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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:07 pm
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S'all good!
No reason to stop playing!

I may have come to the end of my music career as far as doing what I would like to do, but I'll keep playing with whatever gets thrown my way. I'm also a little more choosey about the projects and gigs i would choose to play.

I've had a great time and some great adventures and met some of the world's greatest peoples on my zig-zag journey! No regrets! I have been very fortunate!!

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[quote="Syeklops"]When I was about 16, I had this fantasy of making it big time and being a rock star (yeah.........but look at my age back then). But then.......the real world started closing in around me, as I got older.

His narrative is common to a generation whose aspirations were cut short by war and strife. The Brits, our peers at the time, had time and tide in their favor. Hendrix did his stint in the military before he went on the road. Others in the business were able to find their way around that obligation. Springsteen makes not secret about having worked hard at a 4F.

All things being equal, no one ever made it without honing their craft. In my day an audition at the William Morris Agency earned us a wave-off because in the first two years of the 60's guitar bands were thought to be becoming pase. The Federal payola investigations put a damper on pushing recordings.

Being 'good enough' is relative. Being in the right place at the right time, with the goods, what ever they may be, is sublime.

Put it this way, when I worked on the same bill with Richie Havens, also then an unknown at NYC's Cafe WHA?, he owned one coat, and kept his upper denture in his pocket when he sang. But he was a diamond in the rough, waiting to be discovered, cut and polished. The rest is history.

Jimi came there about six months after we left. He too, despite his gifts, needed Chas Chandler's interest. But that could not have happened had Richie not introduced Jimi to Manny Roth, the owner, and uncle to David Lee Roth, whom, I remember as a preteen on a visit from the west coast.

Now how's that for history!

Rock on dudes!!

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You are not alone... I gave up trying to be guitar hero in my late teens. Instead of trying to be EVH, I decided to go get an electrical engineering degree and build his amps. A well-earning backdoor into the music industry. However, four years later I took one of life's off ramps and opted to become a nuclear-trained Navy submarine officer. So ... the EVH-amplification thing never transpired, but I know I am making wayyyyy more money now than if stayed as a musician in the music industry. I played the whole time, though -- jamming down between the missile tubes of "the boat" and still playing mostly every day now. So, my guitar hero reign extends from my music room to my front door. From there, it is all up to you guys!!!

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I started guitar about a year ago (the 31st of Sept. will be the anniversary!), and I've grown onto a LOT of experience since then, since I'm taking lessons from a professional guitarist/banjo picker. Sure, I'm not the best, I probably shouldn't even be posting here since I'm so inexperienced!

But that's not the point. Why did I start guitar? I played Guitar Hero a few times and thought to myself- "This gets so boring...but my character looks like he's having so much fun." I didn't care about gaining popularity or anything, I just see it as fun. Sure, I also plan to gig with my band later in the future, but that's just for fun.

Without fun, music is futile. Just a very simply said thing. :|


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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:27 pm
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eddytanhh wrote:
been trying to switch into music line since 2003
officially giving up this dream
there were once when i really thought this dream(be a rock star) can come true....

eddytanhh,
Being a "rock star" isn't all that its cracked up to be in most cases. It can be a bad experience even if successful.
However, exploring your love for music, guitar, & composition without the rockstar agenda attached can bring completion to your soul & maybe even a very satisfying career in music.
Something like that is way more rewarding than focusing on some industry contracted "I'm famous" escapade.
Besides, even if u were famous today, to have music as your only advanced skill or trade could bring bad results anyway.
Exploring your ambitions for rockstardom without gaining or learning other skills along the way can definately devistate you.
If music is truely in your heart & soul, u would be wise to give it life.
Just maybe not 100% of your life. Somehow I am sure you will find balance.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:27 pm
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bss wrote:
eddytanhh wrote:
been trying to switch into music line since 2003
officially giving up this dream
there were once when i really thought this dream(be a rock star) can come true....

eddytanhh,
Being a "rock star" isn't all that its cracked up to be in most cases. It can be a bad experience even if successful.
However, exploring your love for music, guitar, & composition without the rockstar agenda attached can bring completion to your soul & maybe even a very satisfying career in music.
Something like that is way more rewarding than focusing on some industry contracted "I'm famous" escapade.
Besides, even if u were famous today, to have music as your only advanced skill or trade could bring bad results anyway.
Exploring your ambitions for rockstardom without gaining or learning other skills along the way can definately devistate you.
If music is truely in your heart & soul, u would be wise to give it life.
Just maybe not 100% of your life. Somehow I am sure you will find balance.
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STOP! im depressed now! :cry: :cry: :cry: i feel sorry but DONT give up maybe some time in the future the hobby will become job .


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I gave up my rock star dreams 33 years ago this month when I sold all of my gear for book and tuition money for college. Bought a Strat in '86 to resurrect my dreams and gigged a bit after the divorce several years later.

After moving to FL from CT, I actually made a few bucks selling music for commercial use. I met a guy through a mutual friend who hooked me up in the business. Unfortunately, we had a falling out (looking back at it, I now think it was all my fault) and I haven't sold anything since 2004. Now everybody is looking to license music and the market is thick with competitors.

Today I would like to make a few bucks to feed my G.A.S. problem and to keep my recording equipment and software updated. Not looking to get rich . . . I have Lotto tix for that. :wink:


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Perhaps you and I and some others in Broward and Palm Beach counties can get together in the future and 'pull some strings'. :wink:

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zzdoc wrote:
Perhaps you and I and some others in Broward and Palm Beach counties can get together in the future and 'pull some strings'. :wink:

Doc


Sounds good! Maybe we could crawl Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach and hit the few remaining blues and jazz clubs, too.


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eddytanhh wrote:
will still play music only as hobby
but giving up music as career change

dont give up. i never made the big time but i did
well enough to were i made money and loved the music i made.


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I reached a point in my life where due to various circumstances I didn't give up guitar or music, but it did have to go down my priorities several spots--to some some it looked like I'd quit. Part of the problem was I never had any "real" jobs--I didn't want to commit to anything that would get in the way--even after it was obvious it was going nowhere.

But the break was good, it was helpful.

During that time other things happened that reawakened and deepened my relationship with the guitar. I 'm not going to ever be a star, but I have come to terms with where I am on that--and in many ways I am now more excited and have more joy in playing guitar than I ever had.

So in the end it all worked out.

Some people are able to make enough playing small gigs, teaching, etc. It won't work for everybody, but who knows--so take a break if you need to, just don't give it up completely. It sounds like it's in your blood.

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zontar wrote:
I reached a point in my life where due to various circumstances I didn't give up guitar or music, but it did have to go down my priorities several spots--to some some it looked like I'd quit. Part of the problem was I never had any "real" jobs--I didn't want to commit to anything that would get in the way--even after it was obvious it was going nowhere.

But the break was good, it was helpful.

During that time other things happened that reawakened and deepened my relationship with the guitar. I 'm not going to ever be a star, but I have come to terms with where I am on that--and in many ways I am now more excited and have more joy in playing guitar than I ever had.

So in the end it all worked out.

Some people are able to make enough playing small gigs, teaching, etc. It won't work for everybody, but who knows--so take a break if you need to, just don't give it up completely. It sounds like it's in your blood.



+10!! :wink:

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Dude almost none of us become "Rock Stars". The percentage of musicians who are even fortunate enough to actually make a living playing is sooo small it ain't even funny.

Get a good day job to pay the bills and keep playing and recording. If all you do is play in dingy little bars with your buddys for free beer and $50 it's still playing music. It ain't about getting rich (although that would be nice) it's about making music.

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