You know, I've got the "Unemployed Laid Off Blues" right now. Doing the job search thing, resume's e-mailed ad nauseum, ain't technology wonderful?
But speaking of music and making magic memories (boy that was a mouth fulla m's) I've gotta tell you, music is one of the major forces in my life that keeps me going. It supplies me with precious little cash, but I can't live without it. If the whole day has gone to hell in a handbasket, I can still pull out my acoustic guitar and the stress just melts away, I don't know how else to describe it. Some days I just gotta plug in the electric with effects and blast out some loud, hard charging blues, and there goes the stress again. And of course, music is always good when I'm in good spirits as well
My old friend from the nursing home, rest his soul, said it best "when you guys play and sing it soesn't cure me, but it sure makes me feel better".
Jeff, sounds like you're right in the groove, buddy. Spontaneous music is one of the most fun and memorable things we've done as a family. You don't even have to remember all the words, it's sort of a "space in time" kinda thing.
Having said all that, I'm thinking seriously of trying to promote myself as a music therapist of sorts, (I know that's a degreed, certified thing, which I'm not) but see if I can't get several elderly facilities to pay me to come in a few hours a week...it may be worth a shot. And I'm already doing it on a volunteer basis. Hey, there's value in this stuff, you guys can vouch for me
I've never really aspired to making money with my music, but hey, I'm unemployed now, everything goes! Well, most everything anyway. Really don't care to play too many more smoky nightclubs or bars.
The other scary thing is going solo - usually I have a supporting cast with complimenting talents to make me sound good.
(In the end result, I'll probably just find a new job and remain happy just to play my Guilds)
