First giving honor to God and the pastor of this house, 4hisglory. The deacons of this room, Juse and Sabe. And to all the drumming saints who are blessed with eyes to read this thread. ***I would insert a grin smiley but I'm on my PDA and I don't have that option lol***
This is indeed a grown man thread. Strictly for the big boys. So since I have a big boy audience, I decided not to start another thread by asking my question here. I'm asking the deacons to bare with me as I stray from the subject of this thread but inquire about an issue that has stemed from previous statements here.
BBD you have stated that you have a family. I know that a few of us do. To this day, I still havnt brought myself to the point where I can leave my daughter to hustle on the road as a musician. I have responsibilities that I must maintain for me and my child such as health insurance, dental insurance, retirement, child support, parent and teacher conferences and so on. For those of you on the road with families, how do you balance. This is a little personal but I actually lost my marriage to the game and it was on a local level. I can't imagine how much faster I wouldve lost it if I was on a national level.
I mean I went to a drum clinic to see steve ferone, steve smith, don f., and mike manginni, and these guys were talking about how they have lost their families as well to their craft. I look on myspace and I see spanky missing his daughter's birthday and I'm sympathising like man our daughters are around the same age. I don't know how I would deal with that. I know calvin has a son, flat and beatboxer have kids.
If there is anyone out there who wouldn't mind sharing how to balance, (if there's such a thing) please do. I'm sure everyone has different ways of handling business. I'm just trying to see what's really good since no one really ever talks about it.
Respectfully,
Sheen