There are many artists recently, on both Newgrounds and off that have been leaving behind their sanctuaries to brave the cold winds of the world, armed with nothing but their music, and the desire to make it. I watch them and listen as they tell me time and time again.
"I just want to be able to do this my whole life... if I can do that, I can die happy".
And I sit back, and I wish them the best. I really do, I wish and I pray with all my heart that they reach that end goal.
It is a shame, it is a truth my friends, music is an art.
And art, is a luxury.
I see them take their songs off Newgrounds, I see them erase their tracks from others, because the time to grow up is here. The time to make friends and foes alike is upon them. The spine chilling first steps are being taken.
Not me. And they tell me I will one day have to. One day I will be forced to stop sharing my songs with everybody, that I will be lost forever in this place, a tapestry to a tiny corner of the internet.
And you know what? I agree.
I agree, and I don't care. I've been making music for 3 years now, and many still consider me a greenhorn to the industry. Fine, but I am still devoted to producing for free. I am still striving to show people a new world, a new hope, a new idea, ANYTHING that makes them stop and enjoy themselves. A story, thats all I want to do, tell and read stories of worlds that will never be.
How do I survive then? How will Chuck continue to exist once the time beckons? I have no real idea. I will keep doing what i'm doing, and hopefully my site, like Newgrounds, will be able to sustain the dreams woven into it. In time, it's possible. I have no intention of hiding any of my work, that is the bottom line. The ears of those who want to listen, will be given the opportunity to do so. Period.
Does that make me a failure? A doomed artist to wither and vanish?
Well, I figure, how poetic is that? Become part of the worlds and stories that will one day disappear with me.
So stick around my friends, only time will let me tell you how this story ends ;D
Nintechno
Great Words my friend!
But take heed...
No matter what happens, no matter how many 0-bombs, no matter how many crap reviews, no matter how much time passes, however long you shall make music for, no matter the opinions of some, no matter how many people call you a failure...
The dream will live on!
A dream that has been around scince before FL Studio, Before Newgrounds, Before me and Before you!
It is a dream that is still being woven today. Every time someone submits to the Audo Portal, one more stich is added. Every time someone plays a song, it gets stronger.
It is the dream of Making Music For the Love of Making Music.
And it shall live on FOREVER in the hearts of those who created it.
Us artists.
And so people may try to tell you discouraging things, and try to stop you making music, and to kill you carrear!
But a dream can NEVER die! And as long as I am making music, I shall strive to show the world that music is not about money. It is about enjoying themusic and making it for fun and for FREE!
Whooo!
...Hows that for poetic? Not quite as good as yours, but still pretty good I think!
XD
MaestroRage
Quite right my good sir, a dream can never die, but it can be broken. There is what scares so many, to have a dream, but have it broken.
It's only fact that artists need to eat too. It's not possible under normal circumstances to make for the joy of making forever, unless you wish to live a life of poverty. Few extreme artists take this route, many of which I think is safe to call insane.
Even when we go away, Newgrounds will have new champions of music, which is why I find it so poetic that despite our best efforts, at the end of the day we are as tangible as the songs we make. Once we have said our peace, there is no traces of us left.
Keep up the good fight!