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SUPPORT ME ON PATREON\n\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\n\nI\u2019ve been realizing that I have not respected my destiny. The destiny I\u2019ve chosen, that is. I was born into music. I have thrived on music since before I could spell. At every turn, during every boon and through every hardship, music has been my constant companion. Nothing ever been more important to me than music. (THING, not PERSON \u2013 people like my kids are on a higher plane.) So why? Why have I undermined & avoided embracing this very clear destiny? Why have I assumed that money and my music are mutually exclusive, or have a tenuous relationship at best? Why have I spent more time searching for yet another day job, instead of writing & recording & performing every chance I can get?\n\nApparently the Universe won\u2019t stand for it. Two years ago, I was \u201clet go\u201d from my 13-year day job at the Bronx Zoo. I freelanced as a musician, actor & voice actor for a while. Then last October, I took another day job at a giant shit show of a company. I quit after a month because I couldn\u2019t stand the work or the people. Then this January I was hired at a very good company with very good people. Still, it\u2019s another day job, and I realized quickly that it\u2019s not my world and never has been. Lo and behold, m-m-m-myyyy corona (apologies to The Knack) came and shut down that company. So I\u2019m back to being day-unemployed, back to freelancing. And what that says among other things is: stick to music, kid. It\u2019s what you\u2019re made for. It\u2019s the one thing that always feels right.\n\nThis album \u2013 my dad\u2019s full-fledged debut as a singer/songwriter \u2013 is a big reason why I do what I do. It\u2019s a small but highly significant part of the massive music world that is my dad. All of these songs sank deep into \u2013 no, ARE \u2013 my blood. They are the DNA of how I write & produce. Original music was never his main focus. Other than this, he\u2019d written a bunch of other tunes before & after, and then released an EP of original country music in 1996 (included at the end of this album at the link above). When he did this album, I was 7. It was one of the first things that opened my eyes & heart to the world of the possible. I was barely a human, but I knew then that music would be my life. Just like my dad. Through all of life\u2019s changes. Career ups and downs. Financial yeses & nos. Family and friends coming & going. It\u2019s always been music.\n\nThere are many things my dad & I have in common. One that stands out is the joy of busting through genre boxes and playing/singing/writing/recording whatever we want. Of knowing a good song is a good song no matter what it is. There are many differences too. A big one being he staked his claim in the world of cover tunes, while I leapt almost immediately into originals. But the BIGGEST DIFFERENCE is the one that gets to the heart of this week\u2019s post: Every week month year decade, he made his living with music. He supported his family and paid his bills and financed cars and vacations and a house with music. I haven\u2019t. I have assumed for too long that my music and money don\u2019t mix well. Well, with the world all topsy-turvy and key parts of lives upended, let me say I HEAR YOU, Universe. That assumption ends NOW. Whatever I can and have to do to make my living solely in the creative arts, I will do. NOW.\n\nListen to my dad\u2019s album.\xa0\n\nNicky DeMatteo\n\nThen listen to my song below, or any from the same album, and see if you can hear a spiritual connection. It was the peak of that:\n\nNICK - \u201cDeal\u201d (from the album The Metrogrande Sessions)\n\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\n\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices