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Musos, share your bitterness and self-loathing!

Oink · 2018-01-25 19:32:11

There’s way too many happy threads on Boards these days. Sickening. What I want to know is: who else is disappointed with their own music or their skills and whatnot. Listening to Rufus Wainwright a couple of days ago, I remembered that I have been an adult for 20 years, and I asked myself the following question: Why in…

25-01-2018 8:32pm

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Oink

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There’s way too many happy threads on Boards these days. Sickening.

What I want to know is: who else is disappointed with their own music or their skills and whatnot.

Listening to Rufus Wainwright a couple of days ago, I remembered that I have been an adult for 20 years, and I asked myself the following question:

Why in the name of fùck am I not a proficient piano player? Not even a professional, just fûcking proficient! What the fück have I been doing for the last 20 years that was so fücking important that I could not manage 10 years of proper practice?

You stupid [redacted]!!!

[redacted] !!!!!

I feel better. Anyone else care to share the love?

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#2 26-01-2018 11:53am

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It's a **** business.

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#3 26-01-2018 8:57pm

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Rufus had good genes.
We can't all be the offspring of folk legends.

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