| Finding An Earn In Arts |
Giles Smith: "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 - right
Jon Hawkes 4th Pillar of Sustainability
Brindle Style began this feature in 2006, after a yarn with some American jazz players... in recognition of the fact that it's not just individuals in remote and regional communities like us that are disrespected - this trend applies right through arts and cultural events. This multi-billion dollar industry, corporatised cultural commodities.
Sonny Rollins Interview "What you have to confront if you’re a young gifted musician is what some people call the “real world.” But your music, which is the real real world, that comes first. The world of making a living, putting bread on the table, you meet a girl and get married, support a family. But music takes a lot of time and dedication... more
Steadfast dedication to arts practise- has neglected our elders and as Branford Marsalis put it so well- "That isn't going to happen to me."
pictured "Two of the mainstays at Ronnies. Monty was there when I first came there in 1980."
Michael Hill: "and one of these days our heroes... might get paid while they're alive."
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Like Rodney Rude, or Kevin Wilson Robert Barrett's tickles millions of people, this may represent the spirit, even the will, of Australia and culture far more accurately than govt. A bit of pizazz as Cszikszentimihaly puts it.
Barret used this yarn when he spoke briefly about finding a quid in his field -writing, at Festival of Cairns September '07... Popular country-singer Gina Jeffries looks up fromthe dole-queue, - one of her videos is playing on the TV. Robert Barrett did not say - don't bother dreaming of becoming a successful writer - only that it will take a lot of work.
Peter Garrett let on he was aware of the plight of artisits and our engagement with dept of social security
left Garzone with student Mike Rivett in New York
"Artists usually work two to three jobs – their art practice, an arts related job such as teaching and a non-arts job in an area such as hospitality."
A Sustainable Arts Sector - What Will it Take? -Cathy Hunt and Phyllida Shaw. more...
Hehe-he Jazz Trance Skit from the BBC's Mighty Boosh HUMOUR
Ben Webster's Tears - the clip that started it all...
Branford Marsalis: (USA) - "He knew it was time. He was the old man in the story. One of the greatest saxophone players in the history of jazz. Here he was doing gigs around the world with pickup bands to make a living. Most of his comrades were gone. Do either one of them look happy?"
Plus the Local Musings, Giles Smith, Paul Green etc...
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