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Hey man, money isn't everything, and the whole family thing is played out too. The world is so overpopulated, I think you and I are doing something great for mankind. Making wonderful music and keeping the world clean. --- Jesse Ray Lucas <jlucas@neoprimitive.net> wrote: > A question I have always wondered about is: > "Are great musicians > professionals because they are great -- or, are > great musicians great > because they are professionals?" Kind of the old > chicken and egg question, > where both answers are ultimately true for different > cases. > > Being a working mid-level musician has its good > points and its bad > points, but it's certainly not for everybody at > every stage of life. > > PROS > - I can "work" (that consists of giving lessons, and > playing gigs) about 20 > hours a week, and get by. That includes buying the > occasional piece of > electronic music gear. Practicing isn't working to > me. > - Working that little gives me plenty of time to > practice, read Loopers > Delight, and learn about whatever the hell I want > to. > - When I'm at "work," I'm practicing my craft. > - Sometimes I'll get gigs where I can really let > loose. > > CONS > - Can't even begin to think of having a family and > buying a house like this. > - When I play a shitty gig where no one listens and > the other musicians are > hacks, I feel like a whore. > > But, to me, right now, it's worth it. > > -Jesse > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark" <sine@zerocrossing.net> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 2:49 PM > Subject: Re: Andre Lafosse Freebies and sales... > > > > I may be half the guitarist, but I gladly trade > that for the ability to > > make music with no expectation of compensation at > all. I couldn't do a > > wedding band thing. Music is too precious to me. > Instead, I now do > > media design. Total sell out, but they don't > touch my music. > > > > Good luck Andre. I want to believe you'll > succeed. In a way, you > > have. On the fringe your either 1) a hack or 2) > too advanced to be > > understood my most. Either way, it sucks, but I > think we can all agree > > that you're not a hack. > > > > Mark Sottilaro > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com