1: At least you're not talking about golf, I suppose.
2: I see I'm not the only person here who'd like very much to able to make a living from their music. The chances are, I feel, somewhat limited, and I'm increasingly convinced I shall have to find a day job to pay the rent and make music by night.

3/Alt: I remain proud of my hair. It's growing back, gradually.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:43, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Hair tends to do that.

( girlinthehole, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:44, Reply)

Yes, but as far as I'm concerned it can't grow back fast enough at the moment.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:45, Reply)

I know. I've been there.
Just think hairy thoughts.
( girlinthehole, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:47, Reply)

*imagines 70's porn*

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:48, Reply)

Push harder

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:51, Reply)

*pushes harder*
*pushes harder still*
*looks around sheepishly*
*scuttles off to find clean underwear*
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:52, Reply)

1) true
2) I would love to be a "rock star" but have zero musical talent or charisma
3) Those back, crack and sacks can be brutal
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:45, Reply)

2) Never stopped Liam Gallagher

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:46, Reply)

2. I think I'd actually hate being a "rock star," just to split hairs
Partly because, since the '80s, the term "rock star" seems to have become synonymous with "dickhead."

There certainly seems to be an increasing disparity between the terms "rock/pop star" and "musician" these days. Perhaps I'm being too specific, but if I could pay the rent through work as a bass guitarist, I'd be a happy man.

Actually, right now, if I could pay the rent full stop, I'd be a happy man...
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:48, Reply)

Sell your bass guitar
Sorted.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:57, Reply)

Like my bass is worth enough to cover even a weeks' rent!

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:57, Reply)

I'd like to be able to make a living from it
but since being in a band I've concluded that I don't think I'd like touring.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:57, Reply)

I think I could enjoy touring
If I were touring with the right people.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:58, Reply)

my band are pretty much my best mates
we just happen to also be a band. I'm not big on travelling anyway, and having to rush from place to place wouldn't sit well with me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:00, Reply)

Yeah, of the bands I'm in
the one I tour with is definitely not the one with my best mates in. I'd go with the band with whom I get on perfectly well, but who I wouldn't be expected to hang around with and entertain the whole time. I think I'd enjoy the travelling though - I've always thought it would be nice to see more of the world as long as I had an excuse* to do so.

*_{"Gap yah" not being a decent excuse in my opinion.}
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:04, Reply)

A gap year is a brilliant excuse

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I'm sure it's a fantastic excuse if you have the time and money to do it

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:10, Reply)

Well the time is a given, you take a year off before Uni
The money, you can work for, simple! least that's what I did...also a grand from my grandfathers estate if I'm honest
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Bit late for me to do that!
Aside from which, most of the universities I went round actively discouraged people from taking a year out between finishing their A-levels and starting a science or maths degree.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:17, Reply)

I concur
How good are the travel opportunities involved in working for Gap anyway?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:17, Reply)

This is the main reason bands split up though
However good friends they might have been at the start, they'd often rather chuck it all in (still owing the record company a lot of money) than go out in a van with that bunch of cunts for another 6 months.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:10, Reply)

e.g. Faith No More
My favourite band of all time, torn asunder over the piddling matter of every last one of them being an oddball at best and an insufferable cunt at worst
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Unless you write a song with consistent repeat royalties
Then touring is the only way to make it pay. Why do you think shit bands from the 90s keep plugging away at greatest hits tours?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:06, Reply)

Because they spent all their money on pot bellied pigs
and the labour party?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:08, Reply)

That too

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:10, Reply)

I am aware of this
which is why I don't expect to ever make a living from music

seems pretty difficult even if you are good and touring.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:10, Reply)

The key is to write songs for other artists
and reap teh rewards of their hard work
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:11, Reply)

I'm more of the 'make it up as you go along' school of songwriting

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:13, Reply)