http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2008/02/growing-up-vs-being-a-good-musician/ Be a successful musician, one note at a time. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2008/02/growing-up-vs-being-a-good-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-138 10 (Good?) Musicians I Wouldn’t Want to Switch Places With Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:11:29 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/growing-up-vs-being-a-good-musician/#comment-138 [...] You know, I actually appreciate people who just are “themselves”, but Amy Winehouse has never shown me the necessary respect for her own music. She may have it, but she sure doesn’t make me feel that she takes anything in life seriously. And thus again we spin into discussion about childish musicians. [...] [...] You know, I actually appreciate people who just are “themselves”, but Amy Winehouse has never shown me the necessary respect for her own music. She may have it, but she sure doesn’t make me feel that she takes anything in life seriously. And thus again we spin into discussion about childish musicians. [...]

]]> http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2008/02/growing-up-vs-being-a-good-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Kerry Dexter Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:37:04 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/growing-up-vs-being-a-good-musician/#comment-120 it's possible to be a person of integrity, an adult, and a responsible citizen, all while followng a career as a musician. unfortunate that many have let their view of the work and the calling be formed by the poor actions of a few high profile people. but look at Alison Krauss, for example, who's won more than a dozen Grammys, and Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Tim O'Brien, Kathy Mattea, Gretchen Peters. Those are just a few on the country side of things. There are thousands of others in every genre of music. it’s possible to be a person of integrity, an adult, and a responsible citizen, all while followng a career as a musician. unfortunate that many have let their view of the work and the calling be formed by the poor actions of a few high profile people. but look at Alison Krauss, for example, who’s won more than a dozen Grammys, and Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Tim O’Brien, Kathy Mattea, Gretchen Peters. Those are just a few on the country side of things. There are thousands of others in every genre of music.

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