There are many frustrations involved in what I do and who I work with. I have always been a person that says what is on my mind. If you step on my toes, I tended to let you know about it. If something pissed me off, if NOTHING ELSE, I could at least go on twitter or FB and blow off steam, even if it was just passive aggressive. I had an avenue to get things off of my chest. I didn't realize just how freeing that really is.
Those days are behind me now, and that's by choice. Choice, because I've CHOSEN to live a public life. That's the essence of what this work really is. Public. The face of a label. The face of an entertainment company, the voice of reason and diplomacy for my clients, who are incredibly well known. It's my job to temper their words and when needed, to clean up messes they make. I speak with their authority, and therefore, my actions reflect on them. Regardless of how little my actual involvement with a particular artist may be, if I am known to be their associate, my actions and words reflect on them. To the degree that I am hyper-aware of my appearance when I leave the house even to just go to the grocery. All this may be a choice....but it's also a burden.
I have nowhere to really vent, no, not even here. Even THIS isn't private. For a while, years ago, I was on experienceprojectDOTcom, which was a blogging site based on anonymity. You didn't post your name, instead, people would connect with you based on your experiences. So, if you posted something with the title "I think my spouse is cheating on me", others would see that title and join the conversation, if they were feeling the same thing. Kinda cool....but I came to a couple of conclusions Firstly, my experiences are fairly unique to what I do. Not really likely to find other entertainment company owners/label executives who deal with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees on a daily basis, so there's that. Second, the ones who COULD relate, were commiserating, and that's not what I want to be surrounded by.
Oh well....price I pay for the life I choose, no?
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