Frank
3780 posts
Feb 01, 2014
10:24 AM
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The scene is tougher now than ever before. Do it if you have to do it…otherwise, have fun playing, but don’t pursue it as a career. Some of the very greatest musicians I know live their entire lives in real poverty.
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MJ
659 posts
Feb 01, 2014
10:27 AM
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Rick Estrin
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Kingley
3428 posts
Feb 01, 2014
10:55 AM
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A very wise man.
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Slimharp
160 posts
Feb 01, 2014
11:09 AM
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A musician is the only person that will :
Load $5000 of equipment
In a $500 car
And drive 100 miles
To make $50.
Not to mention the countless hours perfecting his ( or her ) craft and then get crap from the bar owner for not packing the house. LOL Thats why they be calling it the Blues.
Most all my musician friends have day jobs. Back in the day that was called " Selling out ". Today it's called paying the rent and eating.
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harmonicanick
2131 posts
Feb 01, 2014
11:24 AM
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It's not about the money
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Frank
3783 posts
Feb 01, 2014
11:46 AM
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WHO said this ...no googling the quote allowed :)
“I don’t have a career anymore. I have a job. This is a job for me, okay? But it’s a job that I love. A career is just a lie. As you’re pumping yourself up, somebody’s trying to make you larger than life. You’re trying to make yourself larger than life. When you have a job, your talent is what makes you larger than life.
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timeistight
1482 posts
Feb 01, 2014
12:29 PM
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Sugar Blue
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tmf714
2393 posts
Feb 01, 2014
1:29 PM
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Kim Wilson-
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laurent2015
571 posts
Feb 01, 2014
6:50 PM
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Maybe it's not a harp player! And even not a musician from these days...?
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King Casey
22 posts
Feb 02, 2014
4:46 AM
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O.K. I googled it and yes, it's Kim Wilson.
3 years ago I gave up my 'day job' and rely on playing music to earn a living.
Streets aint paved with gold but I'm certainly in a far better frame of mind nowadays....try it.
cheers, Mark.
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