alocispepraluger102 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/apr/26/james-rhodes-blog-find-what-you-love "My life as a concert pianist can be frustrating, lonely, demoralising and exhausting. But is it worth it? Yes, without a shadow of a doubt" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 "find what you love and let it kill you", eh? Hmmmm.....not sure if that's the best choice of things to do after finding what it is that you love...as metaphor, yeah, ok, but unfortunately, too often not just a metaphor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 I can live with that - for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Yeah, I can let myself be killed - for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Litweiler Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 I usually stop loving it after a few missed meals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 (edited) All part of the usual 'troubled artist and his pain' hard sell: I thought the thread might be about: Edited May 5, 2013 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 To pivot off of Bev's image, I think it's good that society has some place for grasshoppers that follow their dreams (yes, I realize it is a mantis). We certainly wouldn't have much jazz to listen to if everyone kept their day jobs. At the same time, society can't function without a large number of "ants" keeping things going. I do find it a bit boring to only read the life stories of the grasshoppers.* Or maybe just how it is such a cliche to completely devalue the positive aspects of "straight life." Rhodes just so blithely tosses off how his obsession with becoming a concert pianist cost him his marriage and so on. Judging by the comments in the Guardian piece, dozens if not hundreds of readers want to join him in a Parisian garrett or something, but this way of selling himself and his art is just a big turn off for me... * In the same way, during the height of the Olympics I get so tired of hearing how hard these athletes train, as if huge numbers of people aren't putting in a heavy workload without any real public recognition, and in some cases, only moderate financial reward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 (edited) The loss of most of one's dignity, marriage and a 9 month stint in a psychiatric ward, all to play somebody else's 200 year old music? Hope it was worth it. Actually, add to the rewards a new-found legion of Guardian-reading fans. Edited May 5, 2013 by rdavenport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 I'm kinda like, maybe what it is that you really love is masochism, and maybe music is but the tool you found it through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 I thought this thread was going to be about chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 I thought it was about drug addiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted May 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) stanley getz once blamed music for costing him everything worthwhile he ever had. are these cats blaming music for their lack of self control and perspective? of course, artists are wired differently. Edited May 6, 2013 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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