I think you misunderstood me steevio.steevio wrote:but you have to be careful when you say stuff like that, because that assumes that making music is not doing something with their lives.Hades wrote:
I've seen situations of people that are/were convinced their sole purpose on this planet is to make music, and they refused to do sh!t else in their lives.
It's not a thing I think to be proud about, to be honest.
i'm pretty sure John Lennon probably thought he was put on this planet to make music, was his life wasted ?
think of the amount of pleasure and inspiration that guy gave to millions of people...
i'm sorry but i dont buy into the 'music isnt a real job' bullshit.
ive been involved in the music industry all my life, it employs millions and millions of people, doing every kind of job imaginable, roadies, truck drivers, lighting, sound reinforcement, agencies, PR, instrument manufacturers, pressing plants, printers, magazines, promoters, studio engineers, software designers - infact i could go on all day listing the thousands of jobs which put food on the table and enrich the lives of millions of people, and thats not even taking into account the music itself.
where would it be without the grassroots musicians ? the innovators, the visionaries ?
if you really believe you are a musician, believe in yourself, get out there and do it, and stop thinking its just something only worthy of mucking about in your sparetime, (not aimed at anyone in particular)
what profession should you be proud of ? - a banker ?
edit; sorry, a bit of a rant i know, but it really bothers me that being a musician is somehow not considered something worthy of dedicating your life too.
I never said being a musician isn't a proper job. Plus I definitely say "go for your dreams", or at least try to.
I'm convinced that at the end of your life you will regret the things you haven't done, not the things you have done.
What irritated me to hell with the first guy I mentioned was the fact that he was plain and simple preying on his girlfriend like a parasite.
Like I said above : it's one thing to say "ok, honey can I quit working and give it a true go for maybe a year, two at the most ?" and she agrees you should. But then, in my opinion, you should at least :
1. put in as much hours in the studio as you would on a normal working day. In fact, even more, because you should take this opportunity with both arms and be very grateful that you have a partner which is so supportive.
2. at least be man enough to do a bigger part in the household since you now are permanently at home and can easily do so. This shouldn't take you maybe more than 1,5 hours a day, and would help her a lot when she gets home.
None of these I saw happening. The guy was not doing a single thing in the house, she had to do it all. And I suspect he wasn't putting in a whole lot more than a coupe of hours a day in the studio.
Then I can't help but seeing his attitude as selfish and arrogant, sorry.
If the guy would have money coming in from his music at some point, or him or his girlfriend was stinking rich, then I wouldn't see a problem in that. But now she basically had to go to work every single day, perhaps doing a job she didn't like very much, only to come home to clean up his mess and see all her money disappear into his music.
If you want to do this whole artist-lifestyle, and go completely for the life of an artist and nothing else, fine. But don't let others pay the price for it. It's your life, you take responsibility for it !
And it's not like I'm saying : you are only allowed to make music if it brings in money. No, I'm just trying to say that if you're not stinking rich and you gotta work for a living, then don't be a prick and leave her to do all the work forever because you want to be an artist.
I mean, whenever my oldest daughter walks into my studio, should I just get angry that she's bothering me while I'm making music ?
If you want to be a "fulltime artist", fine, but don't let others pay the price, that's all I'm trying to say.