Canard
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Musicians and Singers reflect on the evaporation of popularity and associated fortune.
Don’t give up your day-job skills. Have a plan B. Don’t give up your music.
In the distant past I spent a pleasant evening drinking with Lester Bowie, Don Moye, and Joseph Jarman of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. One of the topics of conversation was that there had been musicians in their families for generations but that they were first in their families to be professional musicians. Cannonball Adderley and his brother Nat were discussed; both apparently had been school teachers until there was a scene that would support them as musicians. Many musicians are musicians because they can’t help it. It is what they are. It doesn’t mean that it is all they are capable of. It doesn’t mean that music will always support them. Audiences and fashion are fickle.
‘That’s it? It’s over? I was 30. What a brutal business’: pop stars on life after the spotlight moves on
Musicians from Bob Geldof to Robbie Williams and Lisa Maffia reveal what they did – and how they felt – after the hits dried up and the crowds vanished
www.theguardian.com
Don’t give up your day-job skills. Have a plan B. Don’t give up your music.
In the distant past I spent a pleasant evening drinking with Lester Bowie, Don Moye, and Joseph Jarman of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. One of the topics of conversation was that there had been musicians in their families for generations but that they were first in their families to be professional musicians. Cannonball Adderley and his brother Nat were discussed; both apparently had been school teachers until there was a scene that would support them as musicians. Many musicians are musicians because they can’t help it. It is what they are. It doesn’t mean that it is all they are capable of. It doesn’t mean that music will always support them. Audiences and fashion are fickle.