Guitar Players....What do you play?

[Scott Bull]

Music is what I want to do in my life. I could care less if wether or not it's my source of income in life. I do it because it's what I want to do in life.

It's very hard to get into the business, I've been busting my balls on music for over 17 years, and spend probably a couple of hundred thousand quid on equipment and private tuition alone, so it's not cheap either.

The bonus for me is, my main area of expertise is the keyboard, and my keyboards are flagship class beasts costing around £3,500 a piece, so I can program any instrument into it, (real sounds, not computer generated sounds), also Sibelius 4, at £956, and I can always hook a guitar or whatever up to a laptop or equipment, or whatever inistrument, and get the results I want.

Sound-byte sequencing is quite fun, easy too, plus it's quite popular at the moment.
Which is another problem: you've got to perform what other people want, not what you want, the benefit of using a keyboard is I got a few thousand sounds and beats at my fingertips, (geddit, lol), can't exactly play country & western on a Stratocaster hooked up to a wah-wah pedal and amp, (and electric guitars sound too hollow when played as acoustics).
Many a time I've had to play songs I don't like, I like playing Bon Jovi, but the people want Frank Sinatra, I just think about what's important to me; the money.

It ain't my religion, or my beliefs, it's money, the only time I'm happy to see then Queen's face.

I'm gonna' admit it, I do it for the money, but also because I like what I do, it's hard enough getting a job, let alone 1 you enjoy, that and I don't have a boss, picture that if you will, then envy me, that and I do like a 10 hour week and can get a couple of grand from it, (but keep in mind all the time I'm composing or whatever, I ain't getting paid, but I enjoy the challenge).

Hopefully soon I'm gonna' put a few tracks on the internet for a free legal download, I've got enough on my plate at the moment, and am also Alpha and Beta testing some internet and music products.