What We're Working For.

A couple of days ago at work, we had a send off for someone getting stationed in another band. She said something very profound when she was speaking to all of us. It was made very clear that she loved her job, and she said that she'd do it for free. We all had a good laugh and made some jokes, but it stuck with me. I've been pondering it ever since. I have an interesting job. You see, I'm an acoustical musician that plays (mostly) out of date music. The trick is, I get paid a salary for it. I'm very thankful for my job, but I also understand that canned music is on the rise and acoustical musicians are becoming rare these days. I never know what tomorrow might bring. But if I were to find myself out of work as a musician, I believe I would continue to make music the way I know how even if I wasn't paid for it. And as I continue to mull this over, I feel that its creating a deeper and more meaningful bond to that which I do for a living. Money has never been a great motivator for me anyway, but consciously thinking about the possibility of not getting paid to make music just makes it all the more beautiful. Its like my Grandpa always said, "Money may leave you, beautiful women may leave you, but music never will." Goodnight.