting afresh.
So the next time you get a critique or are an outright reject, step back and highlight your shortcomings. Work and rework, and refine them; come back – perform – get rejected again! Step back, highlight, rework. This might go on until the point where all of your shortcomings are dug out and exposed.
You should be ecstatic the next time someone pulls you down for your music. It’s always good to have your weaknesses and drawbacks scanned, checked, and uprooted early in your career.
Have a bad beginning.