Rich And Famous?, concerning the teachers here Options

[resilientguitari...]

I was just curious if any of teh staff (of GMCers) were making music their profession. As in there are some AMAZING guitarists on this site im awed by lots of the instructors all of them in fact. I was wondering if they did music as a profession at all. And if not ... WHY NOT?? is it really that hard to get a job as a musician? im fifteen and that is my dream. So, how come you guys arent out there getting rich and famous and creating amazing music! ?? (and no im not about being rich and famous thru music) (i wud spend all the money on guitars anyways )

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[Chris Evans]

As it should be?

Are you serious?

Then why don't we all just put a bullet in our head when after blow out the candles on our 30th birthday.

Giving up on your dream is a personal choice. It's not right for everyone. And in my humble opinion, its certainly not "as it should be".

ahh I see Micke cleared that up a little, I read it the same as he did, I think Frank meant that once children, family etc come along they are the number one priority in your life, they are the ones that come first, if your not making enough money to provide for them then you have to seek alternatives, thats life I`m afraid, it doesnt mean you have to give up.

I`ve never given up "the dream" of what I love doing the most, but unfortunatly you have to be realistic, as a single unit I`ve never been good enough to make a living out of playing guitar, in a band? well thats different, in my late teens and early twenties we tried incredibly hard to reach a level that would enable us to give up our days jobs and make a living out of what we loved the most, later in life now we realised that we didnt actually try hard enough, although it felt like it at the time! Its a constant game of lies and banging your head against a brick wall, theres a huge element of luck involved as well.

To be honest, our band reformed about a year ago after some 10 years or so, we all really enjoy meeting up & bashing out some numbers, its actually far more enjoyable than it ever used to be, now theres no pressure, no super high expectations, and are actually sitting down and writing an album to record purely for our own enjoyment, to me thats mroe important than the rich and famous part, enjoyment

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