anyone here rock as a job? (1 Viewer)

[mark]

Even if you did make money as a musician it's not right. Music is art, not a good.

can't say i agree. guitars, amps, drums. posters, petrol, record pressings, none of things are free. how are bands (cause we're talking about bands here) supposed to pay for this?

 

[stephenoblunt]

That's the sacrifice for the music I guess. Who charges their mum for a bun? It's love.

 

[Lord Damian]

That's the sacrifice for the music I guess. Who charges their mum for a bun? It's love.

alright hippie, take the dreadlocks elsewhere

 

[Eddie Gorilla]

can't say i agree. guitars, amps, drums. posters, petrol, record pressings, none of things are free. how are bands (cause we're talking about bands here) supposed to pay for this?

well i guess it's more about the idea of profit then. like, covering all those things would be breaking even essentially, which is vastly different to rockin' for a living.

 

[Lili Marlene]

That's the sacrifice for the music I guess. Who charges their mum for a bun? It's love.

some of the best music was made for money. also some of the best baking

look up art.com if you don't believe me

 

[therealjohnny]

Music is art, not a good.

take it to the grammar thread hippy

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Yeah, take a hike hippy boy

 

[Eddie Gorilla]

some of the best music was made for money.

doesn't really make much of a difference. it's kinda more an argument of integrity than quality.

 

[Lili Marlene]

doesn't really make much of a difference. it's kinda more an argument of integrity than quality.

I have a lot of respect for many of these songwriters

 

[Eddie Gorilla]

don't see why that should make a difference to anyone but you then..?

 

[Lili Marlene]

I don't see where they lack in integrity. Some of them wear suits and everything

 

[Eddie Gorilla]

i didn't say they lacked in integrity necessarily. i said the argument is in my opinion more about artistic integrity than the quality of output.
what integrity is there in making music for the sole reason of earning money though anyway?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Depends on whether it's any good.

I didn't say it was the sole reason but some of my favourite songs, some of my favourite/most inspiring etc. 'art' was made purely cos the person was paid to do it.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

i didn't say they lacked in integrity necessarily. i said the argument is in my opinion more about artistic integrity than the quality of output.
what integrity is there in making music for the sole reason of earning money though anyway?

Gorilla, your 19, I'll guarantee that opinion will change after 10 years in a job you don't particularly like.

 

[GO]

Getting handy drugs and pulling birds is the reason most men rock-FACT.Worrying about making a living from it would surely take the fun out of it.Sure you might as well have a regular job if thats the case.

 

[Eddie Gorilla]

Gorilla, your 19, I'll guarantee that opinion will change after 10 years in a job you don't particularly like.

jaysus, easy on the condescension there.
that's a pretty weak point anyway. i don't really see how 10 years in a job i don't like would make a belief like that change. sure, it could make me write music for money, but i don't see why i'd necessarily have to have a change of opinion to do so. i don't see why i'd think it's suddenly ok to do that just because i'm sick of a job, like.

i think once you have to start worrying about your artistic output getting you by, your art in turn naturally suffers. like, surely the most original and natural art couldn't be created with a motive like that there, whether conscious or sub-conscious, no?

it's a pretty interesting topic to debate and something i still get a bit confused over, so this is deadly

 

[Eddie Gorilla]

Depends on whether it's any good.

I didn't say it was the sole reason but some of my favourite songs, some of my favourite/most inspiring etc. 'art' was made purely cos the person was paid to do it.

well the point i'm making is it doesn't depend on whether it's "any good". who decides what's good?

you said "some of the best music was made for money", and didn't identify any other reason, so i can only presume you meant it as being the sole reason. and anyway, the idea of "the best music" is just a bit mad anyway, innit.

 

[stephenoblunt]

take it to the grammar thread hippy

I'm not a hippy. I have a right to everyone's music, they don't have a right to my money. No real music is made for profit.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I'm not a hippy. I have a right to everyone's music, they don't have a right to my money. No real music is made for profit.

so will you buying the 20th anniversary edition of The Joshua Tree then?

it's not as if they need the money.

 

[stephenoblunt]

I certainly won't! U2 are the worst type of musician - RICH!