A Note of Hope for Struggling Musicians

    Talent and creativity are a great combination that theoretically increase your chances of success. However; they do not guarantee success. It is also legitimate to say that honesty and integrity when combined do not guarantee success. My question is what happens when you possess all 4, but are still unsuccessful. Unsuccessful as in low in finances, depressed, and lonely.

    When a creative person is damaged psychologically (as unfortunate or tragic as that may be) there are frequently cases of people being able to channel those fractures and injurious traumas into music or other creative mediums. Sometimes this works great, and produces beautifully aesthetics sounds, strong careers, and a serious redemption for a once traumatized individual who now seems more like a creative genius based off their productions. 

    Secondarily, highly intelligent people are not always miserable. Sometimes they are gleefully happy, well accomplished, over-sexed, and wealthy. Makes sense due to the fact that they possess so many advantages with their faculties, senses, and problem solving abilities. However; they still have to deal with classic staples of adversity just like the rest of us. Creatives can be cunningly excellent at remedying struggles despite the ones they inherited or developed themselves. Which is perhaps why they are often regarded as charismatic individuals and trendsetters in counter culture.

    Or perhaps there is a more average problem that motivates a hard working individual in the music industry. Hypothetically it could be a sense of envy, an antsy feeling of neediness for attention, or even just a strong curiosity or affinity for adventure that drives musicians. After all there are many avenues of discovery for people trying to avenge themselves in artistic creativity. An opportunity to purge their vulnerability, passion, emotion, and effort into instruments instead of self abuse, isolation, or apathy.