Originally Posted by XPays

advice for wannabe's - keep your day job.

1990 -- started playing
1991 -- started playing professionally in S.f. and Berkeley party and rave scene
1991 and a half -- worked and partied all night, slept all day and missed all of my classes at berkeley. fell into a fast crowd.
1991 and a half through about 1995 -- played less frequently but at bigger venues and events
1995 -- became a purist and vowed to never accept payment for my musical services again
Yesterday -- turned down an invite to play a 2 hr set at a movie release party for Snoop at the Tribeca Film Festival even though I am already headed to nyc that same weekend.

dj'ng and playing all instruments for that matter for the average person is a great hobby and outlet that can get corrupted if you cross a certain line which is different for everybody. the release and freedom of expression are the benefits of being a purist imho & ego's do not fit in to the mix.

For every lantern and hookid there are a lot of washed failures who's lives are spent living a fantasy that turns into a nightmare with self-realization.