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Originally Posted by cmac2012
I can only imagine that fame and money present all sorts of challenges. As much as I once wanted to be a musical star, there might be something weird about money that came that easily, as it does to a select few. Making it in business or science, engineering - whatever - has a long apprenticeship period so you understand how you got here and how to continue.
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I don't believe it comes as easily as you see it. It isn't like I woke up this morning, took a shower and sang a song and people bought my records. Sure, it looks easy but what doesn't? I'd say carpentry, metal work, landscaping, etc, etc all look easy till you pick up the tools and start hacking away at it. Listening to me describe pouring cement, you and me could do a 2 car driveway 50 feet long in an afternoon with a few 2X4 forms and a trowel but it probably isn't going to be that easy without a seasoned crew. When I played the violin, there was hours of practice involved and lessons on top of that not to mention the learning of misc stuff. All this was just taking 2 hrs of class a week and not for commercial purposes. When performance is demanded of you day in and day out from every direction, well, I don't think it comes that easy. Sure, talent speeds it up. Perhaps with my absolute pitch ability, I can get it faster than you can but again, when it is commercial, they demand more and they get more and you best put out more. In short, I think while the time it took to achieve what she did (although I don't like her music) was shorter, I think she put in much more than we know on a daily basis when it comes to effort.