Re: Re: To those who make a living off of music

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

On 2/15/12 5:46 PM, richard sales wrote:
> The pain of watching that started to bring it all together for me. 
>  They loved music but had torqued it into a theoretical cash cow.  I 
> realized, if they only stuck with the love it would be totally and 
> forever rewarding.
>
> I can't imagine how powerful that revelation could be for a teacher or 
> professor!  Yikes!
This is so true and really runs parallel with my experiences.

Everyone who calculated what they would make being a musician ended up 
not doing it
in the long run.    All the ones I know who love it more than anything 
seem to keep doing it.

Thanks for articulating this so beautifully, Richard.......another 
thoughtful piece of wisdom from you.

rick