The cognitive dissonance between people who consume art, music and writing on a daily basis, and then go on to disrespect and disregard us is craaazzyyy, and directly feeds into the exploitation of artists (of every "low wage" or unprotected worker tbf, but let's focus on art)
I often find myself overwhelmed by all the stuff we "have to do" to be musicians and then I think to myself, "WAIT, what would this look like if it was easy?" I then get a renewed sense of enthusiasm for my art and then it happens, the fear sets in, the fear that because I am not following the "rules" I am doing it wrong so eventually I submit to that fear. Then the whole cycle begins again.
I second all of this… as a fan of music and a fan of a lot of small indie artists ❤️
The cognitive dissonance between people who consume art, music and writing on a daily basis, and then go on to disrespect and disregard us is craaazzyyy, and directly feeds into the exploitation of artists (of every "low wage" or unprotected worker tbf, but let's focus on art)
Like... Damn.
I often find myself overwhelmed by all the stuff we "have to do" to be musicians and then I think to myself, "WAIT, what would this look like if it was easy?" I then get a renewed sense of enthusiasm for my art and then it happens, the fear sets in, the fear that because I am not following the "rules" I am doing it wrong so eventually I submit to that fear. Then the whole cycle begins again.