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Redskins247 · 04-07-2008, 12:51 PM

This is a great post for me...seeing as how this was the decision I had to make coming out of high school. Knowing that my size was going to be a problem in college football, I decided to go 100% in music and have spent almost 10 years out of the 15 since college doing it. My band came really close to signing a deal with Atlantic Records, but during the process, the AR guy that really liked us got canned due to downsizing. And having just moved from Nashville, what I learned there was...you can be a great singer, or great musician....but really all that matters is who you know or how much $$$ you have. Perfect example, Taylor Swift...the country teenie bopper that's tearing up the charts....her parents bought the majority shares in the label and gave her a deal. Don't go see her live, she's horrible.

Here's the thing, you can make a living (maybe not a great one) playing music...at any level, but with sports, past the college level, unless you're really amazing, that's it. BUT even knowing that, if I had it to do over again, I would've worked a lot harder starting around 8th grade to become a better athlete.

04-07-2008, 12:51 PM	#26
Redskins247 Impact Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 877	Re: Would you rather be a musician or an athlete? This is a great post for me...seeing as how this was the decision I had to make coming out of high school. Knowing that my size was going to be a problem in college football, I decided to go 100% in music and have spent almost 10 years out of the 15 since college doing it. My band came really close to signing a deal with Atlantic Records, but during the process, the AR guy that really liked us got canned due to downsizing. And having just moved from Nashville, what I learned there was...you can be a great singer, or great musician....but really all that matters is who you know or how much $$$ you have. Perfect example, Taylor Swift...the country teenie bopper that's tearing up the charts....her parents bought the majority shares in the label and gave her a deal. Don't go see her live, she's horrible. Here's the thing, you can make a living (maybe not a great one) playing music...at any level, but with sports, past the college level, unless you're really amazing, that's it. BUT even knowing that, if I had it to do over again, I would've worked a lot harder starting around 8th grade to become a better athlete.