Awesome status update

schizo

Sharing this from a friends wall. So true:

Musicians are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime.

Every day, they face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get real jobs, and their own fear that they'll never work again.

Every day, they have to ignore the possibility that the vision they have dedicated their lives to is a pipe dream. With every note, they stretch themselves, emotionally and physically, risking criticism and judgment.

With every passing year, many of them watch as the other people their age achieve the predictable milestones of normal life - the car, the family, the house, the nest egg.

Why? Because musicians are willing to give their entire lives to a moment - to that melody, that lyric, that chord, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul. They are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart. In that instant, they were as close to magic and perfection as anyone could ever be. And in their own hearts, they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment is worth a thousand lifetimes.” :'(

Chabenda

+1 8)

LooneyAtTheGate

Amazing! It kills me to see talented musicians getting no rewards for their work. ☹
I wish I could by all my pro muso friends cars and houses...

Norman86

As someone who teaches dancing for a living, i can wholeheartedly agree.
Every day the same questions of when i'll get a "proper job".
So thanks for that!

schizo

Sure thing - like today talking to someone, i'm getting all excited about a project i wanna do to sample everyday objects of hi mid and low freq and warp the audio to make a song.

After about 3 mins i realize i'm the only one who thinks it's exciting so i then end the monolog and retreat :-[

[deleted]

As someone who teaches dancing for a living, i can wholeheartedly agree.
Every day the same questions of when i'll get a "proper job".
So thanks for that!

That's it! Norman, you're in my next music video... PLEASE!

Sure thing - like today talking to someone, i'm getting all excited about a project i wanna do to sample everyday objects of hi mid and low freq and warp the audio to make a song.

After about 3 mins i realize i'm the only one who thinks it's exciting so i then end the monolog and retreat

But that IS interesting! And the status...yes that about sums it up. In a nutshell ?

Norman86

Viccy wrote
As someone who teaches dancing for a living, i can wholeheartedly agree.
Every day the same questions of when i'll get a "proper job".
So thanks for that!
That's it! Norman, you're in my next music video... PLEASE!

Sure thing - like today talking to someone, i'm getting all excited about a project i wanna do to sample everyday objects of hi mid and low freq and warp the audio to make a song.

After about 3 mins i realize i'm the only one who thinks it's exciting so i then end the monolog and retreat
But that IS interesting! And the status...yes that about sums it up. In a nutshell ?

Thanks Viccy... im in Joburg though... but thats what video sharing is for right?! lol
Im sure we can make a plan ?

[deleted]

Genius knows no geography! If it makes you feel better we can call it your dance video ?

BMU

Julian Emdon (LooneyAtTheGate) wrote Amazing! It kills me to see talented musicians getting no rewards for their work. ☹
I wish I could by all my pro muso friends cars and houses...

True that, feel the same thing often.