>>2971585Lol dude I am not saying that I am ungrateful for these experiences.
I cherish them all, but this is a sentiment you hear from many people, especially touring musicians.
They can't believe they achieved their dreams, and it's amazing at first, but then reality sets in, and it really isn't that great. Soon being a touring musician really isn't much better than doing an office job.
I am just saying that the memes that were sold to us (maybe 1960's foundation myths) are false. There is no exciting unconventional lifestyle to be had. There really are not many inspirational people out there.
It's all ultimately mundane. But I also think the internet has had a big hand in this.
I mean, people in Wisconsin used to not have a fucking clue what was going on in Utah. They didn't even hardly know they had crazy national parks out there, or that there is like a wonderland of desert just sitting 18 hours west of Wisconsin.
Now, you can just sit on the computer and heavily research everything about Utah. You can schedule all the obscure places you want to visit ect. ect.
40 years ago, you would have just gone out there and probably had your fucking mind blown. Probably would have seen some wild horses, ghost towns, the most insane rock formations that nobody even knew existed back in Wisconsin ect. ect.
This is just one example. Another is how the persona of the musician has changed. Musicians used to be mysterious people. All you knew about them was the one or two albums you owned by them. You imagined they must be some really fascinating people to have created such a weird and amazing album. You may have wondered what their childhood was like, wondered what inspires them, wondered what the songs really meant.
Now they are tweeting about DRUMPF and doing lame-ass interviews on YouTube. There is no romance or mystery behind the artist or musician. They are just fucking around.
It was always bullshit, that's the crazy part.
