RE: should musicians have a second job?

["Michael Peters" <mp@mpeters.de>]

> if i die a pauper .. so be it......i love my art

the world needs your art!  you have a beautiful voice. I enjoyed your
videos.

-Michael (24 year old car, and trying to survive as a programmer which is
also difficult at the moment) 
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        From: K D Patten [mailto:kdpatten@yahoo.com] 
        Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 8:56 AM
        To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
        Subject: Re: should musicians have a second job?
        
        Guess I'll chime in on this one ..seems like every one works this
one out differently ..I've been surviving on what i make playing for 2 
years
now..before that i was working in the corporate sector....the last job was
an 8 year stint with no complaints from higher up....till one day they
walked in and basically said "your job has been eliminated ..don't let the
door hit you in the ass" hey around here it happens a lot. I've been 
gigging
off and on, solo and with bands for years and never jumped into it full
time..when this happened i was just turning 50....i figured if i played for
a living....it would be better than being involved with all the corporate
garbage i was daily .and playing music ,the credit, the blame, and the cash
went to me ....so that's what i did....i play two gigs a week
normally....rent 100$ room in the burbs...drive a 20 year old car....i get
by....one gig dries up...i find another.....it took me years and finally
corporate BS to convince me this is what i was designed to do ....if i die 
a
pauper .. so be it......i love my art.
        
        Kyle Dean Patten
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