Key Of Grey

Photo courtesy of Tracy Olson

August 16th, 2008 – I’ve always thought of myself as a pessimist. I expect the worse from any situation and calculate for it. However, judging by the amount of times I’ve actually encountered the worst case scenario, I’m starting to wonder if I put myself into such situations because underneath it all I’m an optimist. Maybe I want to trust people so bad, that I’m willing to take jobs that I know I shouldn’t.

I’ve been taken advantage of many times. Money, time, hope, it’s all been taken from me at one time or another. As I’m sure you know, being an artist is not always fun. Thankfully, I can say that I’ve never had to resort to breaking my ethics, no matter how broke or desperate I was. I don’t think any less of those that do though, I’ve been close. Those who are high and mighty about it, have never been close enough to the bottom. Those same people don’t have the hunger that drives success. How far are you willing to go for success and/or fame? If you were offered a good chunk of money to write a song that directly copied another unknown artist’s, with no chance of you being caught or blamed, would you do it?