Today I got an amazing compliment and told that I have inspired him and asked a weird question, well not weird but hard to answer. Then totally blew my mind. The question was how do you keep up with music like you do? Its impossible to answer but I answered it to the best of my ability. Number one, my wife and son are my motivation, inspiration and muses. Number two my family has kept me going. Got my first guitar at 12, my first drum kit at 13 and a recording setup at 14. Number three, my friends and fellow artist. I played until I was around 24 or so live and in the studio as a drummer, guitarist, songwriter and engineered a lot of my own bands sessions. I was a booking agent, promoter, freelance engineered, produced, ran live sound and eventually built my own DJ business. The whole time waiting tables trying to gain the equipment to do it right, never happened. Ive done with what I had. Then got here. I personally am not anything to write home to mom about. I am a jack of all trades, trying to master just one. I try though but happen to know a few things and never stop learning. I fight everyday. Sacrifice what I have. Would give you the shirt off my back. Plus believe in this scene more than anything. Not including the crazy DJ season all summer. I literatel had a day off in 5 months. Everyday clawing to stay sane and keep up with this craziness. I have a wife, a son, a home, bills, mortgage and upkeep in gear will break you alone, plus constant upgrades. This is the part where he blew my mind. Asked if he could intern. To be honest, nice kid, seems to be eager to learn and is really enthusiastic about taking music back to the way its supposed to be made. I liked the idea. Then proceeds to tell me that he wants 25/hr and to hold sessions on his own and DJ gigs asap. WHAT!!!!!!!!!! Obviously you dont know what internship means. Especially when you have no idea what youre doing in the first place. Then you want me to pay $25/hr when I have $5 in my pocket most days. The last three gigs I have done have been donated to great causes and have no problem doing that. A matter of fact I love it. But you want me to pay you about what I am worth showing you how to record and to teach you and pay you for gigs that I am donating. Just killed me. Been doing this 18 years, went to school for it, released a few modest albums and about to drop some more and still might take up an internship. What goes through peoples heads sometimes? The balls man. I dont ask for a damn thing from anyone and this clown wants 25/hr and start flipping sessions and gigs asap when I have spent damn near 2 decades building it up? Sure dude no problem. Savages these days!
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 08:20:51 +0000
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