I've been driving an 18 wheeler for a little over 26yrs ... i sing and play guitar in a local cover band and do solo gigs on the weekends for the last 3-4yrs now... i actually did pretty good last year with music....made $21k! Thought about chasing it full-time, but i like my job, insurance, 6 weeks a year vacation etc.... I'm not fooling myself thinking i can "make it" I just enjoy playing with my buddies in the band, watching the crowd dance & have fun and make a few bucks so i can buy more guitars! 😂😂😂
Recently a fellow guitar player just moved there from NYC. I contacted one of my musician friends down there in hopes they would be able steer him towards some gigs. My DM included the phrase “Just what Nashville needs is another guitar player!!!” Personally, I don’t go to Nashville for business, I go to see how much trouble I can get into. Way less stressful.
The issue with Nashville is, technical ability isn’t special anymore, it dosent set you apart as techncial chops are very easy to learn. There are 1,000s of guitarists in Nashville with chops. It’s over saturated, there isn’t enough work for the amount of musicians that there are
There's more than enough work for a highly skilled talented touring & studio session musician in Nashville. The biggest difference that sets you apart from the rest is the ability to adjust to others you're surrounded by in your environment. It's all in having the right attitude more than anything else really. Plain & simple in layman terms & wise words my pop's told me growing up. "If you're cool, you're cool, let's go kick out the jam's! But if you're an azzhole well then you're an azzhole, go kick rocks before you get jammed up, ya dig?" Easy-Peasy! Just saying & trying to keep it a buck here. +++Peace Funk & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+++ 🤘😜🤘
Quality of life is so important. I play music, but just for fun. I play out weekly/monthly but have a regular job. I live in a rural area. We know all our neighbors. It is different when music is a hobby and not a means to make a living. I like not being stressed and knowing I can pay my bills, have stable friends. I have been to Nashville several times. Loved it.....but that was just as a tourist. Very expensive place to visit. I am sure it is a very expensive place to live.
Thank you for sharing some of the "ins and outs" of the music business, I will say it has provided me a renewed and increased level of respect for all of the working musicians that pursue their art and stick with it, my gosh how hard it must be at times! I've had some friends in passing that shared with me how hard it was to make ends meet, especially local area (i.e. the Pacific Northwest) touring band musicians. You've done well so far, you were able to buy a home and you seem to get plenty of work calls, keep going brother!
Hey man thanks for the video. Very interesting. I’m a musician/producer in michigan and i’ve seen a lot of people come and go from nashville. From my perspective, people go to nashville, meet people, make connections, do the time, and then come back to say “I was a nashville musician”. This way they’re instantly more valuable anywhere else in the USA and they’re much more likely to get calls first. It’s like a resume thing.
I’ve been in Nashville 32 years and have had the same gig for as long with the artist I play for. A rare situation for sure, but I’ve been here long enough to see all the changes mentioned, and then some. I think part of the issue, is that not only is the music BUSINESS fluid, but there’s no real template to examine before one moves here to embark on a career here. I totally agree with the 5 year rule. This is a network town - meeting people, developing relationships, learning how the “machine” of it all works. It simply takes time. For musicians, the competition is brutal. But there’s work to be had. For songwriters, it’s nearly impossible to make a living doing that. Unless you have a song you’ve written/ cowritten on the radio or into the tens of millions streams, there’s very little money to be made for a writer, compared to when people bought hard product (CDs or the like). I encourage people to enter the town ready to work and give themselves 5 years. It’s a rewarding business but more difficult than when I came to town. Just realize that your talent will only carry you so far. It’s networking and relationships that are a huge key to it all.
Unfortunately, musical talent alone doesn’t guarantee success in Nashville. Good networking skills and the right attitude can help open some doors (as you discussed).
Justin, you don't realize how valuable such insights are. I've always been sensitive to the social matters you're discussing - lack of social bonds, competitiveness, hard-working people who can't make ends meet, instability, anxiety about even the nearest future. Thank you for sharing that. Yes, people are struggling everywhere, but what hits me the most when it comes to the US is the number of people with no health insurance. Nobody - I mean: nobody - deserves to be in a situation like that. The right to medical care - that's something you should be absolutely sure of no matter who you are and what you do. Take care, Justin! Have a merry Christmas with those who mean a lot to you! Greetings from a viewer from Poland!
@@bigpapi2658 It's insane that you approve of a system that allows corporations to profit off of sick and dying people. Tax dollars go to services you use too... roads, police, fire department, education, military, etc, etc. Stop being short-sighted and selfish, and pretending that only you and your five friends are paying for the rest of the world - all while using medicare and collecting social security!
@@bigpapi2658 I have a good job and good healthcare. The point is to think about others, like the musicians we love who don’t go to the hospital so they can take another gig.
@@bigpapi2658 It's insane that you want me and everyone else to pay for your roads, bridges, police, fire, EMS, schools, and six military branches, along with all the subsidies to financial, fossil fuel, aerospace, pharmaceutical, and a _slew_ of other *billion dollar* corporations ... but somehow healthcare isn't in there. Curious. 🤔
You're lucky that "slow season" in Nashville only lasts about 6 weeks. Here in the NYC tri-state area it lasts from January 1st through mid-April. Absolutely brutal!!!!
I lived in Nashville twenty years ago. Not in the music business. Their are thousands of musicians wandering around Nashville. They work at grocery stores,they work at wal mart. My wife worked at a restaurant and the guy doing dishes was the bass player for pirates of the Mississippi. If you remember that old band.
Not having a steady income at the end of the year. Not having a steady income at the beginning of the year. Competing for gigs with slackers (not on guitar) working for half price. Putting in a lot of time and effort and still not getting paid. That's kid of the dark side for pro musicians that can't even live a simple middle class lively hood.
Indeed. And that’s why so many good folks just say F this and go home. You have to eat and provide. It’s sad truth and I tip my drink and my hat to those lonely souls driving home from gigs at 4 am. We’ve all lost unknowns trying to drop the un from known. And the road took them…..
The "free" healthcare is a joke! People die waiting months and years for life saving measures, and by the time it's that person's turn, they're keeled over! Plus, there's plenty of legal weed here in the states. It's basically accepted all over, and rarely gets busted for it. Now, we have the best President since Reagan, and you still have Trudeau. God Bless, and I'll pray for you, sir! 🙏❤️❤️🙏
@@Krullmatic I’m not looking for a fight, however it must be said that Canadiens will cross the border to the states for specialized advanced healthcare if they have the means to do so, and they don’t want to wait… you are allowed to do that. You’re not chained here. You can avail yourself to the best doctors in the world which are in the states, we all agree but if you have test to be administered a herniated disc, Need prenatal care, biopsies ultrasounds x-rays a broken arm, a broken leg, etc. etc. anything that’s relatively minor. You can get it treated fairly quickly and it’s free what you’re talking about are the waitlist for things like cancer or kidney failure things that are serious. That is a problem here we all agree about that too. But what I see is a lot of people die in the states of things that were untreated undiagnosed because they don’t go to the doctor regularly here you can go to the doctor three times a year for a check up. It’s free …that kind of prevention is worth it… prescription health drugs are a fraction of the price that they are in states which is also a huge bonus… and our girls are better looking, American girls are fat
Man things are tough all over.. bravo for you making it work! You’re a great musician ! Follow your passion! You’re a down to earth sweet guy and any girl would be lucky to have you, ❤ although relationships and being a musician ain’t easy.
Interesting topic. I was told to go to Nashville. I choose not to. I think I made the right choice for me. I’m like you, can’t imagine living paycheck to paycheck and not having health insurance at my age. I had a neighbor for 30 years I never spoke a word to. Crazy but this is the new norm in many places. When is your next live stream?
I know it’s hard, but if you’re starting a business or moving anywhere to start a new life like Nashville, Hollywood New York etc. you absolutely should have a year’s salary in the bank just in case no money comes in that first six months… that being said, when I was young, I moved to another province with only a dime in my pocket when I got off the Greyhound bus 🤣… made for some great stories
You spoke to me, Justin.I just moved here last month.Actually happened to Alabama and looking form room.I got about a 1000 A.Want to spend any insight.Any suggestions?I appreciate it sincerely, Alex.Great playing on the intro by the way
Nashville sucks , if you’re into playing cool music that doesn’t sound like everybody else don’t go there. If you’re into being a hired gun for pop acts then definitely go there
This dude is what you get when you order Ryan Reynolds from Temu. Just jokin', my dude! You're an excellent player, and seem like a nice guy! Nashville is just Hollywood in the South.
I was a club musician for 30 years. You can probably make more money teaching music than playing music..... especially in an actual high school or university.....then you would have benefits. I had a music scholarship and an academic scholarship....I took the academic one because it paid more and had no strings attached. The music one has specific coursework tracks and didn't allow much else. So I took music as my electives and got an engineering degree.....
Sounds like every musician story ever, to be honest. You really didn't describe too much other than to say "chaotic" a lot, "challenging" and "crazy". I was disappointed by the title "dark side". What you describe sounds like every seasonal industry, and since it is a known thing, then.. plan accordingly? And it is naive to think that people stay in one place their whole lives anymore.
Glad musicians still have a love for Nashville despite the huge changes in the last 50 years. All my Nashville heros are already in the graveyard except one Lloyd Green and he's 87. Still playing better than ever but handpicks his gigs now because he can. He's one of the guys that made Nashville Music City. Don't let them real estate developers take your town away. My studio was on Music Square West in the 1970's directly across the street from RCA's newest building. They even wanted to bulldoze that studio before it was saved by musicians.
Hey buddy just had a thought that might be helpful to your channel but a little extra work. Maybe have some background music that you soloing over in your intros. 🤷♂️
I live here. Town needs more craft songwriters and real bands. Bands that start with a "The" in front of it. Less gunslingers. No more red cup tractor rap crap
I agree, society is going crazy, 99% of people are getting poorer, but 1% keeps getting richer. This is unacceptable, and it was unthinkable in the past. Until 30 years ago, people were accepting rich people becoming richer, because poor people were also improving their life. Now is not the case anymore. Technology is improving, but we are not living better, that's another disgusting fact, it just doesn't make sense.
I must say I’m slightly amused by the knee-jerk responses my lighthearted jest generated…Clearly they did not watch the video or absorb its message. The story of the musician who got sick had to go to the doctor and then back on the road to pay for that doctor is kind of heartbreaking. Admittedly there’s no such thing as “free healthcare” that’s a colloquial term. But if you break your arm in Canada, you don’t shell out thousands of dollars to have it set and to purchase the antibiotics and painkillers. I don’t see how shelling out cash for a broken arm is a badge of honor. Let’s get real far too many US citizens delay seeking medical coverage because costs are prohibitive. You can address this issue through your taxes or through your pocketbook. It doesn’t matter to me at all, but it’s going to be one or the other. Trudeau doesn’t have anything to do with healthcare. It’s a separate system. Unlike Trump. Just saying. And as an aside, if I may say I don’t usually bother with trolls in fact, I’ve never been trolled before online, but all these scaredy-cat block me after posting their silly messages so I’m just putting this out in case somebody wants the full story or in case these little boy trolls care to read it… seems as if my lighthearted joke touched quite a nerve… my guess is they probably don’t play guitar, for the record I play a 77 original telecaster with a custom Brazilian rosewood neck that was ordered at that time. Have a nice day.
Lived in Nashville in the 80’s. Go back to visit friends on occasion. Definitely not the town or music business it was. On it’s way to being Atlanta, traffic-wise.
Justin, truth be told, most of those people you are talking about dont have half your talent. The cream rises to the top, plus I bet you had a better "plan" than most of these short timers
I've been driving an 18 wheeler for a little over 26yrs ... i sing and play guitar in a local cover band and do solo gigs on the weekends for the last 3-4yrs now... i actually did pretty good last year with music....made $21k! Thought about chasing it full-time, but i like my job, insurance, 6 weeks a year vacation etc.... I'm not fooling myself thinking i can "make it" I just enjoy playing with my buddies in the band, watching the crowd dance & have fun and make a few bucks so i can buy more guitars! 😂😂😂
Recently a fellow guitar player just moved there from NYC. I contacted one of my musician friends down there in hopes they would be able steer him towards some gigs. My DM included the phrase “Just what Nashville needs is another guitar player!!!”
Personally, I don’t go to Nashville for business, I go to see how much trouble I can get into. Way less stressful.
The issue with Nashville is, technical ability isn’t special anymore, it dosent set you apart as techncial chops are very easy to learn. There are 1,000s of guitarists in Nashville with chops.
It’s over saturated, there isn’t enough work for the amount of musicians that there are
There's more than enough work for a highly skilled talented touring & studio session musician in Nashville. The biggest difference that sets you apart from the rest is the ability to adjust to others you're surrounded by in your environment. It's all in having the right attitude more than anything else really. Plain & simple in layman terms & wise words my pop's told me growing up. "If you're cool, you're cool, let's go kick out the jam's! But if you're an azzhole well then you're an azzhole, go kick rocks before you get jammed up, ya dig?" Easy-Peasy! Just saying & trying to keep it a buck here. +++Peace Funk & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+++ 🤘😜🤘
Quality of life is so important. I play music, but just for fun. I play out weekly/monthly but have a regular job. I live in a rural area. We know all our neighbors. It is different when music is a hobby and not a means to make a living. I like not being stressed and knowing I can pay my bills, have stable friends. I have been to Nashville several times. Loved it.....but that was just as a tourist. Very expensive place to visit. I am sure it is a very expensive place to live.
Nashville isn’t a great town It was 35+ years ago. Now it’s just a crazy busy overcrowded place. It certainly has lost his charm.
Thank you for sharing some of the "ins and outs" of the music business, I will say it has provided me a renewed and increased level of respect for all of the working musicians that pursue their art and stick with it, my gosh how hard it must be at times! I've had some friends in passing that shared with me how hard it was to make ends meet, especially local area (i.e. the Pacific Northwest) touring band musicians. You've done well so far, you were able to buy a home and you seem to get plenty of work calls, keep going brother!
You are great Justin. Transparent and honest. Keep going. Hope Christmastime will not be too tough
My problem with Nashville are the Ipad bands.
Wow dude, that sound! It's awesome.
Hey man thanks for the video. Very interesting. I’m a musician/producer in michigan and i’ve seen a lot of people come and go from nashville. From my perspective, people go to nashville, meet people, make connections, do the time, and then come back to say “I was a nashville musician”. This way they’re instantly more valuable anywhere else in the USA and they’re much more likely to get calls first. It’s like a resume thing.
It's a tough world out there man! Especially in the creative arts/entertainment industry towns.
I’ve been in Nashville 32 years and have had the same gig for as long with the artist I play for. A rare situation for sure, but I’ve been here long enough to see all the changes mentioned, and then some. I think part of the issue, is that not only is the music BUSINESS fluid, but there’s no real template to examine before one moves here to embark on a career here. I totally agree with the 5 year rule. This is a network town - meeting people, developing relationships, learning how the “machine” of it all works. It simply takes time. For musicians, the competition is brutal. But there’s work to be had. For songwriters, it’s nearly impossible to make a living doing that. Unless you have a song you’ve written/ cowritten on the radio or into the tens of millions streams, there’s very little money to be made for a writer, compared to when people bought hard product (CDs or the like). I encourage people to enter the town ready to work and give themselves 5 years. It’s a rewarding business but more difficult than when I came to town. Just realize that your talent will only carry you so far. It’s networking and relationships that are a huge key to it all.
If that’s the dark side you should come to NYC
Right. Wasn't dark enough to scare me.
Unfortunately, musical talent alone doesn’t guarantee success in Nashville. Good networking skills and the right attitude can help open some doors (as you discussed).
Great tone and phrasing.
Justin, you don't realize how valuable such insights are. I've always been sensitive to the social matters you're discussing - lack of social bonds, competitiveness, hard-working people who can't make ends meet, instability, anxiety about even the nearest future. Thank you for sharing that. Yes, people are struggling everywhere, but what hits me the most when it comes to the US is the number of people with no health insurance. Nobody - I mean: nobody - deserves to be in a situation like that. The right to medical care - that's something you should be absolutely sure of no matter who you are and what you do. Take care, Justin! Have a merry Christmas with those who mean a lot to you! Greetings from a viewer from Poland!
It’s almost like we should have socialized health insurance! It’s insane that your health depends on who your employer is.
It’s insane you want me to pay for your health care.
@@bigpapi2658 It's insane that you approve of a system that allows corporations to profit off of sick and dying people. Tax dollars go to services you use too... roads, police, fire department, education, military, etc, etc. Stop being short-sighted and selfish, and pretending that only you and your five friends are paying for the rest of the world - all while using medicare and collecting social security!
I’m self employed. I pay for my own. Not rich so why can’t you?
@@bigpapi2658 I have a good job and good healthcare. The point is to think about others, like the musicians we love who don’t go to the hospital so they can take another gig.
@@bigpapi2658 It's insane that you want me and everyone else to pay for your roads, bridges, police, fire, EMS, schools, and six military branches, along with all the subsidies to financial, fossil fuel, aerospace, pharmaceutical, and a _slew_ of other *billion dollar* corporations ... but somehow healthcare isn't in there. Curious. 🤔
You're lucky that "slow season" in Nashville only lasts about 6 weeks. Here in the NYC tri-state area it lasts from January 1st through mid-April. Absolutely brutal!!!!
Thanks for sharing your insights. A much needed reality check.
I lived in Nashville twenty years ago. Not in the music business. Their are thousands of musicians wandering around Nashville. They work at grocery stores,they work at wal mart. My wife worked at a restaurant and the guy doing dishes was the bass player for pirates of the Mississippi. If you remember that old band.
I live in a car with 3 guitars and a Vibro Champ...
Not in Nashville though.
Not having a steady income at the end of the year. Not having a steady income at the beginning of the year. Competing for gigs with slackers (not on guitar) working for half price. Putting in a lot of time and effort and still not getting paid. That's kid of the dark side for pro musicians that can't even live a simple middle class lively hood.
This...100%
NAILED IT. 💯
Indeed. And that’s why so many good folks just say F this and go home. You have to eat and provide. It’s sad truth and I tip my drink and my hat to those lonely souls driving home from gigs at 4 am. We’ve all lost unknowns trying to drop the un from known. And the road took them…..
Marry a good looking Canadian girl and bring your chops. We need the talent and you get free healthcare, and legal weed.
The "free" healthcare is a joke! People die waiting months and years for life saving measures, and by the time it's that person's turn, they're keeled over! Plus, there's plenty of legal weed here in the states. It's basically accepted all over, and rarely gets busted for it. Now, we have the best President since Reagan, and you still have Trudeau. God Bless, and I'll pray for you, sir! 🙏❤️❤️🙏
🤚🏻 I’d still be up for a good looking Canadian Girl! 😁
There is no such thing as free anything, holmes. Besides, I'll take our soon to be Prez over your little sissy boy ruler.
@@Krullmatic I’m not looking for a fight, however it must be said that Canadiens will cross the border to the states for specialized advanced healthcare if they have the means to do so, and they don’t want to wait… you are allowed to do that. You’re not chained here. You can avail yourself to the best doctors in the world which are in the states, we all agree but if you have test to be administered a herniated disc,
Need prenatal care, biopsies ultrasounds x-rays a broken arm, a broken leg, etc. etc. anything that’s relatively minor. You can get it treated fairly quickly and it’s free what you’re talking about are the waitlist for things like cancer or kidney failure things that are serious. That is a problem here we all agree about that too. But what I see is a lot of people die in the states of things that were untreated undiagnosed because they don’t go to the doctor regularly here you can go to the doctor three times a year for a check up. It’s free …that kind of prevention is worth it… prescription health drugs are a fraction of the price that they are in states which is also a huge bonus… and our girls are better looking, American girls are fat
@@Krullmatic It's true. There are actually no people in Canada. They've all passed waiting to be seen by a doctor. 🤣🤣🤣
Man things are tough all over.. bravo for you making it work! You’re a great musician ! Follow your passion! You’re a down to earth sweet guy and any girl would be lucky to have you, ❤ although relationships and being a musician ain’t easy.
Justin, you're a great guitarist. I admire anyone who makes a living from music.
thank you for the truth it really means allot to younger musicians
It would be cool if someone down there wrote a good song.
Nice looking tele.
Interesting topic. I was told to go to Nashville. I choose not to. I think I made the right choice for me. I’m like you, can’t imagine living paycheck to paycheck and not having health insurance at my age. I had a neighbor for 30 years I never spoke a word to. Crazy but this is the new norm in many places. When is your next live stream?
I know it’s hard, but if you’re starting a business or moving anywhere to start a new life like Nashville, Hollywood New York etc. you absolutely should have a year’s salary in the bank just in case no money comes in that first six months… that being said, when I was young, I moved to another province with only a dime in my pocket when I got off the Greyhound bus 🤣… made for some great stories
Dark side of Nashville: I don't know my neighbors. People don't have health insurance. People have roommates.
Dark man, DARK.
Sounds like a lot of the US 🤷🏻♂️
@@alexandergriggs9934 I think you just witnessed a 'guitar lessons advertisement'.
I'm a musician too but you can keep Nashville.
Your videos are very informative thanks
You spoke to me, Justin.I just moved here last month.Actually happened to Alabama and looking form room.I got about a 1000 A.Want to spend any insight.Any suggestions?I appreciate it sincerely, Alex.Great playing on the intro by the way
Where in Reno are you playing?? I would love to come out and support!
Nashville sucks , if you’re into playing cool music that doesn’t sound like everybody else don’t go there. If you’re into being a hired gun for pop acts then definitely go there
Great tone!
Are ya gonna tell us about that Tele or have you and I missed it ?
The Staving Musicians Club , quit that and in the HVAC repair now. Still play and practice but not for a Living 😊
Damn I'm in reno. I saw the video a week to late, I guess.
This dude is what you get when you order Ryan Reynolds from Temu. Just jokin', my dude! You're an excellent player, and seem like a nice guy! Nashville is just Hollywood in the South.
I was a club musician for 30 years. You can probably make more money teaching music than playing music..... especially in an actual high school or university.....then you would have benefits.
I had a music scholarship and an academic scholarship....I took the academic one because it paid more and had no strings attached. The music one has specific coursework tracks and didn't allow much else. So I took music as my electives and got an engineering degree.....
Sounds like every musician story ever, to be honest.
You really didn't describe too much other than to say "chaotic" a lot, "challenging" and "crazy".
I was disappointed by the title "dark side".
What you describe sounds like every seasonal industry, and since it is a known thing, then.. plan accordingly?
And it is naive to think that people stay in one place their whole lives anymore.
Glad musicians still have a love for Nashville despite the huge changes in the last 50 years. All my Nashville heros are already in the graveyard except one Lloyd Green and he's 87. Still playing better than ever but handpicks his gigs now because he can. He's one of the guys that made Nashville Music City. Don't let them real estate developers take your town away. My studio was on Music Square West in the 1970's directly across the street from RCA's newest building. They even wanted to bulldoze that studio before it was saved by musicians.
Hey buddy just had a thought that might be helpful to your channel but a little extra work. Maybe have some background music that you soloing over in your intros. 🤷♂️
I live here. Town needs more craft songwriters and real bands. Bands that start with a "The" in front of it. Less gunslingers. No more red cup tractor rap crap
it was interesting 🤔
I agree, society is going crazy, 99% of people are getting poorer, but 1% keeps getting richer. This is unacceptable, and it was unthinkable in the past. Until 30 years ago, people were accepting rich people becoming richer, because poor people were also improving their life. Now is not the case anymore. Technology is improving, but we are not living better, that's another disgusting fact, it just doesn't make sense.
brave
keep making music
you make a way if you love it enough.
Wait until you've been roofied in a Nashville bar.
Hi Justin❤
What's the dark side??
...abject poverty....starving artists...sickness....death. But besides those...it's all good.
And I thought it was Dark Side of the moon.
I must say I’m slightly amused by the knee-jerk responses my lighthearted jest generated…Clearly they did not watch the video or absorb its message. The story of the musician who got sick had to go to the doctor and then back on the road to pay for that doctor is kind of heartbreaking. Admittedly there’s no such thing as “free healthcare” that’s a colloquial term. But if you break your arm in Canada, you don’t shell out thousands of dollars to have it set and to purchase the antibiotics and painkillers. I don’t see how shelling out cash for a broken arm is a badge of honor. Let’s get real far too many US citizens delay seeking medical coverage because costs are prohibitive. You can address this issue through your taxes or through your pocketbook. It doesn’t matter to me at all, but it’s going to be one or the other. Trudeau doesn’t have anything to do with healthcare. It’s a separate system. Unlike Trump. Just saying.
And as an aside, if I may say I don’t usually bother with trolls in fact, I’ve never been trolled before online, but all these scaredy-cat block me after posting their silly messages so I’m just putting this out in case somebody wants the full story or in case these little boy trolls care to read it… seems as if my lighthearted joke touched quite a nerve… my guess is they probably don’t play guitar, for the record I play a 77 original telecaster with a custom Brazilian rosewood neck that was ordered at that time. Have a nice day.
Life is always give and take no matter where you live or what you do, That's Life! ...REMNANT2U...
Greed is so overrated 😂 Save a little money for these times … keep it simple stupid KISS 💋
nice playing and guitar.. too much relicing though.. unless it is a real one
Sounds like the construction biz
Wah! Wah! Wah!
Sounds like NYC. Which kind of sucks.
I think you will find that its everywhere, not just Nashville.
Lived in Nashville in the 80’s. Go back to visit friends on occasion. Definitely not the town or music business it was. On it’s way to being Atlanta, traffic-wise.
Justin, truth be told, most of those people you are talking about dont have half your talent. The cream rises to the top, plus I bet you had a better "plan" than most of these short timers
What do I think? I think these are first-world 'problems' that are largely self-imposed. 🥱