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Louigi Verona wrote:

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>     I do see that the idea that people just "have to write songs", as we

>     can label the principle for ease of reference, is alien to you.

>

>     No, it isn't. I started writing poetry before I was in high school.

>     Had to write poetry. So I do understand it. And I've been playing

>     music since I was 3.

>

> Then  what are we arguing about?

Strangely enough, I actually made money from my poetry. Writing the

poems I wanted to write - not greeting card verse or sappy sentimental

booklets. ;-)
I think we were arguing about seeming conflicts between doing art for

money and doing art for self-satisfaction/one's own needs. But this

thread has demonstrated the usual fate of discussion list threads and

fractured into a number of things!
I spent 2 years playing music professionally, and decided that I simply

wasn't willing to sacrifice the enormous amount of life it would have

taken to become successful. I have relatives who chose differently, and

make very comfortable livings in music. But neither of them writes music.
--

David

gnome@hawaii.rr.com

authenticity, honesty, community

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