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Yet another question....

moam	Date: October 3, 2004 @ 4:11 PM What does your family/friends think of your music? Do they support you on it or tell you to find a better hobby? Do you have a freind who is a musician and do you support your friend on the music? Do you get competitive with it? Let's hear your thoughts...
GTLive	Date: October 3, 2004 @ 5:30 PM Oh boy what a question! My family never let me play music. When I was younger, I would get punished for playing an instrument in my mother's house. My 1/2 bro taught himself the banjo, and that was ok but as soon as I played a note on guitar or piano the bitching would commence. Very frowned upon, don't know why even now. At 17 I got my 1st car and was happy because I had a place to play my guitar. To this day nobody in my mother's family has even heard me play. Here it is many years later, the only people who have ever heard my stuff are more or less right here! That is why feedback is important to me. This is the most diverse audience in the world. Gary's book, chapter one.
moam	Date: October 3, 2004 @ 6:14 PM Can't put the book down! OK, yeah anyways, I can somewhat relate to what you said. My family doesn't disapprove of me making it, they just never seemed interested which kinda hurts cuz it's what I like to do and they say that they are "interested in everything I do" and shit like that but then they never show interest to the music I make. It's kinda sad. I even showed my mom a few non evil and dark songs and she didn't even comment. I didn't ask but she didn't give her on my music. Don't get me wrong, I have GREAT parents, it just kind of hurts my feelings that they haven't seemed to notice much of my art I have been making that is so important to me. Also, my bro doesn't like my voice because I sound like him and he doesn't like his own voice. That doesn't really hurt my feelings. People can think whatever they want about my music. It just hurts me more when people don't either tell their honest opinion of it or they don't even mention it after I give them a CD of mine or something. Atleast my brother was straight up and honest about it. I am the total opposite, I can listen to myself all the time, kinda sad but true. I just wish my mom would have made some sort of comment after listening to the songs in my car...but oh well. MOAM's book, chapter one...
onewhodreams	Date: October 3, 2004 @ 7:06 PM When I was 15 my Mom bought me my first guitar, Amp, and Heavy Metal Pedal At first it was just a hobby but when I turned 21 and decided to pursue singing, it turned into more of an obsession. No one except my voice teacher believed in me at the time, but now, after all the years of hard work and musical study, I think they respect me a lot more and they all tell me to pursue my dreams I have many musician friends and I support them all 100%. I've been pretty competitive lately, entering singing/songwriting contests and things like that, but I do not like at all the audition/open call process so I try to stay clear of those types of things Great Topic idea moam
victorsskull	Date: October 3, 2004 @ 11:43 PM its always been my hobby and mess stress releaver I take every thing that bothers me and dump it into my music or just do it for fun. screw what every one else thinks its my music and I like it thats all that matters
acousticgrrl	Date: October 4, 2004 @ 2:22 AM My mom thinks it's cute that I play guitar. Sometimes I worry about being loud when she's sleeping but she says she likes to hear me play. My brother doesn't like my songs or my playing. My sister and Dad seem pretty impressed but I never really play around them. I don't sing my lyrics for anyone though. Just strangers on the internet.
moam	Date: October 4, 2004 @ 2:25 AM Some pretty interesting points of view on this topic I like it! It's interesting to hear the "history" or "life" if you will about all of us. We certainly learn something new about each person.
billhudson	Date: October 4, 2004 @ 9:54 AM My folks are still saying, " When are you going to get a "REAL" job? Still Pickin' Bill H.
the-erm	Date: October 22, 2004 @ 6:19 PM Man Gary that sucks. I think I got a few sympathy listens from my family, well I take that back My brother actually liked my music enough to have me sing at his wedding. However for the most part ... it seems like nobody cares about anything I've written.
gothian	Date: October 31, 2004 @ 1:09 PM mmmm my father never was really into any kind of music, so, everything is pretty much the same for him, and my mom just let us do whatever we wanted, so, I never had any problems or anything like that at home. One of my brothers and I were into the exact kind of music, he started to learn guitar some months before me... and then he started to teach me. It was the coolest time in my life, we were 15 years old and just like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, he teached me as he was learning. 3 or 4 years later, I was more obssesive than him and started to play better and better, he was very happy and suportive and it helped a lot that I've always been kind of anti-social and I didn't like to go to parties or discos, so, I remember some saturdays when some friends came to our place to go party with then... most of the time I was playing the guitar and let them go... some hours later when my brother returned, I was in the same place playing the guitar I just cant stop doing it !!.... I've had some breaks, but not a lot
ICF	Date: October 31, 2004 @ 1:29 PM My parents love to hear me play, love to hear me sing... We are the "Musical Family" So im told! So they support me but i hate having them listen so i pretty much record when noone's home. My brother does his own music stuff with his bands and so on so i dont like him hearing cause im scared of insults Pretty much you lot are the only people that have heared my my stuff, one or two guys at my school have heared but noone else! You lot should feel privaliged!!
MickeyBreezy	Date: October 31, 2004 @ 9:39 PM if u listen 2 my trak called "illbeat-mizconxevd remix" on the last line of my part i say "cuz we'll lube up the mic n buttfuck ur wack raps, dammit"... ...my mom doesnt like that line, AT ALL!
moam	Date: October 31, 2004 @ 10:01 PM SnomaN, that's deep...
Woof	Date: November 1, 2004 @ 4:24 AM My family was always very analytical... So one day my brother, who at the time seemed to enjoy debate, as much for the sport of it as the logic behind the arguments, asked me the BIG question: "What purpose does art serve? I don't see anything useful coming out of any of it!" He wasn't being a prick, mind you... he honestly had no answer for that. So we debated for months... To make a long story short, as a result of those debates I put a lot more thought into what I was interested in accomplishing creatively... ...And my brother wound up being our bass player I've never regretted that he broached the subject.
Amp	Date: November 1, 2004 @ 9:17 AM to tell u the truth my momz iz the one who really put me into the game...she alwayz had a love for hip-hop and shared it with me and my 2 brothers...and the rest of my famo hasent really heard me...but i think if they do..they prolly like it... ~1~
gothian	Date: November 1, 2004 @ 10:20 AM SnomaN:
plattishness	Date: November 4, 2004 @ 11:46 AM awesome subject, hits home with alot of us. my parents always come to see me gig. They wont come to the same at the same time though, hahaha, pretty dumb. I think they prefer the metal band I play in to the stuff I have on here. But they are really supportive. I dont really have friends that dont make music (pretty weird now I think about it). We all go to each others gigs out of necsessity to keep things moving as well as enjoyment Thats a pretty sick lyric SnomaN
mundieta12	Date: November 7, 2004 @ 6:33 PM My parents like the same music I do so they're very supportive, although it does make it harder to rebel against them! The only time it gets bad is when my dad keeps giving me "genius" ideas, generally ripping off either Muse or BB King!
billrhynes	Date: November 17, 2004 @ 7:37 PM When I was 12 I decided I wanted to play electric bass like Gene Simmons. Oh I begged and hinted for a bass for months,. At Christmas, my oldest brother (a guitar player) convinced my mom to get me an acoustic guitar instead of a bass, He thought I would benefit from learning chords and such before going to bass. Well gee! As it turned out, I got totally turned on to the guitar and wouldn't put it down. My mother was always supportive, she never suggested I shouldn't go for it all the way.I never really fit in with the athletic crowd and was a bit of a loner, so music became my thing. A year after getting the acoustic, I got my first electric. A few months later a knock came at my door. It was the local rock band(we lived in a small town) a friend of mine told them about me when he heard they were looking for a new lead player. They came in and sat down, I played the solo from "Detroit Rock City" and I was in! We played AC/DC covers almost exclusively. Most of my friendships have been close working relationships with people I have been in bands with. What sucks is when shit goes down, and you not only lose a singer or a bass player, but sometimes you lose your friend. It's hard not to get jaded. Ive been in bands that have broken up, everyone hated each other, and then years later got together again and laughed about the past,(just to break up again) it's utter madness. One of the hardest things to do is to get four or five people working togethet on an intimate level, towards a common goal, and keep it together, and make good music at the same time. Personality conflicts arise, power struggles, control freaks, some people would rather get drunk than show up for practice, but hey I'm rambling...as far as competitive goes, I could care less about competing with anyone. I try to make something I would like to listen to, because I'm probably going to hear it a thousand times before someone else does, and if I get sick of it before it gets to mp3 form, it probably isn't gonna happen.
AdamsGod	Date: December 6, 2004 @ 12:39 PM my mom is also my biggest fan.. not only does she love my music, but back when i was still 16, she did all of the bands make up, and carpooling.. she came to every gig, every recording we had. now that i'm in a different country then she is, once every little while i send her a new CD with new songs of mine. she plays it to everyone.. its cool. as to friends who are musicians.. theres this friend of mine, hes a pretty good guitar player/composer. but there was always this competiotion between us..still is, even tho i'm way in toronto and hes way in L.A. i still know... i'm better
Gizmogle	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 4:34 PM my parents hate my playing! even thou they think im really good they say that i never shut up with my guitar, so i usually have to play with the amp off
AppleJuice	Date: January 2, 2005 @ 9:40 PM They think I'm really weird. My music is totally experiemental and contains a lot of elements of craziness, scariness and other things. Although some people actually enjoy some of it thoroughly.
furiousBall	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 1:22 PM My wife digs some of it, the less weirder stuff. My son and daughter love it all. I rock my daughter to sleep in my arms to a playlist of my tunes every night. For some reason she really really relaxes to Sparrows. My son likes to spin in the studio chair while he listens to "daddymusic".
kingo	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 2:18 PM Everyone I know thinks I smoke too much crack. When I call the stuff I do "music" they burst into uncontrollable fits of laughter. The neighbors throw rocks at me. The skunks wait in ambush. They want to noises to stop. I tell them I'll stop just as soon as they stop the voices.
Vickxxx	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 8:48 PM In the eyes of my family, if it ain't makin me money it's a total fuckin waste of time. As a hobby it's a waste of a lot of fuckin money. Other than nieces and nephew, no one in my family has heard any of my music. Luckily my sister (who got me into playing guitar) and my wife always supported my endeavors,God bless them. Friends and musicians have always been the mainstay of support for me. I'm always in total support of my fellow musicians. I used to be real competitive with my music and playing (at one point I was recording and playing with 5 bands) and soundtracks. I'm a lot more picky about the musical situations I get involved in nowadays. Saves on the wear and tear.