http://www.deaneogden.com the official website of Deane Ogden Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.deaneogden.com/2012/02/22/hard-to-kill/#comment-3244 Kerry Muzzey Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:58:02 +0000 http://www.deaneogden.com/?p=1034#comment-3244 This is so spot-on, Deane, and you've hit upon something that seems to be pretty universal among composers: the inability to say no & stand up for ourselves sometimes, especially when balanced against the business concerns of keeping a gig & working with those people again down the road. I guess that's why there are agents: cuz we all need bad-cop now and then! You need to get a master's in social work & then start doing life-coaching for composers. This stuff you post is consistently excellent and incredibly relevant. This is so spot-on, Deane, and you've hit upon something that seems to be pretty universal among composers: the inability to say no & stand up for ourselves sometimes, especially when balanced against the business concerns of keeping a gig & working with those people again down the road. I guess that's why there are agents: cuz we all need bad-cop now and then! You need to get a master's in social work & then start doing life-coaching for composers. This stuff you post is consistently excellent and incredibly relevant.

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