What's the hardest part of being a Artist? | The "IM ALOT AT TIMES" Podcast.

[@benaiah1960]

I apologize for the delay in commenting, Truth ... I needed to research this, as well as thinking about this: I met my first hip-hop head in 1979, where he had the Technics turntable set-up and the crates full of 1970s jazz - from Herbie Hancock to Bob James to Donald Byrd to George Howard to Grover Washington, Jr., George Duke, etc.; I think the difficulty in being an artist today is in its pipeline: from what I understand, at the fundamental level, growth is not encouraged - to understand the depth and breadth of music DEMANDS careful study of any discipline in its medium; we all borrow, but do we push it forward? Or, as you have seen ... unworthy vampires 'interpolate' other people's work, but, by unethical legalese, take the meat of intellectual property and tweak it - and drain the ingenuity of classic work; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, eh? ... I am 64, but my musical spirit is timeless ... so an artist must keep one foot in the future and the past to bring the noise; so an 'artist' must, in spite of the immediate, must diametrically be past and future ... I pray this makes sense 🙂

[@dlouthetruth]

@benaiah1960 No worries, i appreciate you always tapping in. Man, I love that explanation, and it's actually a very good observation. I'm a big jazz listener, as well as music lover of many genres. It is always easy to spot the difference between artists who care about their craft and those that do it for different reasons. I referenced jazz because ,even though the majority I listen to is mainly instrumental, I can still almost tell what the artist is trying to convey. So, like I said earlier, that was a great observation, because a lot of music today that's being marketed, in my opinion, is very soul-less.

[@benaiah1960]

As an example: I ask you to listen to Steve Coleman and Five Elements' "Curves of Life" album - carefully peruse the final cut 'I'm Burning Up' ... and maybe I have presented my point 🙂

[@dlouthetruth]

@@benaiah1960 Will do 👍🏽