Update on "Reality Check Please"
On April 17, 2006, i posted this blog titled REALITY CHECK PLEASE.doc
I was pleasantly surprised at the number of emails and responses i got from it. You kind of need to read at least some of the "Reality Check Please" blog for all of this to make sense. I got another email about that blog post last week, over a year later..... Here are excerpts of that email reprinted with the senders permission.....
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Greetings Ken,
What can I say, I'm Driven....beyond belief...I even co-authored a 450pg. BOOK on being driven to reinforce the concept of drive itself.
I'm in the top 1%. I just moved from Virginia in my car to New York in mid-July. I found a roommate in Queens who's a producer and interned with D&D Studios so I'm at least staying around artists and music! I'm touching base with you because some time last year I came across your Monday, April 17, 2006 "reality check please" blog. I had been planning a move to NY since 2006 and your blog really helped me get things in perspective........
.......So now I'm doing what any sane man would do. I'm presenting my skill to people like you who value what I do lyrically. Even if I could write for you, help you clean your studio, or be a value for your network, or ghostwrite, I'm willing to work for no fee to start.
Other than that if you know anyone or anywhere I could work for a basic hourly wage and be myself, that would be cool too. Let me know and I'll come for an interview immediately and be able to start immediately. Attached is my cover letter, resume, value offered, and references. Feel free to forward my resume on to your colleagues. Thanks for keeping it real.
Sincerely,
Bobby A.
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So, long story short. I emailed Bobby back. Anyone willing to exibit this level of commitment to career advancement, I would be foolish to not at least talk to him. I told Bobby that i had no jobs available at my studio, and i hope to God my staff never leaves me, they are tremendous. However, as I'm always seeking out talented and dedicated co-songwriters, I asked him if he'd like to try writing together. A few days later (yesterday) he came out to the studio for a long day of writing, the culmination of which is some really great stuff. So, while i'm not hiring any staff, if you are in the NYC area and want a great employee, i think this is your guy. And on that note, i must get back to making records.
-Ken Lewis
I was pleasantly surprised at the number of emails and responses i got from it. You kind of need to read at least some of the "Reality Check Please" blog for all of this to make sense. I got another email about that blog post last week, over a year later..... Here are excerpts of that email reprinted with the senders permission.....
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Greetings Ken,
What can I say, I'm Driven....beyond belief...I even co-authored a 450pg. BOOK on being driven to reinforce the concept of drive itself.
I'm in the top 1%. I just moved from Virginia in my car to New York in mid-July. I found a roommate in Queens who's a producer and interned with D&D Studios so I'm at least staying around artists and music! I'm touching base with you because some time last year I came across your Monday, April 17, 2006 "reality check please" blog. I had been planning a move to NY since 2006 and your blog really helped me get things in perspective........
.......So now I'm doing what any sane man would do. I'm presenting my skill to people like you who value what I do lyrically. Even if I could write for you, help you clean your studio, or be a value for your network, or ghostwrite, I'm willing to work for no fee to start.
Other than that if you know anyone or anywhere I could work for a basic hourly wage and be myself, that would be cool too. Let me know and I'll come for an interview immediately and be able to start immediately. Attached is my cover letter, resume, value offered, and references. Feel free to forward my resume on to your colleagues. Thanks for keeping it real.
Sincerely,
Bobby A.
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So, long story short. I emailed Bobby back. Anyone willing to exibit this level of commitment to career advancement, I would be foolish to not at least talk to him. I told Bobby that i had no jobs available at my studio, and i hope to God my staff never leaves me, they are tremendous. However, as I'm always seeking out talented and dedicated co-songwriters, I asked him if he'd like to try writing together. A few days later (yesterday) he came out to the studio for a long day of writing, the culmination of which is some really great stuff. So, while i'm not hiring any staff, if you are in the NYC area and want a great employee, i think this is your guy. And on that note, i must get back to making records.
-Ken Lewis
posted by Protools Mixing at 1:47 PM
1 Comments:
That resounds with me Ken! I've done a little teaching at a college here in Manchester UK, where the kids aspire to work in music - writing, performing, recording. You quickly find out that hunger to do it is the key. Sure you need a talent and skill but a driving need to achieve your dream is the one thing that gets a kid through, without that you're just playing at it - not much more committed than the 5 year old who says he wants to be a train driver.
I will always have time for the passionate ones, who make you believe they have something to offer - you have to respect that. Hope that guy gets his break.
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