Ethic, emotional, moral, wealth... LOVE! :D very abstract words. Their definitions is bound to your first experience of the feelings behind them :)

But you are right, at least, i understand your point and relate to it. I chose the same path as you. I don't want to deal with the music industry. (It's dying anyway :D) And I despise everything that is related to "idolatry". I am basically not so compatible with the "rock'n'roll" as you mention it i guess. Althought i must say there is quite a lot of rock'n'roll in my life. Just not so shiny or glamorous... LOL  ( http://sakrecoer.com/assets/mu/files/Sakrecoer-Pa_Manen_007_01-Dumb_Bumm.mp3 ) 

I work part time in a powerplant. I have the same task as Homer Simpson: looking after a machine that looks after itself, alone in a control room with infinite knowledge: internet.
But in my powerplant we burn trash instead of atoms. It pays good enough to have 3 saturdays and a sunday each week. 

Living according to my own definitions is what makes me happy. Doing music in genres i fancy, instead of the ones that are expectef from me.

But then again, i can afford happyness since i have absolutley 0 debts.

*Set




On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:

On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 13:42 -0700, Len Ovens wrote:
> I work as a "Letter carrier" (aka mailman, postman, whatever) and been
> surprised at how many of my peers also make music. I think part of what
> makes it atractive is the amount of time outside and away from any boss.
> Also a willingness to experience the world even when the sun is not
> shinning.
>
> As for music as a hobby vs. job... I think in the late 70s when I was
> making the choice to do music or get a steady job (so I could own a house
> instead of rent one), it was already obvious, that to make it big you had
> to be willing to give up any ideals or belief... and make someone else
> rich. The time of being able to make your own music and do well had
> already ended (pretty much). There has been good music made since then,
> but it is hard to find in stores or on the radio.

"Mister postman look and see
If there's a letter in your bag for me
I been waiting such a long time
Since I heard from that girl of mine"

Rock'n'Roll, Punk Rock, IOW real live.

I Love it, I prefer to carry brigs on a building lot, than to give a
lecture on audio engineering or rock music at an academy.

And again, this is my rock'n'roller _emotion_. I don't condemn anybody
being VDT, being an academic teaching music or what ever.

Everybody has to decide what is important for her/him. Don't care about
ethics! Listen to your heart!


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