Wouldn't it be nice? by Black Ice

As musicians we probably don’t think about this. Maybe we don’t have occasion to. Most of us are probably too busy focusing on our “own thing” – too busy trying to build something – too busy just trying to make a living. But wouldn’t it be nice if as musicians we could over come our tunnel vision, our single mindedness, our egos, our concern for the “show”, our longing to be “rock stars”, our images, our longings to be seen, to be heard, to be discovered, to be respected by those that don’t matter or only want a “piece” of us.

What if we stopped trying to “make it” and just shared with each other - just had fun together? What if we could be musically inclusive? What if we could foster an atmosphere of community that helped and encouraged each other as musicians? What would happen if we stopped worrying about our share of the gate? What would it be like if we could eliminate the sense of competition among us? What if we could bring the intellectual, classically trained music snobs and the untrained “music from the balls” musicians together? What if we stopped trying to be profound? What would happen if we stopped comparing ourselves to someone else, to each other locally, nationally, publicly, especially inwardly, or otherwise? What would it be like if we conquered our need to be needed? What if we stopped trying to be accepted, stopped trying to emulate, stopped trying to simulate? What if we could be comfortable just being ourselves – no masks?

After all, isn’t music about finding that common ground, sharing a part of yourself, giving a part of yourself, making yourself vulnerable, exposing a portion of your soul, being honest with the music-ones self and others, being transparent, evoking emotions, being free from pretense, etc.?

Not trying to be deep or philosophical. This is just a dream that I have. Wouldn’t it be nice?