08-14-2017, 10:49 PM
Seems to me there are inconsistencies or deviations with your thought process: 1) You like things being tough. Having to sweat and bleed for it. But you'd grossed out at the thought as harmless as marketing yourself. 2) The plan to make you to connect with people is to please yourself (and stop worrying if it's cool enough for X or Y).
Not to throw a stinker, but pursuing what you love doesn't always equate to 'paying off'. Or at least in a monetary sense of the word. I saw a hand pan player just weeks ago getting reprimanded and banned by the cops telling him to not make a racket. And frankly us artists, like you and me, trying to fit in or stand out but not getting a single cent out of it. What you're seeing is a fabricated sense of reality. Where in fact, tons of people (including all of those successful artists you've mentioned) have to do so much more than just doing what they love. Who in their right minds would publicize their catastrophic failures out there more than their success stories.
It seems you like quotes, so I'll throw you one that might sound familiar: "It's been fun roughin and tumblin with ya john, I can't make these walls of text everyday, I don't feel like anything is getting done here..."
You know what to do. If you don't, you know we're all here to help.
Not to throw a stinker, but pursuing what you love doesn't always equate to 'paying off'. Or at least in a monetary sense of the word. I saw a hand pan player just weeks ago getting reprimanded and banned by the cops telling him to not make a racket. And frankly us artists, like you and me, trying to fit in or stand out but not getting a single cent out of it. What you're seeing is a fabricated sense of reality. Where in fact, tons of people (including all of those successful artists you've mentioned) have to do so much more than just doing what they love. Who in their right minds would publicize their catastrophic failures out there more than their success stories.
It seems you like quotes, so I'll throw you one that might sound familiar: "It's been fun roughin and tumblin with ya john, I can't make these walls of text everyday, I don't feel like anything is getting done here..."
You know what to do. If you don't, you know we're all here to help.
If you are reading this, I most likely just gave you a crappy crit! What I'm basically trying to say is, don't give up!
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