[atlantaprog] Re: (No Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:44:37 +0000

After all, *it beats working'*, right?

Well, does it? 

For me it sure as hell does.

On the road weeks on end, playing pedal steel every night. When he wasn't on the road, he made money playing pedal steel in Nashville show bands...Playing it as a day job killed his love of playing. It wasn't fun, or artistically rewarding. It was drudgery.

It sounds like he just wasn't cut out for the road. "On the road weeks on end, playing pedal steel every night" - that sounds like what I had always imagined success would be like in an original band (well, if you switch "pedal steel" with "bass").


Frankly I grow weary of hearing musicians wistfully speaking of the compromises they feel they have to make to be "commercial" - if you truly love music, then play the music you love.

On the other hand: if you truly love music, try having an open mind about music you don't love. Try playing something you don't like and see what happens. I never used to like disco until I started playing it. It turns out that those guys were some bad ass bass players and I now enjoy it. I used to hate AC/DC until I started playing it, now I like them. As usual, I feel like the odd man out on this list, but I enjoy playing in a cover band. I enjoy being on the road and playing music for a living. It's a different thing and it's not for everyone, but I don't feel like it's a compromise or a sell out.

With that said, come check out our lame-ass, sell-out cover band online at www.RadioCult.com or feel free to come out to a show to point and laugh at us in person! ;-)

-Wade



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