Burning out in the music industry
Regardless what role you have in the music industry, or any industry really, there will be a moment that you will burn out. In light of the increased numbers of musicians dealing with depression and mental illnesses, which have sadly led to suicide, this immediate pressure to continue to live up to this image that you create ultimately destroys you. As Elvis Presley once remarked, “The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.” The irony of it all is this burnout is a result from something that you love and you created out love; your passion burns you as your enemy. I can’t speak on from a musician’s standpoint, a buyer, or a photographer, but as a female human and an Editor/Blogger/Social Media coordinator, swimming in the music industry does beat you to a
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It was because I was homeless, living in a hotel, trying to float above water and found myself in music that I needed to share the story. It was for the simple love of writing. It was for the simple love of music.
A decade later, it’s for the excitement of a new band who had their first review and starts to believe in their project a little more. It is for the newly exposed young adult who just recently discovered music not on the radio. This is my why.
Yet, once you remind yourself why, the self-doubt usually comes in with a million reasons of why not. Instead of finding generic inspirational quotes that are as effective of starving yourself for a day to fit into some pants, deal with this head on. Yes, it will take longer. Yes, it might hurt. But yes, it will continuously allow you to truly love what you