The Jay Dyall Project
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7/6/2016 7:12:53 PM
I would think most artists, at Any level they are in,
would like to be Liked and appreciated, and acknowledged by others,
whether to be praised for their song-crafting, their musicianship and/or singing abilities. And I'm sure if not liked for who they are, at least be liked for what they do, otherwise they wouldn't be posting and promoting songs at several different music sites or as many songs either. I believe that once they decide to upload a song online, they are looking for one sort of validation or another. Those who say they don't care if they are liked or not already voiced that others' opinions matters to them, whether good or bad, though they will deny it, but if they didn't care they wouldn't be posting promos for their songs or commenting on certain topics as this. Bottom line is facts, Everyone wants to be liked, that's a human need.
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7/12/2016 10:54:23 AM
---- Updated 7/12/2016 10:57:29 AM
I'm pretty sure that's about as an impossible impossibility as could be possible.
What, really, what would you have to be,
to have EVERYBODY Like You.
Why, you'd have to be,
a thing everybody needed,
Air. For instance.
Now if you're Air, you got a good shot,
Or Do You.
Not so much in China.
They have no pollutant regulations,
and their air, is thick gray crap,
unless you've been there or have at least seen pictures,
you cannot imagine.
Looks like the End of the World over there.
Go Google up some pictures...
Try "China, Rush Hour, Smog",
then hit "Images",
see what you are shown on display.
They must not like Air a whole lot there, they're sure f***in' it up enough.
Literally everybody is wearing face masks.
Literally everybody.
Or someone will not wear one just to be different,
but mostly, everybody's wearing the face masks,
you know, the surgical masks docs and nurses wear
in the operating room? Yeah that.
But as for music?
I think,
that if God Almighty,
Played Heaven's Mighty 12,000 Pipe Organ,
in a Lost Chord Finale Heralding The End Of The World,
there'd still be some jackass,
saying,
"sorry big guy, that sounded a little flat".
Life is Fickle,
and the world can be as well.
Fickle means, if you were stupid enough to try and please everybody,
you'd be run in a circle, 'cause half the time the people themselves ain't sure
what they really want.
So, to TRY to make everybody like you,
Well Scott's right, it's a way bad road,
it's a waste of time too.
Odds are, all you'll succeed in doing,
is making you like you less.
I just make the records that I wanna make.
And I try to get better at it,
so that I don't feel like I'm just spinnin' my wheels.
But I gotta like it.
And if I don't like it, then I don't wanna do it.
If anybody likes anything I ever do, then great, glad to hear it.
That ain't even why I do it.
Maybe it's why God Wants me to do it, I would not know.
God sure put it into my head like all my life
that His Plan for me, is Make Music, you're good at it, and we need music.
So I do what I can.
And that's all I can do.
And on principle,
I'm totally okay with whatever anyone wanna make or think of me....
I mean, how much thought is it given anyway.
These days? Almost nothing is given any thought whatsoever.
And I'm not one you can peg in a glance,
some thinking and assembly of concept required.
And this is why I need to say less rather than more.
After a while it's all yackety yackety yack.
Even I start thinking so, so I can only imagine how it is for all of you.
Those of you who would know me,
know, that I wholeheartedly throw myself headlong into what I do.
And for better or for worse,
what I do, is totally and entirely a product of me, all of me, to the nines.
And also, screw it, I'm here, I'll say this too,
to be an artist, and not just a schlock jockey,
is to constantly learn, improve, grow, gain new awareness,
blablabla....
So even if somebody likes something I did ever....
The minute I release it,
I'm already onto 'what's next'.
Nah,
if you want EVERYONE to like you,
go into Politics.
It won't be real,
but you can get a lot of people buzzin' it up just the same.
You can be the you you wanna be,
or the you you think someone else wants you to be,
but there's a lot of variables in trying to guess,
what someone else, wants you to be,
and it's probably stupid even if they tell you.
I'm the one who's got to be me.
You all dodged that bullet. I'm the one it hit. So I'm me.
Like me, or don't.
I don't care.
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