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Re: Sell out...



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
> 


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