You are the only one who makes it “worth it.”
I had a producer one time who told me a lot of artists don’t give themselves enough permission to take the journeys they need. I’ve thought about this for years. I think he was on to something.
Life is hard. People are serious. Assholes are everywhere. If you’re a musician like me, it’s hard to feel like the skills I worked so hard at can contribute to anything. It’s hard to justify paying for gear. Hard to muster the gumption to record. Just hard.
That’s because the shit heads are taking over. They aren’t nice. And they hate music, books, and anything challenging or witty. They’re actually the ones in my brain saying I can’t do all this shit I was meant to do and trained up for.
Well, fuck them.
Let’s not do the tyranny thing anymore.
I mean, what’s better, music or tyranny? Am I opting for tyranny by not doing music? Possibly. Why? I just think folks are busy.
Newsflash: folks have always been busy. Many people like being busy. It distracts them from the lack of music.
My friend growing up.
I used to have a friend, 25 years. Anytime I called, busy. Texted, busy. If I needed to talk or a hand with something, busy. I finally quit calling or bothering him. Too busy. He doesn’t need friends. He needs a calendar and an assistant. I think folks like it that way. If you’re always working, maybe you feel secure you can pay your bills. Funny how that means you’re secure enough to treat friends for 25 years like shit.
Is it about security? Why? None of us have that.
Security is an elusive thing but I hope you realize none of us have it. For a long time folks worked around the clock around the world protecting us from weather, bad guys, and disease. That whole system is gone now. We’re literally a cough away from major disaster at all times. The response will be horrid. Folks will die. This is just what’s going to happen. It’s what happens when you yank security out from under us.
So your illusion of security isn’t worth friends. It’s not even worth the time you spent working instead of playing guitar. We’re on a disaster course. No such thing as security right now. All in your head.
Try to muster a realistic view.
If you bother looking at facts, which is a toughie these days, granted, you’ll find the Christians have finally elected someone who will sell them chunks of government. He had to be unscrupulous enough for them to get what they wanted. And by god, lol, they got it.
Then refuse your ass off.
I refuse. I refuse to give them my free time. I refuse to give them anything. But I can’t ignore them as is so popular. I don’t want to walk in a field of rattlesnakes with my eyes closed. That’s about like ignoring the government. The news. Also, fuck these huge churches and groups like Ziklag and The Heritage Foundation who spend billions on politicians and policy that undermine freedoms I enjoy. Fuck Jesus, fuck preachers, fuck religion, fuck god. Nothing American in all of that. Owning people goes way back before we ever came along. That’s all they want.
Trust no one, but trusting four or so is okay.
But even CNN is on the propaganda bandwagon. How do you come by news without an agenda. I read a lot of it. Differing accounts, differing opinions. Different facts. I’ve learned I can’t take one source seriously. But three or four is pretty good. Only way I’ve found to do it.
I say all this because more of us have to learn how to make music while the comet is falling out of the fucking sky. It’s about facing the unknown now. Good luck getting folks to do that. Haha.
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Key:
Many folks want to do art. Many folks also have a tough time giving themselves permission for it. I find permission to be key.