Just found my new favourite Tumblog, make it yours.
(via magmar2k)
A stunning collection of great advice for musicians. Having just had a debate last night with someone who argued one was not capable of passionately pursuing music while dealing with the realities of work in other fields, this rings true; and comes from someone who knows better than either of us. I particularly liked:
Have interests outside of your art. especially if you can do this on a non-performance basis, where you can just enjoy the activity and not analyze it to death and be real critical of your own work and stuff. it’s so easy to burn out if you do one overwhelming thing for about twenty or thirty years. sometimes, i just don’t play at all and don’t think about work and mess around with my sailboat, or work in the yard, or something. ride the motorcycle. giving myself a break from the pass/fail mentality. i like just being a regular person.
On expanding your mind.
Aside from drugs and sex what activities would you recommend for a girl in her twenties with an interest in mind-expansion?
Get a passport. Use it as often as possible. Read. Books, that is. Ones without pictures. Surround yourself with brilliant and fascinating people. Say yes whenever you can, except to religion and authority. Create things. Fall in and out of love. Never forget that you will die one day.
