PG Music Home Forums General Discussion Off-Topic The pandemic effects on the music industry

All good points. I am a lazy slob to start with, so.....

Notes, my point of using you as the example was this. You are at a level where you could play big stages, fly to gigs, etc. Play at that level. In my mind, because that was the dream that escaped me, that would be my version of musical bliss. Something along the lines of "Boy, get those keyboards set up and make sure that the keyboard on my left side is exactly 6 inches to the side of the main stack. And make sure those cables are run so neat and clean that they don't even show. Call me in my room when you are done so I can come and sound check." This after flying to the city where the venue is. I don't play more now because I don't want to schlep gear around. Load it all into my car, carry it in, set up, play, tear down, load it into my car again, drive home, and bring it in the house. Nope. I just don't want to do that, If I don't have people to do that roadie work for me, I am not all that interested.

That's just how I feel and don't expect anybody to agree. I had that dream that I would be a star. I wanted to play those 20,000 seat arenas. I would imagine all of us did at some point. I saw The Beatles in 1964 and my world changed dramatically. My grades went down because suddenly all that mattered was playing music. All that was missing for me was talent, training and opportunity.....

It makes me shake my head when people who have "that" level of talent are afraid to go for it. There are a few around here where I live that could play bigger stages but they refuse to risk it and take their shot. One refuses to live her multi-millionaire daddy's business because he would write her out of the will and she would lose millions in inheritance money. And that has been her convenient excuse for not having the guts to try for years. I think it's also her excuse because she is afraid to fail. When you are afraid to fail, you have no chance to succeed.

But that's all for me on this topic. Other than to say that I hope everybody keeps taking whatever measures have been working to keep you all safe. I know that most of us are in that seniors area that is the most easily effected. I also check the diabetic and weakened immune system boxes, so I have been pretty much living with gloves and a mask while wrapped in bubble wrap. I have had pneumonia 5 times in my life and malaria when I was in Vietnam (because I was too stubborn to take my anti-malaria pills. I mean they were the size of jawbeakers!). My temp hit 104 and I actually wished that I would just die and take me out of my misery. Until "they" actually come to an agreement about what this really is and how to deflect it, I will be here, in this home office, in front of this computer, or on the couch reading books. All the reading I should have done in high school. Steinbeck, Hemingway, etc....