I do music. I studied for years to be a player. It could have happened, but I would have had to dedicated every waking moment to being a player, which isn't happening in my life. You would be surprised to know how much time actual musicians put into their craft. The good ones.... the really good ones..... don't have time to play games.
I also ran into the reality of what it means to be a -WORKING- musician. I went to a music school where there was a lot of talent, but more often than not, the people were just pop singer/songwriters. Or they were people so obsessed with a single style of music (for instance, someone obsessed with Yngwie Malmsteen) that they ended up just sucking at music as a whole.
So I abandoned the idea of being a completely rounded amazing player. Couldn't do it. I have seen a couple (only a few) of my friends actually start to achieve this. They are pretty sick. I could not
but I moved on.
Now I still do music. However, I study more from a production standpoint. Being a producer doesn't mean screwing around in ableton and massive making dubstep and having crazy light shows behind you. Those guys aren't actual producers.
What I aim to do now is help the community I live in promote and produce new music from talented artists starting out. So, this means I'll have to work on projects I don't really like, such as those singer songwriter people who basically throw all the work on other people. Taking a melody or some lyrics and arranging an actual tune and getting the studio musicians to come record. Make beats in a day for some dude who wants them within 24 hours for his "rap album." Master a rough mix from someone with a home studio. Record albums...etc. That's the engineer aspect of working in a studio.
Aside from that, I plan on managing a studio. That's my career goal. I will be finding out more and more what goes into that, aside from the obvious, as I go along. My artistic goal is to actually use this studio to promote and produce music from around my area made by real musicians who have a real passion and dedication to the music and to the community.
It's very interesting to see some of the cool stuff you guys are doing, or plan to do. Sometimes it makes me a little jealous to see guys like you all with grand plans that pan out. But more than that, it's cool to see you all doing stuff that is really cool and that you are proud of.
Ethan, I was also very into psychology during the end of highschool, and I did a lot of my own research into the field. Good, smart psychologists are hard to come by, just like good, smart musicians in the music community. The people I have seen enter that field for the right reasons seem to add to the ''good, smart" category more than not. I think it would be cool for you to do something like that.
I also think you would be a good teacher. Especially in the highschool/middle school level. Only because I can see you identifying with the people who need help, and really being invested in getting that help to them.
Also - Good teachers are, in my opinion, some of the most important people in any society. Right up there next to good doctors, firefighters, peace activists...etc. I respect a person who is genuinely dedicated to being a good teacher. From my experience with you, you could be a genuinely good teacher.
Just my thoughts.
