Never mind. I've had that issue and thought I might have an idea, but I know nothing about 2 stroke diesel engines. Go with the Kevlar I guess...hehe
Except none of that is true. Karaoke and DJ's have never replaced any musician with even barely average talent, ambition, and dedication. I have numerous friends who have been able to make a living creating and performing music. In fact, I've known of none who failed to do so. People will always pay for live performances, as well as for quality recorded music. Bend has a thriving musical community, and Portland's has always been a world leader. That other stuff you mention really isn't music at all.
My bike was stolen from my locked shed when i was a kid. Momma didnt have a lot of money but bought me a $230 mountain bike for christmas cause i started riding my bike to school in middle school. When it disapeared i was devestated and didnt get a new mode of transportation till i was 17 and got a job and a $500 car. Needless to say it taught me a valuable life lesson. I never take what isnt mine. I walked out of walmart once with a movie under a dresser in the cart. I forgot the movie was under it and when i got to the car my mom and i discovered it. She said well it was an accident and you got away with it, up to you what to do, i walked in to customer service and paid for it. Saw a wallet on the road once and pulled over, i let my buddy out to grab it. He opened it and tried to grab the cash and i snagged it from him and told him he was a dick. Pulled the guys license out got his address and hand dilivered it with all money and cards. He couldnt believe it, he had his social security card in it too. Years later i drop my wallet and by the time i notice some fucker has stopped at 3 different gas stations making small transactions on my cc before i cancle it. I had just lost my job and had no money, i had my social security card in it and my new license i just got in SC and was driving around applying for jobs. It is a true pita to get a new social security card and a new license without having either one. I realized karma is bullshit but i still try to treat others with respect and appriciate the rare times it is returned.
you are not looking at the big band era of the post WWII industrial age...I've been a professional musician and robots making burgers are not going to have the impact that technology had on the live music business...there will always be a live music biz but the entire music biz has shrunken to a fraction of its heyday...a DJ can play a James Brown cut and it's still music, but 1 guy is pushing the entertainment button instead of a 13 piece horn band playing and getting paid ...there are countless examples of jobs that have been replaced by technology
I know plenty of musicians who failed to make a living or support a family by creating or performing music..it's not uncommon at all so I'm going to echo what you said and say this is just not true
The thing I wonder about when I'm doing self check out is, what if I got hurt? Work comp. in Oregon has a cap/expense limit but a liability claim doesn't. I saw on the news a guy slipped and fell in the Safeway parking lot in St. Helens and the jury just awarded him $1 million.
True. But, I certainly wasn't making much money on music in Portland. I've been writing like a mad man during my sabbatical though. And round 2 shall begin.
If something ain't mine, I'm either not taking it or I'm making sure it gets back to where it needs. There's never a doubt...
