You never even listen to a song and want to play along with it? Or do you not even listen to much music anymore?
I’ve never had much commercial success with music, and it’s probably more brutal now than it’s ever been, but I still love writing, recording, and jamming out with my favorite songs, so it’s hard to relate. I’ve known people who gave up on the dream of “making it”, but I’ve never known someone to stop playing music altogether.
Not anymore, no. I used to, but for the most part, no… not really. I’ll pick up my acoustic maybe once every 4-6 months for a 5 hour session but then I won’t pick it up again for another 4+ months. When I play that acoustic, I play the shit out of it… then it goes back into the box and I go back to my desk and write some more IaC. 🤷♂️
Man, I’m the polar opposite. To each their own. :) I spend the bulk of my time coding, reviewing patches, responding bug reports and attending rote meetings, when I’d much rather be doing something creative with my time. I’m not that interesting in being in a band these days, mainly because I like to do my own thing too much and so does everyone else I know that plays music, haha. That’s forgetting the fact that there’s never been much money in it for me, so the idea of turning it into a career has never seemed tangible.
And it’s not that I dislike tech or computers (I’m on Linux, I genuinely like developing software when it’s something I care about, and I have a home server setup that I use just about every day.), it’s just that I get a lot more satisfaction out of playing music or making art. Technology to me is a means to an end; if I couldn’t put songs together, make paintings or animations, program indie games, play games, build a media library, etc., I don’t think I’d really care about computers at all.
Basically when it comes to tech stuff, I don’t care for the process as much as I care about the results. With creative endeavors it’s the opposite, I really love the process and I’d rather spend my time doing that than just about anything else.
(Now if only I could commit to finishing some more of my musical ideas… lol)
You never even listen to a song and want to play along with it? Or do you not even listen to much music anymore?
I’ve never had much commercial success with music, and it’s probably more brutal now than it’s ever been, but I still love writing, recording, and jamming out with my favorite songs, so it’s hard to relate. I’ve known people who gave up on the dream of “making it”, but I’ve never known someone to stop playing music altogether.
Not anymore, no. I used to, but for the most part, no… not really. I’ll pick up my acoustic maybe once every 4-6 months for a 5 hour session but then I won’t pick it up again for another 4+ months. When I play that acoustic, I play the shit out of it… then it goes back into the box and I go back to my desk and write some more IaC. 🤷♂️
Man, I’m the polar opposite. To each their own. :) I spend the bulk of my time coding, reviewing patches, responding bug reports and attending rote meetings, when I’d much rather be doing something creative with my time. I’m not that interesting in being in a band these days, mainly because I like to do my own thing too much and so does everyone else I know that plays music, haha. That’s forgetting the fact that there’s never been much money in it for me, so the idea of turning it into a career has never seemed tangible.
And it’s not that I dislike tech or computers (I’m on Linux, I genuinely like developing software when it’s something I care about, and I have a home server setup that I use just about every day.), it’s just that I get a lot more satisfaction out of playing music or making art. Technology to me is a means to an end; if I couldn’t put songs together, make paintings or animations, program indie games, play games, build a media library, etc., I don’t think I’d really care about computers at all.
Basically when it comes to tech stuff, I don’t care for the process as much as I care about the results. With creative endeavors it’s the opposite, I really love the process and I’d rather spend my time doing that than just about anything else.
(Now if only I could commit to finishing some more of my musical ideas… lol)