This morning on the radio, one of the local deejays was talking about getting pressure from a family member to try and help out a younger niece or something break into the music business. He felt bad because he heard her demo, and he kept saying it didn't sound that great. He was finally talked into playing some of it on the radio, and of course, she was horrible. I thought it was an interesting question, who has the right to kill someone's dream? Obviously, she was bad, she seemed tone deaf, couldn't stay on tempo, seemed to get lost starting and stopping, even her energy didn't match the song. It was that stupid song about a girl getting cheated on and she is going to take revenge by messing up his truck. Just take your whiskey drinking, pool playing ass and find another dude. In the real world you didn't teach him a lesson, you showed the world what we already think, "bitches be crazy!"
But back to the singer, bad song choice aside, if she was a teenager, sure let her delusion carry her through high school, as long as she doesn't start thinking of dropping out to make it on her own talent. But the girl in question was in her late twenties, married, and saddled with two kids. At what point do you stop her? If she starts talking of going to Nashville, or Los Angeles, do you tell them they suck. Music is so fickle, maybe she finds the right person, sells her soul to the devil, and gets on the radio like Ke$ha with all that auto tune craziness. Few musicians last more than an album or two, but it does seem anyone can get hot with a song and enjoy fifteen minutes of fame.
Look at the "nerds" running TV right now. I love The Big Bang Theory, but how did all those varieties of nerds get on TV and rule? Stuart who runs the comic book store is not what you would call a leading man, but he has found a niche that is very much his. That little weird guy has been on TV longer than a lot of beautiful people who have tried just as hard.
I guess it is hard to squash a dreamer. I started out writing this supporting the kill the dreamer, but there are a lot of examples of people who succeed who have no business succeeding. Maybe the deejay should just get himself removed out of the equation and let the niece continue doing her thing.
There are plenty of reasons to abandon your family, some people do it just because they prefer getting high, others because they like chasing different girls every week. This chick taking off and abandoning her family for music success, as long as she can look at herself and accept what she is doing, then go for it. We live in an age where many weak-spined grandparents are raising their grandchildren because their children need to grow up and mature way into their 40's.
Actually, my belief is that you can dream and be anything you want to be until you decide to have kids. Once you have kids, you cease to matter, your job is to ensure your kids can dream and be anything they want to be. The reality is too many self obsessed a-holes can't stop thinking about me-me-me-me, an a-holes favorite person, and even with kids, they will do what fancies them.
If the niece could find a way to succeed while the kids are at school or asleep then more power to her, otherwise, get your ass to your minimum wage job and be there for your kids, that should be all the wealth and power you need.
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