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Whilst I sneak peaks at SF from my day job, I often wonder whether the rest of you are forced to suffer such indignities as "workin' for the man."

Workin' 45 for the man, and playing shows at night and on the weekends.

You think you work for the man. No, I work for the Man. I'm a Fed. I throw people out of the country for a living. That's working for the Man.

Niveous wrote:You think you work for the man. No, I work for the Man. I'm a Fed. I throw people out of the country for a living. That's working for the Man.

Yup, that is DEFINITELY workin' for the man! My condolences!

I work 40 a week most of the time, although when I'm lucky enough to get freelance gigs I'm bumped up into the ridiculous 70 - 80 hours a week. Fortunately (Unfortunately?) This scenario happens pretty infrequently.

(How productive are these 40 hours? Much less so since I was turned on to Songfight. My supervisors will be in touch.)

I might bitch and moan now and then but I don't feel indignant about having a job. WTF? If you don't like your job you've got the wrong one. If you want to blame that on "the man", then go ahead. I find it hard to believe that people in this community are in such dire straights that they feel trapped by their employment options. This has nothing to do with income or the particular job anyone does for a living.

Full-time student, but I work during the summer.

roymond wrote:I might bitch and moan now and then but I don't feel indignant about having a job. WTF? If you don't like your job you've got the wrong one.

I don't think folks are indignant about having a job...indeed, here in Portland, I'm lucky to have one at all.

Getting "the right job" isn't really easy though, is it?



Gosh, I should have added an option to my poll, "I am satisfied in my current job."

--Em

30 hours flipping burgers (Thursday - Sunday 9-5)
25 hours updating websites / encoding / etc computer work (Monday & Tuesday 10-6 and everywhere else in between)

Wednsdays off.

It's not ideal...it eats up all my time and I'm still magically broke all the time. However, the one job isn't too far and is in a very hip part of town. The other job I commute all of three feet and I don't even have to get dressed if I don't want to.

You left off 'two jobs' option in the poll.

anti-m wrote:Getting "the right job" isn't really easy though, is it?

Correct. And I don't mean to be a snob (which I certainly must have tried to do up there ^ ). But even in the menial jobs I had as a kid I had a sense of where things might go, to buffer the reality of the situation. The other side of it is, when you're on that path (oh god, preaching here...gag!) have the perspective that this isn't what you're going to be doing the rest of your life.

I'm a full-time student, but I have a newly acquired Saturday job in a kids boutique store. Basically I get paid $45 for sitting in an empty store 10am-4pm and doing homework/rocking out on the guitar. It's wonderful.

I just lost my job yesterday. I hear a bender calling.

Sven wrote:I just lost my job yesterday. I hear a bender calling.

That sucks! Sorry to hear!

--Em

Sven wrote:I just lost my job yesterday. I hear a bender calling.

Losing a job is like a kick in the nuts.

At first it hurts and you are pissed off.

Then, the pain starts to subside a little.

Finally, the pain is replaced with sweet relief.

I just recently lost a job too. I was mad at first...then I was all 'to hell with them' and then finally, thank god I ain't gotta drive all the way out there no more to deal with those a-holes. They wanted more time than I could afford them, then I got a flat tire at an inopportune time. (and I don't think they believed me so I sent them a scan of my firestone reciept)

Shortly thereafter, I got a call from a friend who needs side work done for his new hosting company. ..

Hang in there.

Sven wrote:I just lost my job yesterday. I hear a bender calling.

"coo-eee, Svennnn. I'm ovah herrrre"

Sorry couldn't resist. Sorry to hear the news man, hope it all works out. Maybe this is god's way of telling you to get that band together ...

guested

That was me by the way. I thought we were guest-unfriendly ...

roymond wrote:

anti-m wrote:Getting "the right job" isn't really easy though, is it?

Correct. And I don't mean to be a snob (which I certainly must have tried to do up there ^ ). But even in the menial jobs I had as a kid I had a sense of where things might go, to buffer the reality of the situation. The other side of it is, when you're on that path (oh god, preaching here...gag!) have the perspective that this isn't what you're going to be doing the rest of your life.

Thanks for the Horatio Alger pep-talk, I suppose. Personally, I’m more partial to Nathanael West’s “A Cool Million.â€

[quote="anti-m"]But all that is beside the point. Really, I just wanted to get a sense of how much time people had to devote to the pursuit of music. It looks like the answer for most of us is “not enough.â€

jack wrote: for me, and perhaps a few others, the time i spend on music is more correlated to my motivation for making it....

...if i'm really motivated to work on something, i'll make the time.

Ain't that the truth!

Until I found songfight, I hadn't made any music in (literally) years. (I sure wish I had a witness to testify!)

Songfight got me off my duff.

anti-m wrote: Had I been really thorough, I would have also asked about kids, other hobbies, etc…but that would have made for one epic poll!

I work a full time job where I get up at 4:30 am (so I can be home at a reasonable hour) and sit at a desk all day. Then I come home to the kids, 7 months and 3 years. Playing, dinner, feeding the baby, baths, brushing teeth, jammies, stories, hugs and kisses, and then finally good night. I have about 1 1/2 hours to myself and then it's bed for me, repeat. I actually don't hate my job, or my job at home. I am just very tired all the time. I have a hobby, painting, but that is so on the back burner right now, it's not funny. Phil and I work opposite shifts, so he is home with the kids all day and then he works til all hours of the morning, sometimes coming home just as I'm getting up for work. We'd love to Songfight more often, but the time just slips away.

and yet you guys still make awesome music. maybe not alot but what you make is awesome, especially considering the lack of rehearsal time.

Thanks, whoever you are!