Starting to second guess my future.....................
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03/03/10 09:56 PM
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Thumperdart
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I`ve been beating the pavement forever, auditioning for bands, listning to loads of bs and I`m questioning my desire to live in Vegas and make music my career. I`m just not a city boy....more like a country boy that VISITS and plays the cities then heads back to my humble home so, to keep this race related;Is there anyone one out there that has a performance oriented shop/machine shop that can use me and keep me busy enuff to make a humble living? I`m willing to re-locate and would love to stay involved in the hi-po side of the biz and even see my work at local tracks beating the stuff I helped make happen...........I`m totally serious and have hit a few up on here but was told there wasn`t enuff work to go around.
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72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: DemonDust]
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03/03/10 10:10 PM
03/03/10 10:10 PM
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Thumperdart
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Thankxx...........the resume might be a good idea. Don`t get me wrong, I will always play drums but need to put that on the back burner and be realistic(did I say that?)and let it happen when it does instead of putting all of my faith in one basket. I play a few different styles of music but am mostly a rock guy. You can see and hear some OLD recordings and see my ugly mug at http://www.myspace.com/Thumperdom later.
Last edited by Thumperdart; 03/04/10 02:17 PM.
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: RoadRunnerLuva]
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03/04/10 12:25 AM
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well..there is Pahrump ...Searchlight...Indian Springs..
all within a hour of vegas...
Tony
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: Thumperdart]
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03/04/10 01:26 AM
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Hey Dom, if your dream is to pursue music, by all means...DO IT! I quit my job as a machinist in '74 and fiddled more than anything, and I was a good studio/sessions drummer and I still am! I ended up going back to machine work and playing on the side. If you're serious, get real serious or drop it. If you're serious about being an engine builder or working in a serious race-type shop, pursue it. Whatever you do, get serious about it and pursue it at whatever the cost, whatever the sacrifice. Life's too short and shouldn't have any regrets about 'shoulda/coulda/didn't', that's a head game and don't do that to yourself! Nothing, but nothing speaks more than experience...been there, done it all! Best wishes to you...wb
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: Thumperdart]
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03/04/10 09:39 AM
03/04/10 09:39 AM
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You might want to start with getting some ASE certifications. Almost a prerequisite these days if you are going in to any type of automotive field. A master cert would be all the better. Good luck!
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: Kindafast]
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03/04/10 05:33 PM
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Man I played bass for a living for years. Club acts, overseas tours, grinding it out in bars 4 nites a week, a little studio work.
Had to quit to get a real job. Now I'm doing commercial art- tattooing! I had a ball playing music but I never had the drive to 'try and make it' on a national level- way way way too much BS and the music industry is SO f'd, more and more every year. Seems like you don't need a good band, you need an entertainment lawyer, washboard abs, and hair in one eye.
Anyway, good luck with the music and good luck finding a racing machine shop job.
PS the article mentioned above was good, but written to a 19 year old audience. You don't seem ready to live off your girlfriend so you can get ray barton's coffee.
Later radar
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