I’m always intrigued to hear artists and musicians tell their personal stories. With many of them, there is a common thread within their story–a bit of resistance they feel, especially as they get older, usually from family or significant others. The words may vary slightly, but the sentiment behind the words is pretty much the same:
“When are you gonna grow up?”
“When are you going to get a life?”
“When are you going to get a ‘real’ job?”
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any length of time, you have probably come across a post where I encourage musicians to think outside of the box to find success. Despite all the seemingly bad news about the music business out there, all the talk about low record sales, all the stories of hard-working indie artists struggling to make it, and well-established label artists having to drop their ticket prices just to get people to come to the shows–the fact is that there are some bright spots out there.
