Artist skills
▫️ This is a list of (almost) all the required skills for an artist and a little explanation for some of them.
▫️ Almost all of those skills can be learned by reading their corresponding book.
▫️ Some skills cannot be learned from books. Check Learning a skill for more ways to learn a skill.
▫️ The primary role is the most important but the secondary role is needed for the general performance rating even if you won't use that role in any song.
BASIC SKILLS
· Music Genre Skill: Check Music Genre Skills
· Basic Showmanship: For your general performance rating.
· Basic Primary Role¹
· Advanced Primary Role
· Basic Secondary Role¹
· Advanced Secondary Role
¹ Basic Primary Role and Basic Secondary Role must be different to each other.
TO COMPOSE
· Basic Composing: The better the skill, the better the music of your songs.
· Basic Lyrics: The better the skill, the better the lyrics of your songs.
· Advanced Composing Skill: Check Advanced Composing Skills.¹
¹ You only need two or three of those skills. If your band has 2+ members you can learn different skills to have a variety in the musical style of the songs.
TO RECORD VIDEOS AND SONGS
· Basic Record Production¹: For your producer performance in a track.
· Basic Acting: For your actor performance in a music video.
· Basic Photography¹: For your director performance in a music video.
· Motion Picture Photography¹: Needed for your director performance in a music video.
¹ Only one member of the band needs to improve these skills. Also you can use a external producer/video director if your band doesn't have one yet.
TO THE MEDIA
· Basic Media Manipulation: Improve this one first.
· Spin Doctor Mastery: Learn this one ASAP.¹
· Rhetoric
· Public Relations
· Basic Comedy
· Basic Sex Appeal
¹ This skill has Basic Media Manipulation, Rhetoric and Public Relations as prerequisites.
TO HEALTH AND MOOD
· Basic Yoga and Yoga Mastery: Increases your health when exercising at the gym.¹
· Basic Martial Arts and Jujutsu Mastery: Increases your health when exercising at the gym.¹
· Basic Religion: Increases your mood when resting.
· Basic Medicine: Increases your health when resting.
¹ You only need one of them. If you already know Basic Yoga and Yoga Mastery you don't need to improve Basic Martial Arts and Jujutsu Mastery and vice-versa.
EVENT SKILLS
Check these guides for the event skills:
· African music Events
· Blues Events
· Classical Events
· Country & Western Events
· Electronica Events
· Flamenco Events
· Heavy Metal Events
· Hip Hop Events
· Jazz Events
· Latin Music Events
· Modern Rock Events
· Pop Events
· Punk Rock Events
· R&B Events
· Reggae Events
· Rock Events
· World Music Events