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You made my day. : ) -Daniel On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:15 PM, tEd ® kiLLiAn wrote: > BTW, > > Daniel, thank YOU for your wonderful music. > > I attended Y2KX this past October and saw your presentation at the >little Namaste teahouse one evening and was absolutely compelled to by >the CD afterwards. > > It's great listening still. > > Keep it up...the universe needs more like you. > > Best, > > Ted > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Daniel Berkman wrote: > >> That was beautiful, Ted. Thank you! >> >> -Daniel Berkman >> >> >> >> On Jan 13, 2011, at 8:49 AM, tEd ® KiLLiAn wrote: >> >>> Ahhhh . . . >>> >>> In some ways, I am sure, this article is merely meant as an instance >of "tough love" from the author to a group of people he cares about and >identifies with. >>> >>> He makes a number of valid points that seem to make practical sense. >>> >>> However, there is a lot that he grossly misses about the nature of >"Art" as it has become in the last century or so (music included). >>> >>> If you turn back the clock 150 years or so, and switch the focus from >music to painting, one can easily see that his attitude and assertions >are nearly identical to those of the established art system of the >"Salon" in Paris during the time of the Impressionists and >Post-Impressionists: Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and many other >outsiders, et al. >>> >>> Which is to say: "Learn to be a real professional artist like >so-and-so (like those being cranked out daily by the dues-paying system >of schools and established galleries and patrons) or go home, give up, >get a real job, get a life, get a clue." >>> >>> Can any of us who love art imagine what it would be like if there had >never been a Vincent Van Gogh? >>> >>> Sure the world would've gone on turning - but it would be a lot poorer >for it. >>> >>> Does anybody really remember the contributions of any of the work or >contributions of any of the very talented folk who chose the conservative >"establishment art" route in that period? >>> >>> Not many, I'd wager, remember or know of William Adolphe Beaugereau - >perhaps the greatest academically-trained and widely successful painter >from that era. >>> >>> He was rich and famous during his own time, but now is largely >forgotten - or remembered only as a sort of historical footnote - sort of >like the Pat Boone of the early rock 'n' roll era, or the manufactured >and hyper-marketed boy-bands or blonde bimbette singer-sluts of today >will be. >>> >>> So... >>> >>> A lot of us are **NOT** in it for the money or the fame (or the sex >and drugs). >>> >>> I don't imagine many of us are in it "for the ages" (Art History) >either - for that matter (LOL). >>> >>> Some of us are even ill-equipped and ill-disposed to be performers, >per se . . . I know I certainly am. >>> >>> But some of us are nevertheless "bitten by the bug" (or the muse) and >have a vision (or something) that drives us to create what we do. >>> >>> For better or worse, some of us simply can't help it. >>> >>> For whatever reason, the fickle universe has determined that (perhaps) >the greater creative gifts are often given to those who did not seek them >and would not venture to pursue them if they rightly had any choice in >the matter. >>> >>> Fame and fortune may come to those who work very hard to be >professional at their "craft" like plumbers or butchers or chemists. >>> >>> But fame, fortune and and "success" have very little sometimes to do >with Art. >>> >>> They are irrelevant. >>> >>> My encouragement to any of you who want to create Art is to keep on >doing it, no matter what, no matter who says "No." no matter who says "Go >home, give up, get a job, cut your hair, stand up straight, fly right." >etc., etc. >>> >>> Or, no matter who (on the other hand) says "Get serious, pay your >dues, do it the way others have, compromise, join the union, do what >sells, learn to moon-walk, play to the masses." >>> >>> Keep doing what you passion drives you to do - what has meaning for >you and you alone. >>> >>> An audience may or may not come, but you will have done your duty to >your gift . . . to you muse . . . to the universe. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> >>> On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:55 AM, Louie Angulo wrote: >>> >>>> An interesting article >>>> >>>> >http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2011/01/dont-quit-your-second-day-job/?utm_source=DIYNews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=011211 >>>> >>>> any comments? >>>> Luis >>> >