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« on: May 20, 2010, 07:53:45 AM » |
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Your the most talented musician of your time - do you really want stardom?
You write great songs, have the best voice on the planet, can play the cheese out of guitar, piano and are also adept at multi-instruments. You have charisma, youth, freedom. You work great with all musicians and create great music with others.
Now - what do you do about it? You know your Beatle and rock history.
You know the downsides of fame. You are aware of the pitfalls of 21st Century fame and fortune, 24/7 news cycle, internet rumors, cell phone cameras, thirsty media bloodsuckers and general public hangers on, etc.
Do You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star? as the Byrds tweeted out back in the 60s
Or would you confine yourself to the studio?
Stay "Indie?" Stay lower, underground, street musician. Just play for friends and at parties? Go for the covers of Rolling Stone, Time - be the rage of Youtube, Facebook, Tweeter and MySpace? - the next BIG thing?
Branch out into movies? Drop in and out of the musical world for 6 months at a time, every five years?
How would you deal with the blessings of talent, ambition and intangebles of public adulation?
How would you prefer to guide your career - if at all???
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2010, 08:08:32 AM » |
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How would you deal with the blessings of talent, ambition and intangebles of public adulation? 2 words : Jennifer Aniston  |
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It's Better to have No Taste, than Bad Taste.
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mervap
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2010, 05:39:40 PM » |
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Some of the finest musicians I've ever heard were playing in small clubs...I have no desire for fame, certainly not on the scale the Lads attained, so I guess I'd rather be a well-respected session ace....
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"If Love is blind, how will it ever find a way?"
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Paperback Writer
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2010, 10:00:08 AM » |
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2/3; Jennifer says she just wants to be "Friends". hey didn't she just try the rock star thing with John Meyer ?(I admit I know he's famous, but don't know his music - or if he's any good).
Mervap, a session ace' life seems to be filled with longevity, true friendship, creativity, personal and professional freedom. Think of how many different musicians, bands and producers session men work with, wheras, as a rock "star" he is often is so identified with his group or musical genre that the career is more limited.
True, many session men have gone on to be a star, Glen Campbell and Leon Russel come to mind.
At this point, unless you have a very special set of hard-wiring in your brain and body, its almost utter insanity to want to be a rock and roll star beyond making a living. But, of course when your in your teens and 20's, it's probably the opposite in thinking - "You DON'T want to be a rock and roll star ? are you insane?"
Being in your teens and growing up in the 50's, probably made the thought less daunting for the Beatles and their peers.
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Greg
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2010, 12:35:31 AM » |
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I dig the whole premise brought up here. ...and well stated.
I'll probably edit this later or post again, but my initial thoughts are Indigo Girls or Bo Deans.
They both are doing well, have integrity, and have a fan base that really gets into them. They never hit big, big but never sunk low, low.
My thoughts also turn to the statement that "you meet the same people going up as you meet coming down". I'd try to be nice to everyone.
I'd like to be somewhat like Costello also. He does everything with everyone. Brodsky Quartet, Annie Von Otter, Paul, Country music, etc.
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