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A musician friend of mine told me, just because you didn't get signed to a label, had a hit, or went on tour, doesn't mean you were not a success. You played out and were part of a scene. Most of all, you play music and it makes you happy. Even now, whether I'm playing on a stage or in my room, I'm thankful for the ability and the opportunity to just play.
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Iām a disabled truck driver and an old man now. Iāve been playing guitar for most of my life and writing songs for nearly 50 years. I started publishing my work six years ago and I couldnāt be a touring musician. Im very happy doing it from home. Itās a wonderful thing having people all around the world listening to my music.
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I'm a classical musician, and I've been sober since 2000, and still...
Touring is a GRIND. I love the concerts, and l enjoy the people I meet. That said, the long hours of travel followed by the immense high of a great show and then the letdown of an empty hotel room... This is such a deadly combination. And no one wants to hear you complain, or empathize with your struggle, because you are living the dream.
I'm so fortunate to have started with a commitment to sobriety. I'm so fortunate that my girlfriend comes with me 95% of the time.
Touring alone is just asking for addiction to sex, substances, or cell phones.
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The problem isnāt artistic ambition. The problem is the corporate music industry. Screw those guys.
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1:54 That's one of the most poignant documentary moments I've ever seen. That image of Dave and Taylor at Wembley, completely ecstatic and entirely shattered. With that line, "Dave Grohl has endured the double tragedy of being both the drummer who lost his frontman and the frontman who lost his drummer." Mary Spender, Brava!
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Excellent video! The unmistakable smell of the hard truth.
I was in original bands for years with my best friends. We gave it our best shot, toured and released records, created music that we loved, but never "made it".
To support my musical "career", I worked in senior's care homes. I used to see guys who played guitar and sang coming into to entertain for birthday parties and pub nights.
"I could do that" I thought.
And now I do. I play over 30 gigs a month and I love it. There is very little ego involved and I get to make people happy.
Though I didn't see it at the time, looking back it's all too clear: Not being successful in the music biz was the best thing that (n)ever happened to me.
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When I was a teen, Pink Floydās Welcome to the Machine was released. After the ubiquity of Dark Side of the Moon, I was impressed at the raw openness with which the band exposed the āmachinationsā and grist of the music industry. Ironically, PF released The Wall just a few years later and further explored the topic from a psychological impact on the artistās perspective. Your video is an excellent synopsis of the same topics for modern audiences. Outstanding.
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I got close to this lifestyle, I was abroad, I was recording, gigging miles away from my family and friends. My mental health deteriorated drastically and I had to return home, the remaining band members scornfully punished me for potentially ruining their careers but some fifteen years later Iām glad I returned home. Now Iām in a band that plays for fun and itās much better for me. I wasnāt strong enough for what I wanted, but I realised this early and saved myself. Itās not for everyone.
Iām happy now.
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When I was between the ages 16-22 I was in a band that eventually was scouted by Columbia Records (early 2000's). We were taken out and treated like stars for a brief moment in time. We waned to be road dogs, and we were at the age where we could be, but we only managed to do two month long tours around the US. Eventually they decided that they'd have someone write music for us, because our songs just werent good enough. When we heard that we pulled away and just broke up soon after that. Just seeing the kind of money thrown around with performers that I'd never heard of (and havent seen since) was wild. I'm so glad, now, that we didn't continue in that direction as I feel like I would have gone the same direction as Kurt if I'd gotten even a smidgen of his fame. Mental health is so much more important the "success". Now music is a hobby, and I've become all those people I thought had given up as a kid, but I'm so much happier than I'd have been had I stuck with that band.
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I'm happy you mentioned our adored pop heroes who recently died and the demands they faced with their careers...I heard at the time of his death Prince was working on a project w silicon valley people to digitally archive all his raw studio material so he could create new royalty assignments and pay more to all the artists he's work with on his albums. Even after all those years he saw the value of his music to his fellow collaborators and it was a huge ambition of his during his final years...he had to fight for that vision himself not with any corporate support from the labels--in fact they wanted to keep his material for themselves. These are small collectives of individuals taking on corporate behemoths.
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The "being scared of losing it once you've made it" definitely resonated.
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āLife on the road isnāt for everyoneā i think the drummer for The Grateful Dead said that in his book. I had friends in a couple of nationally famous bands back in the early 60ās and wanted to follow them so bad and low and behold i got the chance, major label contract, records and all that. Didnāt happen for me and the band. For years i kept at it, still dreaming and then in my forties i chucked the day job and hit the road playing professionally. Lasted 5 years. It wasnāt me. My dream bit me in the ass because i wasāt in tune with myself. I wanāt a road warrior and i wasnāt a very competent writer. So i left the road, left the club scene and went back to the place where i started long ago in ā61. Just a guitar, some audio toys, a recorder just for giggles. Many of my friends are burnt out, club rats or dead. I have four cats. Life is good.
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What an intelligent, well crafted and empathic piece.
Brava.
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Mary,
This is just so well said and done. I am a musician. There are so many individuals who want this career. Pretty close to no one shares the information like you did in this video. This video and more need to be done to explain why most don't make no matter their talent and why there's so much death. Well done š Mary.
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RIP Taylor Hawkins. The mental health aspects of touring are a very important thing that so often goes unaddressed. Thank you for shining some light on this.
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This speaks directly to me. Iām 42 and have worked as a professional musician most of my adult life. I tried taking my own life twice in 2020 but just after the second attempt found some inner strength somehow. Iāve had to completely reevaluate my life and Iām extremely fortunate to have come out the other side, and in a strong position now. Iām grateful for the support I received regarding my mental health but thereās still a way to go in my opinion. Hopefully there will be more awareness and support moving forward for musicians (and anyone for that matter) suffering with their mental health. No one in any profession deserves to experience this so I am fully committed to giving back now by supporting and helping those in need. Peace, love and respect āš»
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Great video. I accomplished my childhood dream of becoming a fighter pilot and I held this job for many years. I often felt like a star, standing at my jet at an airshow with a line of people wanting to meet me. But it was a tortured life that I wish I never lived. Every day was survival, not only to keep from dying in an extremely dangerous job, but knowing just a single failure would make me lose my job. People often told me how lucky I was, but I felt the exact opposite.
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This blew my mind... I really did not realize the huge amount of both physical and mental pressure that professional artists have to bear. Thank you so much. This video needs to be spread š
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I don't know why or how the Youtube gods were working today but I have only just found your channel and I am going on a serious deep dive of your videos Mary! Absolutely loving your work and nodding to 100% of the words!! I am also a full-time vehemently passionate independent musician and am sponging what you are spilling over here on the channel - it's lovely to hear of another (especially British female) musician being successful and KILLING it with the content, music and business! šāāā¤ š¶
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@adriansmusiclessons
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I am 62 years old. I moved to L.A. in 1982 to become a rock star. I learned that the music industry was not something I was cut out for. It took me 3 years to learn that I could be happy playing locally (first Ohio then Oregon) and teaching. Iām privileged and fortunate to find that out. Discovering what doesnāt work is as important as discovering what does work. āThis doesnāt work for meā is not failure. It is success.
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