Comments on: So you’re young and you wanna be famous, huh? http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/ Skafish speaks... in his own words - raw and uncensored... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:48:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Daksha http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-38 Daksha Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:10:41 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-38 Fame in my mind is a representation of a collective opinion of a person & their works – If one never set out to seek anyone’s good opinion to begin with then fame is empty & meaningless to the recipient. However, if one wants money for their work, then the importance of the collective opinion/fame comes right back to life – One isn’t going to make much dough on the deep respect & acknowledgement of a few wise peers. It almost requires that “success” be clearly redefined to one’s personal standards, so as not be knocked off balance. As we know today that the “bully”, “the bullied” and the “bystander” are all party to an incident –Yes - the bystander is accountable!!! I feel that Ms Spears has been desperately screaming for warm caring (not cold & clinical) and help for a long time now – & I feel sick of myself as a passive bystander, along with the social whole who just stand by & watch this young person in all her glory disintegrate before our very eyes while I do absolutely nothing to help. Jim – I feel terrible for what you have experienced in your younger days. I do have to say, looking at your pic on the one-pager for the jazz CD that you have grown into an attractive man of poise who is ready for fame, besides ?. But, no matter what the appearance, it’s the inside that counts! May you always be treated with the respect you deserve! TY. Fame in my mind is a representation of a collective opinion of a person & their works – If one never set out to seek anyone’s good opinion to begin with then fame is empty & meaningless to the recipient. However, if one wants money for their work, then the importance of the collective opinion/fame comes right back to life – One isn’t going to make much dough on the deep respect & acknowledgement of a few wise peers. It almost requires that “success” be clearly redefined to one’s personal standards, so as not be knocked off balance.

As we know today that the “bully”, “the bullied” and the “bystander” are all party to an incident –Yes - the bystander is accountable!!! I feel that Ms Spears has been desperately screaming for warm caring (not cold & clinical) and help for a long time now – & I feel sick of myself as a passive bystander, along with the social whole who just stand by & watch this young person in all her glory disintegrate before our very eyes while I do absolutely nothing to help.

Jim – I feel terrible for what you have experienced in your younger days. I do have to say, looking at your pic on the one-pager for the jazz CD that you have grown into an attractive man of poise who is ready for fame, besides ?. But, no matter what the appearance, it’s the inside that counts! May you always be treated with the respect you deserve! TY.

]]> By: Skafish http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-36 Skafish Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:32:29 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-36 Ewolf! Your perceptions are quite astute. Fame is an ultimate illusion -- it can really inflate one's ego, which then facilitates all of the self undoing you're describing: takers, groupies, people who will tell you anything as long as the money gravy train keeps rolling in. One star I know had to have someone around them at all times to make sure they got to the show, got dressed -- sort of like a glorified babysitter... The Scorpions thing was quite a rough ride. The audience threw things at us our entire set. Jim Skafish Ewolf!

Your perceptions are quite astute. Fame is an ultimate illusion — it can really inflate one’s ego, which then facilitates all of the self undoing you’re describing: takers, groupies, people who will tell you anything as long as the money gravy train keeps rolling in.

One star I know had to have someone around them at all times to make sure they got to the show, got dressed — sort of like a glorified babysitter…

The Scorpions thing was quite a rough ride. The audience threw things at us our entire set.

Jim Skafish

]]> By: Ewolf http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-34 Ewolf Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:46:12 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-34 I've sometimes wondered if it's the pressures of fame that can erode a person's stability or if self-destruction (or reckless self-indulgence) is an aspect of a creative personality (for some). My bandmates and I used to joke that we'd never make it big because we weren't messed up enough. A lot of performers tend to be a little weird (I include myself in that assessment, so don't think I'm being disparaging) and that can be a somewhat fragile existence. Worse than being set upon by the media, I think, is being surrounded by people who offer no stability: Those who benefit from the person's fame but give back nothing of value; the yes-men, the groupies, the exploiters who, instead of keeping the artist grounded, inch them closer and closer to the edge of a cliff. Ewolf P.S. Whose bright idea was it to have you playing with the Scorpions?! Jeez! I’ve sometimes wondered if it’s the pressures of fame that can erode a person’s stability or if self-destruction (or reckless self-indulgence) is an aspect of a creative personality (for some). My bandmates and I used to joke that we’d never make it big because we weren’t messed up enough. A lot of performers tend to be a little weird (I include myself in that assessment, so don’t think I’m being disparaging) and that can be a somewhat fragile existence. Worse than being set upon by the media, I think, is being surrounded by people who offer no stability: Those who benefit from the person’s fame but give back nothing of value; the yes-men, the groupies, the exploiters who, instead of keeping the artist grounded, inch them closer and closer to the edge of a cliff.

Ewolf

P.S. Whose bright idea was it to have you playing with the Scorpions?! Jeez!

]]> By: Skafish http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-33 Skafish Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:03:13 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-33 Paddy! Thanks for your insight. When I entered the game, I really believed that I wouldn't have to deal with the narrow mindedness I had been subjected to growing up -- but oh how wrong I was. There was this "acceptable weird" thing going on, like be a tad weird but not too too weird. Much appreciated what you said! Jim Skafish Paddy!

Thanks for your insight. When I entered the game, I really believed that I wouldn’t have to deal with the narrow mindedness I had been subjected to growing up — but oh how wrong I was. There was this “acceptable weird” thing going on, like be a tad weird but not too too weird.

Much appreciated what you said!

Jim Skafish

]]> By: Paddy http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-32 Paddy Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:31:03 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-32 I thought you were great back in the day. I remember you having to deal with the same projectiles at Chicagofest when you were backing up the Scorpions. huh? Your fortitude was commendable. You pushed (down the stairs pig!!) the boundaries, even to an audience that thought they were extending the usual music parameters. Paddy I thought you were great back in the day. I remember you having to deal with the same projectiles at Chicagofest when you were backing up the Scorpions. huh? Your fortitude was commendable. You pushed (down the stairs pig!!) the boundaries, even to an audience that thought they were extending the usual music parameters.

Paddy

]]> By: Skafish http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-31 Skafish Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:05:24 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-31 Robert! I wish that artist would have drawn me better too! Jim Skafish Robert!

I wish that artist would have drawn me better too!

Jim Skafish

]]> By: Robert Mag http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-30 Robert Mag Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:45:20 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-young-and-you-wanna-be-famous-huh/#comment-30 Thanks Jim- for the unique and , humorous insight. I played in a band in the early 80's and had very minor success. I had always wondered, What if..? That would probably be me hopping on the plane out of London in the middle of the night ;) ...and that cartoon! If anyone should be ridiculed, it should be the writer and "artist" who created that poor excuse for art. Anyway- really great stuff!! Robert Thanks Jim- for the unique and , humorous insight. I played in a band in the early 80’s and had very minor success. I had always wondered, What if..? That would probably be me hopping on the plane out of London in the middle of the night ;)

…and that cartoon! If anyone should be ridiculed, it should be the writer and “artist” who created that poor excuse for art.

Anyway- really great stuff!!

Robert

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