23-07-2013, 21:48
Thanks for those words, Bellini. Actually I really back you up. Nobody is a mercenary if they pick out to make money out of music. It's great for you to play whatever you can play, earn money out of that and then try to fulfil your soul, your ambition, etc by doing the music you love and getting hold of the tools for that. Then it's a matter of the uttermost importance to strike the balance (job-pleasure); and in my particular case I've struck out so far, since I've got a job other than a musician; but I've been dying to have a music job only, so I've been trying to get music jobs but they haven't been enough (or I haven't been brave enough) so I don't feel as though I can get rid of my job. So at times I end up studying (music, indeed) late at night, pretty early in the morning; and then I find myself frittering away lots of hours slaving away at a job that does not fulfil my lifetime ambition. But who doesn't need the money (which is not a lot anyway)? As you put it, this world is packed with s..t at times!