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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: Thumperdart]
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03/04/10 06:45 PM
03/04/10 06:45 PM
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detroit, mi
POS Dakota
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detroit, mi
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WOW, I really appreciate your responses. I am very serious about my drumming but sometimes I think at 48 years old that it`s a pipe dream even though I`ve had songs on the radio and filled rooms all over the place. I`m really interested in joining a TEAM and doing the car thing and making drumming second for now as much as I hate to. I hear ya blue stocker and beleive me it`s tough to think that the reality is that music may be more of a hobby than a career but I`m at a crossroads and the time has come to make a serious decision about my future. Time will tell..........thankxx again......Da thump... 
Your frustration spurs from trying to make it a career when it's something you just love to do.
Dont confuse the two. When it becomes work, it adds all kinds of unnecessary pressures on top of it that make it hell, and in the end unenjoyable.
I went through it all. Went to music school, spent tens of thousands on equipment etc...and then realized there was nothing wrong with continuing to do it myself, but to instead not try making it a career. Besides, I hate people, so I cannot work with a band. I did a few things in restaurants and clubs solo and liked that, but it wasnt for the money. It was for me.
I now come home from work, and I play guitar by myself and enjoy it. Then I go back to work the next day, at a day job.
I've been enjoying guitar like this now for 25 years and with no pressures, not having to work with other people, and not having to get payed doing it, I find I like it a lot better.
I think your idea of just getting another job is a good one. being good, great, or even a master doesnt guarantee and income from it. Some of the best musicians merely post their music on youtube and that's the full extent of it. I like that much better! 
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: mark_gates]
#630070
03/04/10 09:40 PM
03/04/10 09:40 PM
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Central Valley, CA.
Quicksilver440
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Dominic! I never would have guessed you for a musician! I've filled quite a few clubs back in the day myself, and since I've been laid up, have dabbled in it some more. I say go for it! Yer never too old! 
Mark....your back!
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: Chad Bittle]
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03/04/10 09:59 PM
03/04/10 09:59 PM
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440Jim
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NC
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first thing I was gonna recommend is relocating. Cali is way way way too overpriced.
 I have visited many parts of CA, including Victorville. It isn't the highest $$$ part of CA, but I would move out of the state... now (for many reasons).
My real job pays too well for me to "do what I want for a living". But it pays the bills to allow me to "do what I want". Some weeks I put more time into my hobby (no pay, actually cost money) than I put in my job (40 hours).
I believe in finances. If you like what you do and can live on $25000/yr, go for it. If you want to live a different (more expensive) standard of living... well... that is why work is a four letter word.
I hope that didn't come out all wrong. I do all sorts of things I don't like, and just do it. I spent lots of money on education and low paying jobs to learn things. I worked my way up to better paying jobs. Paid the price of years and years of work to finally get to a comfortable position. I hope after 30 years of work it starts to pay off in my old age.
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Re: Starting to second guess my future.....................
[Re: maximum entropy]
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03/05/10 12:08 AM
03/05/10 12:08 AM
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Joined: Jul 2004
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State of confusion
Thumperdart
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Wow, thankxx guys...lots of inspiration goin on here! A local machine shop is going to give me a shot here soon on a part time basis so I can still play at night and keep the dream alive. I`m a fighter and never say die so I`m not giving up I just need something to do in the mean time and will give Vegas another shot next month after I take care of some legal bs. BG, I actually talked to Eddie a couple years ago about working for him but I think we may of ended up boxing and that would not be good for eighter of us.  It`s crazy to think how time flys as fast as it does and how stupid some of the decisions I made were. The age thing only applies in that phony Vegas town.....no one around here cares especially when they hear me play. I`ve turned down some serious opportunities music wise that I regret but I can`t go back so foreward it is and something good will come from it I`m sure. Thankxx again guy`s, you really made my day!
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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Just kidding 
