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Originally Posted by Daniel_
Why is it that it is only in the arts that doing well and being paid is seen as "selling out"? If I was offered an office job that I enjoyed and was good at for double my current salary, everyone would call me insane for turning it down.
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Originally Posted by Shauk
and this is why i want nothing to do with the established music scenes.
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Nothing again Shauk, (I like some of the stuff you post) but that's the reason you will hear the term "sellout" alot more these days. It's under the old saying, "It's about the MUSIC, not making money". You can't be on TV, the Radio, or on a record label (I've even heard people say some of the Indie labels are corporate greed machines) then you have let yourself be fucked by the Pop Greed Machine.
Me? I like making money and not wondering if the bar I'm playing at is going to pay me. I like not wondering if I'm going eat today or if I have enough money to replace any supplies needed for to continue doing what I love. Seems to me that the music industry is the only place where when you finally "make it", your peers boo you. I don't see a group of angry scientists with bad haircuts throwing rotten fruit at a grad student who got a grant with a major university/gov/corporation. Also, as usual, I could be wrong.
This could also be why I'm not a musician. That and I couldn't carry a tune in a ten-gallon bucket.