Ron.M -> RE: Packed it all in. (Oct. 1 2004 20:38:37)
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If I had a career, then keeping it as a hobby would be OK, but I don’t, so must get my priorities right. Cheers Dave, I can't quite comment on that since I don't know what you do at the moment to keep body and soul together. (I thought you had something to do with Accountancy or the Civil Service?.....Ah! the Civil Service in the old days! A veritable refuge for malingerers LOL!) I know from your posts that you're a very intelligent guy and a very perceptive player from your uploads. Look man, playing Flamenco guitar, no matter how good you are, will get you nowhere in England. Anybody taking up serious music without having rich parents to subsidise their hobby, is definitely gonna end up skint! I see playing guitar as a kind of therapy to get me out of the world for a bit. Joke here.... What's the quickest way out of Glasgow? Three double Whiskys!.... LOL! I reckon I've had a multitude of experiences, including a taste of the high earner's lifestyle. For me it didn't work, though it works for many honest and decent folk. I just couldn't put that sort of commitment and time into someone else telling me what's important in life, regardless of the dough. Just wasn't that interested in acquiring "things". Last year I sold my Ramirez to a guy who for the last 20 years has spent nine months out of every year working in the Middle East in the desert. (He's quite a cool, laid back guy actually.... I think he likes it there) Anyway, he said to me "We've come to a point where we're cash rich but time poor, so I want to spend some money on things I want".) So...I'm a Bohemian...or a non-Payo or whatever you want to call it, and I'm comfortable that way. I run my own little electronics repair business that brings in just enough to live on and pay the bills. Am I interested in expanding it and building it up? Sh*t no! Could be dead within the next ten years. After years and years of doing things I didn't want to do, I'm really happy that I don't have to do that crap anymore. Not because I've amassed a pile of savings, but because I buy what I need, not what I think I might like. Sure, there are drawbacks, like I can't go to Jerez for holidays and courses etc... But what the F.... I'm too old now to make a career out of guitar playing, but I enjoy my freedom, my Flamenco CD's and the challenge of trying to work out just exactly what these guys are doing that makes it sound so good. This is what keeps me hooked to the guitar. Hey Dave...at least you've got a cat to play to. (Porque no Whippet?) I get banished into my workshop by the wife, daughter AND cat! LOL! Take it easy amigo, Ron
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