You're Not "Less Than" If You're "Parttime"

Songwriting is one of the biggest joys of my life, and I love it madly. But I've got a little secret.

I don't do it "fulltime."

By that, I mean it's not "all I do." I'm starting a graphic design business for musicians, I'm also starting a bachelor's degree in graphic design, I'm launching a line of coffee mugs with my fine arts pictures on them, and a line of fine arts prints.

So I split my time between music and visual art. And I love it. 

But occasionally a "fulltime" musician tries to give me flack and grief for that - for not thinking like they do. One in particular said he didn't see me "focusing on any one thing."

I told him he needed to understand that some people just want to make music parttime, or as part of something else. 

I also said he didn't have the right to tell me or anybody else how to live their lives. 

Doing music "fulltime" may simply not be feasible for some people. Or maybe that's just never been their goal. It doesn't have to be fulltime.

And you're no less a songwriter if you don't do it fulltime. There simply doesn't have to be a clash like this.

People need to do songwriting however much they want to.