Why the Entertainment Industry?

First and foremost we will be going a little off track this week as I want to start of this week’s blog by asking my readers a simple question, “ What makes you happy?” This is the exact question that I asked myself right out of High School, and although it took me a while to figure out, I finally came to where I am today as a Live Sound Engineer/Artist Manager. One of the main reasons that I love being a part of the live entertainment industry is because of the direct contact with my artist’s fans emotions. What do I mean by that? Well when you are at a concert and you are screaming your favorite bands music at the top of your lungs, how does that make you feel? Awesome, right?! Well imagine helping someone craft his or her music into something that people, like yourself, want to scream or clap along to. After all the work put into the music is done, that is the ultimate benefit in my eyes, not the money, not the fame, but the emotions that the music (or my artists music) you helped create is able to pull out of the fans. It’s the small moments like that that give me the push to make it to the next day. This is a quote from Steve Jobs that I try to abide and ask myself everyday, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” My answer to this question hasn’t been “no” yet and I hope that it will never be. Finally, I want my readers to look in the mirror and ask yourself the same thing. What are your answers? What will you do if your answer is a “No?”

 

Reference:

Good Reads. (2013). Steve Jobs Quotes. Retrieved on April 22, 2013, from; http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/412696-i-have-looked-in-the-mirror-every-morning-and-asked