Success or Remaining True to Your Art

Sometimes it is and either or. But why not strive to make an "and" out of it?

I was talking to an old friend about artistic purity.
What I told him was at fifteen years of age I had a huge dose of purity along with a portion of amazing ego. I would never belittle my craft by donning makeup and a persona, ala KISS. Or condescend to play "easy stuff" like the Blues.

But at almost sixty I would don the makeup in a heartbeat.
Name it...C&W, Classical, Jazz, Cover, doesn't matter.

With makeup or without. Making a statement or being The Turtles.

I also learned to master any portion of this craft is not, "easy stuff." The Blues is hard shit to play with a passion and real feel.

A tight band gets me more excited than the genre they play. A hot flame of energy and passion between audience and band goes twice as far as playing for my soul.

So if I can play in a metal band and be successful at it, and feed from the energy playing provides, where is the loss?

Happy Hanukkah
Merry Christmas

Play with your dreidels, kids!