{"id":1076,"date":"2015-03-08T18:38:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T18:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2016-06-02T04:27:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T04:27:29","slug":"irrelevant-and-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/irrelevant-and-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Irrelevant — And I’m Fine With That"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KeithL\"<\/a>I ran into some music business folks the other day. We\u00a0talked a lot about nurturing young talent in music and how cool it is when a up-an-coming\u00a0act really digs in and learns about songwriting craft, arrangement and applies it to their art. To me, what’s important is (in this order), the quality of the songs, the arrangement, the musical performance and stage presence. There’s nothing better than an act that’s hitting on all those cylinders!<\/p>\n

Personally, I’ve spent years of my life involved in bringing new talent up. I’ve\u00a0taught\u00a0scores of engineers and producers technical skills, engineered\/produced acts and\u00a0given recording classes to singer\/songwriters. I’ve been on the receiving end too. I’ve taken songwriting workshops, vocal lessons, guitar lessons… People have given me gigs with nothing in it for them, offered advice and help and lent me their gear.<\/p>\n

For such a cut-throat industry, there are a lot of helpful people in it \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n

But the other night, I ran into something I’d never experienced before. Before I talk about it, have you seen this video of the old guy throwing away his canes and dancing?<\/p>\n