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Well i realize through this thread that i suppose i was a professional who recently turned amateur;-) I was with a succesful band for almost 8 years and quit last year partly for this reason.What started as a passion,fun,challenge and learning experience for me turned into business,commitments,stagnation and boredom.We had steady gigs every year and sold lots of CDs (and still are)shared bills with worldwide artists and created our own record company.We were there at the right time,we were the right team doing the right thing, etc. I can only say that i learned a lot from this experience and grateful that i was able to support my family through it.Before i came to europe iīd always had a partime job to support the music i wanted to do and never lived or depended on it.But coming here with nothing,and having a family forced me to go out there and use any skill i had to make a living.So it was teaching my mothers lenguage,guitar and eventually this band.Then 2 CD recordings followed and we were rolling,so i stopped teaching and concentrated and devoted all my time to this project. As the band started making more money we also started demanding more money which drifted us more into playing for corporate private parties,weddings etc.It was fun being at first winne and dine but we also stopped rehearsing because we were playing almost every weekend.Most of this parties demand that you play when they tell you to, do crowd pleasers and even repeat numbers.Then band disagreements follwed,i for one wanted to pull out of this scene but the money was to good for some of the others.For a couple of years i had been playing with the idea of quiting but signed commitments and lucrative financial offers kept me from doing it.Then one day i just woke up and thought,are you happy? for the other members(and for a lot of people that knew us)it was stupid and nonesense quitting something i had worked so hard for years,but i just coulnīt go on.Iīve also heard from other "pro" musicians who say to me welcome to the real world we are eventually all hores... if thats the real world then i am content to have gotten a partime job and turn amateur again;-) i guess is also the saying "when you are through changing,you are through... Luis > > --> I you choose the pro path: > > There is a constant conflict between having to > > fulfill business > > obligations and the need to dedicate quality time > > into the creative > > arts (after all, that is "the product" that > business > > relies on). You > > might start to fear that you won't be able to hold > > out and "stay true > > to your art". > > Going amateur may look as an easy way to solve > that > > conflict. > > > > As you see, this is a bizarre dilemma! The maths > > doesn't work out. > > Personally I'm always eager to hear about how > others > > manage to make a > > living, especially when interested in obscure > styles > > that doesn't > > automatically call for investors. My own > > "workaround" is to work in > > many other areas that are related to performing > and > > composing; like > > offering lectures in music, writing books and > > articles on music or > > producing recordings of music. > > > > Greetings from Sweden > > > > Per Boysen > > www.looproom.com (international) > > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > > ---> iTunes Music Store (digital) > > www.cdbaby.com/perboysen > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com