22-07-2013, 22:57
I had a heated debate sometime ago with a few fanatical dudes on the issues you present, IvanMC. I'm a professional musician also. I also teach. I live in a country that is not mine (I live in Greece but am not greek) and have often laboured through music that does not inspire me and that certainly does not represent me. But unfortunately, I do it out of necessity. Financial, obviously. But I try my best to fill in some available gaps with what I love and my own creations. I was accused of being a 'mercenary', and that true art in music cannot bend the knee to such compromissions. Yeah, but that's UTOPIA. Any professional musician would love to make the kind of music we dream is 'our kind of music'. I get FED UP pretty often, but as I said before, I fill the gaps as best as I can. A music fundamentalist even declared that he would rather starve than be a mercenary musician. Sound like religious fundamentalism to me. Music, good music, is in itself fulfilling. It's supposed to be sheer beauty. But this world is full of shit, and shitty compromissions on everything. Let's just make the best of what we have, while in the meantime do something fulfilling...for ourselves and others.
Best of luck IvanMC.
Best of luck IvanMC.