Ricardo -> RE: Making a living out of Music (Mar. 3 2010 21:01:41)
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I have found myself in situations of starting a juerga at 12 am going on till 6am or later, non stop playing and singing and drinking....usually heavy strumming. Only breaks being to have a drink smoke or bathroom. Sometimes bulerias, a single "song" can go for hours. Same for tangos or rumba, even Fandangos. As many times as this has occurred for me, I will say the only thing I have noticed about my hands would be the glue coming off my nails, and perhaps a little chipping of the nail tips. Callouses perhaps a little sore, but not much else wrong with it for me....and others that like to play long and hard too. The one who plays the most or sings the most, seems to get to drink the least.[:D] Anyway, I never practice that long or with that much intensity at home by myself. When I was a teen I played for many hours, but a different technique and style of music. 8 hrs of practicing Jessie Cooke and Rodrigo y Gabriela have me scratching my head though. [:)] I have to wonder about the idea of having a money making job vs the supposed "starving artist" route. I mean, anyone can fail or have bad luck in any venture. Music industry is not meant for making big money, unless you are going the pop star commercial machine route. Business, Law, Medicine, Computer tech, etc, those are more the persuites of people worried about having money. The rewards of being a musician for me out weigh what I might get doing something as a "fall back" for what others perceive as "security". Of course there will be compromises, but so there will be with anyone and their life choices. Give me a list of jobs BETTER recommended to anyone that was curious in this thread about making a living as a musician and being discouraged, and I will say there is a list of jobs I would suck at, compared to what I do now. Why are people so quick to give up in music or art, because they MIGHT fail, vs say giving up on business, Law, or Medicine, where if they fail they could really screw up others lives worse then their own? Just because of this supposed "security" of their future? [&:] People need to be true to themselves and do what they KNOW they can do best, and not what they think they should be doing because someone ELSE told them it was better. IMO Ricardo
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