I Wanted to be a STAR!
I have said many times that my ultimate career goals were to be hog-nasty rich and travel the world, play on projects with the best artists in the world and be known as one of the best recording and live drummers of our time. I also wanted to own exotic sports cars and have homes in different countries.
But even that was a lie.
Because I believed talent was enough, that I had enough talent and that I was a musician (as opposed to a person who played music) I got caught up in being a star. I didn’t believe I was the best in the world or that I’d ever be the most famous drummer that ever lived, but I DID believe that I had to get to “the top.”
In the process, I missed the fact that what I wanted – truly wanted – was to have enough money to live nicely, have a great family, nice friends, have time to enjoy them and hopefully travel the world some (a Porsche would be nice too).
In other words, I wanted a life. A life that had nothing to do with music, at least not directly.
And So Do You
We all want things out of life that have little or nothing to do with our chosen profession, even if our chosen profession is the passionate pursuit of music. Make sure you know what those are and that you have them integrated into your career plan. The last thing you want is to “succeed” at music and find you’ve failed at life.
If you’d like to learn more about why I failed in music so you can avoid the same fate, check out my free e-book, 8 Reasons I Failed in Music and 3 Ways NOT to Follow in My Footsteps. What you just read was my reason number 8. Click here to download a copy of the book for yourself or get it for your e-reader here.
Are you aware of the life things that matter to you? Tell us what they are and/or how you’ve made them a part of your musical career goals in the comments below.
