We’re all terrified of taking control of our lives, but the dirty little secret is that without the courage to change we don’t really live anyway. Take control – what do you have to lose?

Great one Pete.

I am very much attracted to this thesis that musicians are superevolved beings with a privileged message for mankind with the caveat that I myself was defeated by the Grade 5 theory exams (though I was playing complex pieces by ear) which maths-whizz 10 year olds were passing with distinction. Due to this inability of mine to work with sheet music it would appear that, though pro, I cannot claim any of the duo-hemispherical kudos. Bums, comme ils disent.

I’m in good company though – today I discovered from a fellow blogger that Tori Amos was in precisely the same predicament & that turned out rather well for her…

Nonetheless it’s handy to have hard science at hand in response to commoners who still believe that that old cliche of musicians being lackadaisical scrounging whimsy-ridden nincompoops – or, worse still, those who believe that they’re obliged to live up to this stereotype in the name of enhanced creativity. I’ve always thought of music an a kind of ascetic solitary pursuit myself, for the lions share of the time spend composing.

nice blog again . Opposed to “average people” musicians only have 3 braincells ; 1 to breathe in , 1 to breathe out , and one to stop them from shitting in the studio .
For the whole “getting payed”-thingy : I don’t think I ever MADE or WROTE a song . I prefer to believe that they are brought to me by the wind or the silence . And wanting to get payed for something that you got as a present sounds very very stupid to me .
And hey !!! … I also never got payed to drink and party all night .

HAVE FUN !!! yours Pieps