Artists with a 9 to 5, do you tell people you have a job?
@GenDirectMusic Now come on… now I need the link to the full interview lol
@GenDirectMusic I keep it funky and use my job as marketing. We’re all out here trying to get it. Major artist have jobs. They’re not making money solely off music.
@GenDirectMusic I mean it doesn’t really come up in conversation but yes. I’m an artist first but luckily for me my 9-5 aligns with the music industry.
@GenDirectMusic I wrote an essay about this topic for @tweetsbybrody magazine & the thesis was: nobody does, but we should. Mostly to normalize making art and ifentifying with art without also pinning your entire life trajectory to it
@GenDirectMusic ima nurse so it be a lil bit of a boost depending on who i’m talking too, but ima try that out
@GenDirectMusic Yup. I tell them when I’m working and unemployed. lol. The art has to be funded by any means necessary.
@GenDirectMusic It’s a really important conversation to have