Get Up, Stand Out, Get Down!
By Paul Dakeyne
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I’m sorry but I found this post extremely patronising. Everyone should enjoy what they do and not feel pressured into everyone liking it or being accepted. Music is about expression and yes you should put the effort in to get the required results, but giving up your social life and practising ’til 8 in the morning to ‘perfect the art’ – maybe that amount of practise was required…
Dave
Hi Dave,
Read the post again and you’ll see I didn’t infer actually ‘giving up’ one’s social life, my quote was, more precisely, ‘putting it on the back burner’.
I found your end comment about practicing through the night (and that it ‘may have been required’) quite harsh. My intention was not to patronise, but to simply point out the type of dedication necessary to further the chance of realising an ambition.
It was always about ‘the music’ for me, but that passion fueled the drive to my own particular ambition, which was, eventually, to get a top ten record and get Radio 1′s main dance DJ to not only play it, but sign it to his label too. I achieved that and more, and yes, I sacrificed a helluva lot to get there… including working through the night..
Paul Dakeyne
To be honest I have to agree with Paul here. He doesn’t say “give up your social life” but like anything that we want to perfect, it doesn’t just happen overnight and without some considerable time and effort put in. So if you want to put your social life on the back burner, you could get a lot out of it, but don’t let it take you out of the music scene, don’t let it stop you from going to gigs and socialising/working with other musicians becuase you will learn more from them than you will on your own. No musician/producer is an island. It is all about inspiration and influence after-all.
HarryGarcia@DVNorthLondon