I’ve been writing songs, playing guitar and putting together fuzzy electronic stuff for a while now but I still find it difficult to call myself a musician… do you reckon people have to play professionally or do you have another criteria you have reach before you can be confident to call your self a musician?
Graeme Benstead's Life List
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1. Become a full time musician
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2. Drink in the Penthouse Bar of a Highrise Japanese Hotel
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3. get commemorated by a blue plaque
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4. live la dolce vita
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5. do something constructive each day
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6. change the world
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7. Become Financially Independent
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8. work because I like to, not because I have to
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9. make electronic music
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10. become a music journalist
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11. pass my Grade 5 music theory exam
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12. Ride down through America on a Harley Davison
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13. Get a tattoo
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14. become a famous photographer
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