Re: Cities you can make a living in playing jazz...
- From: pmfan57 <jwragusa@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:55:41 -0700
On Sep 7, 1:27 pm, Mark Kleinhaut <markkleinh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 7, 1:12 pm, 335pla...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sep 7, 10:22 am, "rich...@xxxxxxxxx" <rich...@xxxxxxxxx>
A day job will free you to play the kind of music you want to play.
That depends on the person and the day gig. The demands of some day
gigs can really deplete your time and energy for music. After putting
in an 8-10 hour day of working and commuting it can be really tough to
pick up an instrument and start woodshedding. If you have a family
it's got to be almost impossible. I know some people who can make this
work, and I know others who leave music because they can't put in the
time and effort it requires to maintain chops and play well.
You mention having a family. I think that is a huge issue that's part
of this discussion. Frankly, I think having kids is a bigger
committment and bigger consumption of your time and psychic energy
than the day gig. I balance day gig and music careers but I don't
have any kids. I imagine if I had my entire balance, and therefore
priorities, would have come out totally different. I don't know why
people have kids- they're certainly not a necessity in life, but I
guess people say that about playing music too. Food, shelter and
affordable healthcare are really the things you can't do without. The
rest of it is what we get to choose.
www.markkleinhaut.com
If people didn't have kids, there wouldn't be many people left after a
while.
.
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