It’s not easy to make a living as a musician or a “creative.”

As anyone knows who pays their rent and buys their food from the fruit of their creativity, it’s a tough life. I hate it when people who don’t live by their creative output think that musicians, artists, writers and actors do what they do because they choose a “lifestyle.” Think about what your life would be like without music, art, film, theater, our overall culture. Pretty damn dismal, right?

Often, when you’re a creative p...