RE: [Harp-L] Reality Check/long

[casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Quoting Bradford Trainham <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Tomorrow a different story?
> Na!!  I'll be there!!  Same old story!!
> Brad Trainham
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of michael rubin
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:51 PM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Reality Check/long
>
> Okay, I have always maintained that it is a problem with our culture that it
> is taboo that we do not discuss our money and how we make it, so I will try
> and lay my career on the table.

This all seems to be cyclical but something tells me its going to be  
worse this time around .. back in the 70s and early 80s punk and disco  
put a lot of us out of work .. then the DJs .. it took a long time for  
me to realize that, especially as you get older, you have to find a  
niche and you have to find material that is cross-generational .. the  
blues is cross-generational, so is the jam-band stuff like the Dead  
and so is Jimmy Buffet .. the worst thing I saw happen when the live  
music scene dried up like seven or eight times in the last three  
decades was the move toward smaller groups with drum machines and  
sequencers .. I actually did that to survive in the 80s and it was  
absolutely awful .. bands should just stick together and try to ride  
this one out, ya know .. I got a day time gig years ago and tried to  
retire but now I'm a weekend warrior .. not relying on it for the  
money, but the money sure comes in handy .. I'd hate to see some of  
the younger guys make the stupid mistakes I made .. stick with your  
band-mates, play when you can, use the time off to write some songs  
and make some cds .. put your stuff on the net and maybe when things  
swing back around again you'll be ready .. I hope I can take my own  
advice!!!

Casey