| Giles Smith |
 Giles: "Sit, think, dream and do- i don't subscribe to the starving artist thing"
It perturbs me that muso’s are inherently broke. The only excuse is, they didn’t earn enough. Everyone else in the world wakes up to go to work! I’m not going to labour jokes about not even getting up at all etc…. But, you must think of any talent, entrepreneurially.
Giles Smith "I love what I do. As a career professional musician, I have played with hundreds of leading Australian Acts -as widely varied as Don Burrows (Jazz), Dragon (Rock) and John Williamson (Country) and visiting internationals.
Maiia: It's cool if one has access to colonial inherited dollars - but the baby boomer days are over, the yuppies are no longer young and we're now comprehending, at last, the social costs of economic rationalism in myriad ways. Editorial for August 2009- The High Cost of Low Standards Melbourne's Leigh Barker says being 50 and on the dole isn't as bad as in America. Fair enough -but the closer one gets to 50 the concept grows exponentially less romantic.
Paul Green: "Really you have to play for yourself."
Steely Dan concert in Hunter Valley sells out in just 3 days. Giles had a wonderful time...
Police Concert in Brisbane
Andy Warhol -touring art exhibition.
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