Actors Get Better, What About Musicians? |
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Actors Get Better, What About Musicians? |
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Sep 19 2015, 07:08 PM |
Good question. And one I've never really thought about before.
Off the top of my head I'd say that most pop and rock musicians don't join other bands, do lots of outside recording sessions or produce other artist's records. Of course there are exceptions and those folks seem to age fine in this biz (Robert Plant, Steve Vai and Jeff Beck come to mind). As you mentioned, actors, most of the time, are not writing their own scripts. They are at the mercy of a script, a director, a producer and a studio. Overall - it makes them either rise to the occasion ... or not. I feel that most of the time for a musician to truly grow and also be excepted they have to keep pushing the envelope. Most musicians are not great auteurs. They're also not great at self motivation (I know I'm not). They need a push from an outside influence i.e., a new project. Rock and pop doesn't really really foster that so much. *Though the market is small and certainly out of the public eye, jazz, classical and studio musicians usually garner more recognition and more support as they age. Those 3 sets of players are constantly working on different material as well as recording and gigging with other bands and projects. Country and blues musicians to some extent too. For these musicians it's not a quick burn up top but they usually end up having 'careers' **The nature of rock and pop is all about youth. You know, don't trust anyone over 30 and all that rubbish. That's a component of the aesthetic. This post has been edited by klasaine: Sep 19 2015, 07:16 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Sep 20 2015, 02:48 AM |
An actor can get behind an idea or a script whereas a muso has to be their own idea bringer, script writer, director etc.. unless they're working with outside players. Ah, but that's what I mean when I mention the difference between the rock/pop world and 'the rest of music'. The rockers who remain relevant and evolve, and I'm not talking about reunions or the Rolling Stones or the endless 'final' tours, are the ones who do other projects with other people or other bands. It's not the main nature of rock to do that. In fact it's probably the antithesis of 'rock'. But in all other areas of music it's de rigueur to work with other people. You get exposed to so much ... and in turn you expose others to your thing. In other words - networking. Long after the rock stars of whatever 'band' are forgotten - the horn section, the background singers, the auxiliary keyboard or percussion player will be doing other gigs with other bands (as well as their own maybe?) ... possibly well into their 70s. This post has been edited by klasaine: Sep 20 2015, 06:54 AM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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