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Originally Posted by Silent Lucidity  Why on earth not? People these days live to well over 100, and monks in the forest live even longer  That means you've got at least 60 years to be in a band. My purpose is somewhat involved with that too I don't know exactly how yet... I feel the same purpose... you know, if you don't know music, just take theory books with you everywhere and instead of reading anything else, read that, waiting for appointments etc. They have computer programs that teach the essentials, painlessly. You can also start lessons if you don't already play something. I've been singing 'choral' style for most of my life, and lately I realized I want to learn to sing in a more commercial way, and got an on-line sls course, all I have to do is 45min every day, be in the 'now' while I'm doing it, and magically I have a new voice (actually I sing longer than that, but that's how you start, and when you have time, you do more). ...seriously, it's just seeing what kind of band you can have, and how best to go about it. If you feel too old, take up meditation (for alpha brain-waves) and bikram's yoga to feel younger and have more energy (it's better than all other forms of excercise put together), get more sleep... you see, you can figure out how to do just about anything...
what do you play? |
Well,i dont really play anything,that's why i feel like this is too impossible. I took piano and voice lessons for 3 months but had to quit them because my hours at work changed and then i just couldn't afford them anymore either. I was a very slow learner though,i already forgot all the notes and never got very far to begin with. As for singing,i always think i'm good enough but then when i watch American Idol i realize 'omg i'd never make it into the top 20' LOL I live in an apartment so i cant practice anything without being loud. I just feel like life is preventing me from doing this cuz every time i start something or try something,it gets ruined.
But ok,lets just say for the sake of argument that i have my own studio and i am able to practice. I wouldn't even realistically be good enough to be in a band for a few years. Then,it's usually a few years before you even become known or get signed. And nobody wants to see a band of 40-somethings. Look at the Rolling Stones,everyone picks on them for being so old,even though they are legends,imagine if they started being a band last year,everyone would have laughed at them! The median age of guys in rock bands now is like frickin' 20...and almost all of them started playing when they were 10.
So yeah i could do more meditation (i already do some),i could amp up my image and practice my ass off,but my goal won't be reached tomorrow or even in a few months...i just feel like i wasted too much of my life and it's too late now. And it would help if i already had a foot in the door or something,but i couldn't be any farther from my goal...i'm living in a tiny hick town,i work in a folder factory,i dont know ANYONE in a band,i dont even have any friends around here to go to concerts with,i'm so far from what i want to be that by the time i get there i'll be laughed at for being the grandma who is trying to rock.
lol Sorry,i'm not trying to be pessimistic,just realistic. I might have to settle for something else in the music business,something in audio recording or music journalism...which would be good enough,it would be better than working in a factory my whole life.