47. "I'm just sickened by this whole romantic notion of artistry" In response to In response to 46 Thu Aug-18-11 09:50 AM by AFKAP_of_Darkness
That "expression" is its own reward.
Or artists using their work as "therapy."
Or "living their dreams."
It just makes being an artist sound like a puerile endeavor for socially maladjusted retards.
I don't think any PROFESSIONAL musician thinks in these terms, for the most part.
They might want their fans to *think* that they do. But there's no way you can last in the business with that dilettante mindset/
(I remember folks got mad about my "Black music infected by artsy-fartsiness" tirades, but the I was making was that Black music was at its best when its practitioners treated it first and foremost as a JOB and not all this other fruity bullshit)