Now Playing: The Social Lives of Working Musicians
There's something they never tell you when you decide you want to be a musician for a living: you don't get to do things on the weekends with your friends anymore.
I was just updating my calendar, and I have a gig almost every weekend through the summer. Don't get me wrong, that's a good thing. It means I can pay my bills and continue doing what I love to do. It's just that my non-musician friends work regular jobs, so their time to do things is on the weekends.
The other thing I've noticed lately is that as my particular group of musical friends become more successful, we don't get to support each other as much because we've all got gigs at the same time. I think that sometimes we end up cannibalizing each others audiences.
All that being said, I still think I'm one of the luckiest guys around. I get to sing and play guitar for a living. Can you imagine that?
Posted by westguitar
at 8:16 AM EDT