I’ve been what’s considered “successful” for about 15 years, having had the ridiculous privilege of making sizable amounts of money (remember sizes come in large and small) writing and producing all kinds of music for all kinds of applications. Often, I get to work with awe-inspiring players and eat a well-balanced lunch…life is pretty good, no whining allowed. I get it.
(Warning: I’m putting on my imaginary overalls and sitting in my imaginary coffee shop in my imaginary Midwest about to dispense folk wisdom while saying “yep” a lot)
“But when you farm the same field for too many years, the harvest dries up.  You have rotate the crops, son and seek greener pastures”.
(Removing overalls and putting on jeans and Steely Dan T-Shirt)
So we continue to explore the land for inspiration and fruition, but as with all artistic and commercial terrain, there are hills and valleys that can obscure the destination.  These days are very fluxy – things seem to flux a lot; they are flux-like and overly flux-filled.  One might say they are fluxilicious. In fact, I think I may have slipped into another dimension, because in this strange new world people seem to want their music for free and the concept of intellectual property has been deemed heresy by the council of production.

I guess the far right loonies were right. It’s Obama’s fault - we’re living in the days of socialized music.

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