Thanks Jimbo!

I almost bought it last Saturday tho within a week I'd have no electric to use it... I'm still considering it as I haven't enuf to keep the electric on anyway... So if push comes to shove I will buy it but not be able to use it... ;-)

Keni

Thanks sharke...

Part of my problem is that I'm older than my old age! I'll be 62 in November and still don't have this little bit together in my life...

Sorry to drag the topic away from Sonar... Unintentional...

This thread really is about being sad that X2b never became a reality prior to X3's release...

Keni

I'll be 62 in January... I know what you mean about time... energy... everything hurts, hard to do what you used to to. I hope you turn a corner and find things better soon.
Is there any way you can get out of CA where it is cheaper to live?
I am still trying to learn, you are WAY ahead of me in the recording area. I keep looking for time to devote to it and am afraid that when I finally have time I will no longer be able or maybe wont care. I sometimes feel like, healthwise, if it does not hurt and works right... I wonder what is wrong with it.
Keep on keeping on Keni. You are an inspiration to me.
 
Julien

Hi Keni - I can tell you that fame is meaningless.  I do wish you success both in great health and prosperity.

Keni,
 
Think of all the truly great artists who never had a penny, and yet they still knew their art was worthwhile.  Watch Amadeus again!  Think of Poe.  You have a lot to be proud of with all those recordings--quality stuff.  I'm 52 and haven't released sheeitt, although I've been writing music for 34 years.  I'm a hack.  You're for real.  Sorry you're feeling down, but you shouldn't be!  You have lived for art.
Ars longa est, vita brevis!

I achieved a small amount of fame (no fortune sadly) for a short while and I'll tell you this, Keni (and any others with pie in the sky hopes)... it tends to be far more bother than it is worth. Sometimes I miss all the attention and popularity but then I recall the constant demands on my time, always having to be "on" so as not to wreck the illusion of "coolness", the crazy people, hangers on and neer do wells and their seemingly ceaseless infighting and bickering (and of course looking to me for answers). Nope... I may return to that life again someday but it will be more out a sense of duty and finishing what I started but for now I'm enjoying the peace that being an absolute nobody can bring.
 
You ain't missing much, Keni. Famous people are generally vapid, self centered back stabbers who will sell you out in an instant to serve their own interests. You gotta be very hard and very strong willed to survive that life for very long and when you get right down to it the money really isn't that good anyway. Only a very select few end up well off for their efforts and sacrifice.
 
Being broke does indeed suck though but I'm guessing you can at least look forward to a LITTLE stability in a few years when you reach SS age. In the meantime perhaps try pushing your compositions in the film/television markets. A few well placed songs can generate a modest royalty revenue. I'm sure you've already thought of that but thought I'd mention it. Also there is always writing/teaching. I have some ideas in the works for some instructional books and perhaps some fiction and semi biographical non-fiction. You never know what people will buy and self publishing is pretty simple/affordable these days. I know a few people who've gone this route and they aren't nearly as interesting as I am... well used to be. lol
 
Chin up, friend. 62 is still very young in today's world. Many more people are reaching their 80s and above even with severe health issues. That's an extra 20 years, man! Plenty of time to strike it rich/famous and find a nice crazy stripper wife to settle down with. ;-)

Now I know why I like you Beep you are a good man.

Thanks, John. I try but I haven't always been as nice or "good" as I'd like to have been. It's part of the reason I kind of hit the reboot switch on life. The negativity, anger and callousness of others was eroding away at who I thought I was and sometimes the results were not pretty. Nothing particularly despicable by most peoples standards but I don't live by other people's standards. I may not be Mr. Coolguy anymore but I am finally able to focus on my music and have plenty of time to ponder who and what I am and what exactly that entails without worrying what others think.
 
But I'll stop my philosophical musings there so as not to come off as even more trite and self absorbed than I already have. Cheers, buddy. ;-)

filterpwnd... lol
 
aaand flood protection pwnd too. Ha!
 

You ain't missing much, Keni. Famous people are generally vapid, self centered back stabbers who will sell you out in an instant to serve their own interests. You gotta be very hard and very strong willed to survive that life for very long and when you get right down to it the money really isn't that good anyway. Only a very select few end up well off for their efforts and sacrifice.
Beep, I 've seen at least one of the videos you are in and I can only imagine what the off camera must have been like. I was in a band "on the way" back in 1970. I decided that I did not want a life on the road etc and looking back I am really glad I made that choice. A very famous drummer lives down the road from me. You hear him on the radio every day if you listen to any classic rock. He survived death because he was in drug rehab at a certain point. He now gets a quarterly royalty check for near 80k and blows right through it. He generally bys a new car every 3 months and has it repossed befir the next check arrives. He never remembers who anyone is... Fame most certainly has its pitfalls. I am not inferring that Keni or you would do this, just that the art is more important than the fame or wealth, at least to normal people.
I've lived broke... boiling the hambone twice (the second pot of soup isn't very good) and at the lowest, no car and eating wild onions from the yard... AND I've been more well off. I can testify that having some money is better than having no money however, I don't recall being unhappy. Maybe it is because I was younger. Then I look at my drummer friend and know that money by itself just does not help. Having nothing and working through it is hard but it helps build character.
Keni, you seem to have substance and being poor and having substance, is in my experience and from the things I have seen, much better than having money and being vapid. I really do wish you good success.
 
Then again there is the vision of Keni Cyrus... that might be worth seeing.
 
You have a great day. Are your albums on CD Baby or what? Nevermind.... I had a "DUH" moment, it is right there in your sig.
 
Julien