Written for Kurrent Music
Published July 1st 2016
Run DMC blog
From the outside, it looks like pop stars have a great life. “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits describes it best. It tells the story of movers talking about the heavy lifting they do daily to make a little bit of money, while the rock star on MTV seems to make way more doing something that looks effortless. They get the big bucks, the girls and it all looks like one great party that never stops.
Maybe it takes a professional to make something look easy, but I too have heard close musician friends tell me they made as much money as I did after working 12 hours, in about 3 hours (meetings and sound checks included). I’d have to add that the rest of their days would be filled with long work outs and sleeping, which they consider part of the job and, because good looks get you anywhere, you must admit they are right to think so.
