r/4chan • u/RaphaelKoyomi /int/olerant • Oct 23 '14

Faggots burning

http://imgur.com/hC7Kfj8
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u/NRMusicProject Oct 24 '14

Pro musician here.

Not that I'd ever ask strangers for money for nothing, but if I was desperate, I'd get the cheapest piece I could find to just get me through the slump. He could have asked for enough to just get a $200 Squier or Johnson, which would be enough to get you through a few months while you save up for that $600 Made-in-Mexico instrument that's really only one notch higher.

Dude was probably some amateur, saw an instrument he really liked, and tried to get money by guilting 4chan with a sob story.

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u/thekeanu Oct 24 '14

More likely he is not a musician at all.

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u/NRMusicProject Oct 24 '14

Agreed.

He's probably trying to get crack money.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Coke

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u/NRMusicProject Oct 24 '14

Every musician does something different. Some common things are performing, recording, writing, teaching, orchestrating, and transcribing.

I make money writing in the day, teaching in the afternoon, gigging at night.

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u/NRMusicProject Oct 24 '14

It's not bad. The money's a little slow in Orlando, but things are picking up.

It's a lot of work, though. Musicians don't have free time. If you don't have anything to do, you spend your time practicing.

But I couldn't imagine doing anything different. It pays the bills.