Intern Chick

Everyone in this class has completed a 5 year program in Music Business at over $40,000 a year.  Obviously, it wouldn't be wise to shell out this kind of money for something you would a) never use and b) never make a return on that investment.  So what do you think my classmates are planning on doing after graduation?  Well, the responses were anywhere from "a regular old 9-5" to "I don't know, probably some landscaping."  I'm not here to judge anybody and if that's what is going to make these people happy than they should go after that.  But why spend 5 years studying the music business?  Then someone said that they had to accept reality that it is too hard to work in the industry, and this is when I got annoyed.

Yes, its hard, but getting out of bed in the morning is hard for me, should I not do that anymore?  Freshman year, I sat in the same classroom with these same people, in a class called "Intro to College" and all of us said our goals were to get jobs in the business after graduation.  

Its really easy to lose your drive, or to think what you want to do is too hard and give up.  When I was in high school, I used to loathe telling people what I wanted to be when I grew up because they would snicker and say, "Yea...that sounds cool but what are you really going to do?"  Now I just tell them to wait and see.

My point here is, don't lose sight of your dreams.  Don't be afraid to go after it just because it won't be easy...do you think we would have just watched President Obama's addressing Congress tonight if he gave into the fact that his dream was going to be a hard one to achieve?

So I'll leave you with this, one of my favorite quotes:
"Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. You got a dream...you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves; they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period." - Pursuit of Happyness