#1661650 - 03/03/04 08:58 PM
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Philip O'Keefe
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A comment on one of the other threads got me thinking about this. What's your dream? I mean, as far as your music and recording goals? If you could be at any place, doing anything with your music, what would it be? Would you like to be the next big band and see that take off? Would you like to be the next Bob Clearmountain and be working in a studio like his and working on mixes all day, every day? Would you like to be doing Hans Zimmer's gig and scoring for film? You get the idea - what are your goals and dreams?
And now that you've given some thought to that, why aren't you doing it? Or maybe the better question would be, what are you doing to try to reach those goals, and what would help you get there?
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#1661651 - 03/03/04 09:11 PM
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"I have a dream..."
Actually, I do have a dream. I'm living my dream, well a previous dream. I travel the world working really interesting high end shows. Increadible systems that would leave you speachless. Seal for two hundred guests at $50,000 a ticket. Elton John for a birthday party...
But since my heart attack last year I've been having a new dream. A less stressfull dream perhaps. And with the coming birth of son tomorrow, some thing tells me dreams may change.
Do what you love...
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#1661652 - 03/03/04 09:18 PM
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Circumstances have put me in a place where I'm basically living my dream. Creating and studying music. I'd like to be able to make enough to support my wife for what's left of life doing what I love to do or make enough from it so she
will be supported after I'm gone. If the Lord wants it that way I don't even have to see the check, if he'd make it so she eventually did then I would have lived my dream.
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#1661653 - 03/03/04 09:32 PM
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That's an interesting question. I've already played on stage for large and small crowds, so I know what it feels like. My artistic goals, have already exceeded any expectations I ever had.
I've toured as a stage hand lighting technician with regional bands, so I know what that's like too. I've heard it said that if you've already got everything you want, plus a dollar in your pocket, then you're rich. I won't dare say I have everything I could want, but am still fairly content with what I have. I only wish I had more to give, and to have enough to support a family, without constant worry, be able to go off on vacations occasssionally, and good health. Due to circumstances beyond my control, this may never happen though, in this life.
Similar to the guy in Harry Chapin's song "Taxi", I think we all want to learn how to fly, and end up flying in our taxi's, taking tips, and getting stoned.
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#1661654 - 03/03/04 09:45 PM
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Good question. My dream is to have a production dream team. Kind of an extension of a band idea. We play live, but mainly we make recordings for ourselves and other folks, for the serious bread. Spread the hats around. I'd like to basically be the producer. I'd have an engineer, a bass player a drummer, a programmer or two; a couple of keyboard players.
I'd have four or five remote, production rigs. Guys would use them to work on their own and or record folks remotely. But there'd be a large facility with several rooms. Not real fancy, just large. One official tracking room and otther smaller improvised rooms in case the need for additional tracking while a bigger session was in progress. Mainly the other rooms would be for production duties.
We'd do everything from movies to jazz to pop, R&B, R&R. I love to score a movie.
I'd have a publishing house and label. An all service facility, if the client wanted that.
I'd go back to being a full on musician, producer, writer.
I'd also have a school to teach kids music, art, literacy and engineering. I know it sound bizarre. You're talking dreams right?
I'd have two bands: one a straight ahead or experimental goup and the other a continuation of my other band - original stuff, whatever that may be.
There you go. My dreams.
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#1661655 - 03/03/04 09:51 PM
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I don't know what the hell I wanna do.
My dream is to be wildly successful at SOMETHING.
ANYTHING.
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#1661656 - 03/03/04 09:52 PM
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Phil,
My dream is to be able to use my studio fulltime to record my own musical vision without devoting my own bandwidth to marketing it. If I were to dare to dream big, it would be that my home-grown music would sell on it's own well enough to support my family and my slow-but-steady stream of studio improvements.
Though it would be nice to have people hear & enjoy what I do, it is not the reason I do it. I do it because it's how I create. Some muse keeps me up at night with new ideas - - it's damn hard to get to sleep some times; guitar armies march through my stream of conciousness, that sort of thing... I wish I had enough personal bandwidth to capture more of it.
The thing that is keeping me from living the dream is my respect for (and memory of) poverty. So I keep a day job designing and testing electronics stuff. While I enjoy it, it is just a source of dollars to keep me & my family above the snapping jaws of poverty.
If I don't keel over at work, I suppose the day will come when I can retire & do the dream then...
Better late than never, I guess.
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#1661657 - 03/03/04 09:55 PM
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I've also considered getting an ogan grinder and a monkey.
I might do that someday in my old age, just for kicks and tips.
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#1661658 - 03/04/04 12:12 AM
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My dream is to have someone ELSE do all of the engineering and tracking and mixing, because (a) I'm not fond of the process, (b) I'm inept at the process, and (c) I find that the engineering chores distract me from the composing / playing / arranging tasks that are where I really want to focus my energy.
Blunt, but true...
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#1661659 - 03/04/04 10:57 AM
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My personal dream is very modest, but fits well with my personality and abilities.
I would like to start off with a couple of small productions - small singles and progress to the point where I can drop my normal job and produce full time. I also plan a move to a more comfortable surrounding if/when that happens (S. Florida). After that I may go into independent film production, but that is a big if.
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#1661660 - 03/04/04 11:41 AM
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Getting a great song Ive written cut by a major artist and being able to retire on the royalities. I consider a great demo( produced by me) to be a key enabler.
Fortunatley I've kept my day job. 
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#1661661 - 03/04/04 01:51 PM
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I'm kinda in the same boat as MM, except I love the Philly area and it's easy access to NY, B-More and, of course, Jersey. My dream is to find that elusive artist (or artists) a great drive and package, that will jump on the parkway to success with me. Build a buzz, release some material, and take a shot at making it happen.
I'll keep recording and mixing for outside producers and artists, but the buzz and notoriety will make it so that it brings in a (more) steady income so I won't have to work. I make decent money now, but I could live off of 5 or 10 Gs less, at least, if I could just concentrate on producing, recording, and mixing.
Really though, that's my goal. My dream is to make a decent enough splash in production that I can generate an income that allows me to run an indie label that does not have to operate on a shoestring budget. And when there is a new piece of gear that would be a great acquisition, I don't need to see if it's "in the budget"...I just buy it.
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#1661663 - 03/04/04 03:20 PM
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RobT
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Hans' gig is a good one. I'd love to score film, video, multimedia, etc. There is just something about melding sound and image that I get a lot of satisfaction from. Playing out live from time to time would be nice too.
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#1661664 - 03/04/04 03:45 PM
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You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin' as it flows
And a dreamer's just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what's behind you
And never knowing what's in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores.. and
I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide.. yes
I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
And there's bound to be rough waters
And I know I'll take some falls
But with the good Lord as my captain
I can make it through them all.. yes
I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Yes, I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
'Til the river runs dry
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#1661665 - 03/04/04 04:06 PM
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Basically, it would be to do what I do in my spare time now, only without the day job (I teach special ed., I job that I like but would rather be doing music). I'd want to travel, play music with my band, and record my band and other people in my studio. I don't want to be famous. Rich, sure, but that's not a huge concern for me as long as I am comfortable (which I am now - I just don't want to work my day job).
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#1661666 - 03/04/04 05:51 PM
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I've been fortunate enough to have realized a good number of my dreams...I have a wonderful wife, I make a living using my creativity and (after all these years) I've finally found myself making music with two exceptionally talented, rational and honest people who have also become dear friends.
If this list would ever turn out to be my final scorecard I would consider myself a winner. 
On the other hand, if I'm still to write the bridge and final verse....
I'd love for a couple of my latest tracks to get some placements in film, tv or other multimedia. This would generate enough interest for me to build a small but decent listenership that would allow me to make a trip around the country once a year (profitably?) with a new set of songs.
Yes, big money (or even medium-sized money) would be great too...but more importantly, I'd wish for one of my songs to please enough people to last beyond my earthly residence. I know how much someone else's song can mean to me, and for one of my tunes to mean that to someone else, well, I just couldn't ask for more.
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#1661667 - 03/04/04 07:48 PM
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I forgot the other thing. You know what would be fun is to have a nice bit of land, say, in Big Sur (I can dream, can't I?) that is a sort of artists' home, so people can just sort of hang out and work on their music, poetry, art, writing, photography, etc. My recording studio would be there, of course.....
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#1661668 - 03/04/04 09:55 PM
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My dream is to engineer in a (mine in the works)world-class studio and contribute to creating spiritual music that will change the world. Just getting the music (DONE RIGHT)out there is of the utmost importance...money would be on the list somewhere. It is a shame for one to die with their music still inside them. Best regards to all. . . Dogbreath
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#1661670 - 03/04/04 11:20 PM
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I don't believe in dreams. I believe in goals.
One goal is to build my own personal/project studio in a house, preferably not here in Wisconsin, but a state/city that offers more: Cali, NY... maybe Chicago or New Orleans. It will happen, I just don't know how soon it'll get rolling.
Another goal is to learn notation, find "that" guitar tone, work my way up in a real studio so I can learn all I can. Maybe I'll want to independently produce or something. I'm already on the track to one goal I've had for 11+ years and that's working on my own album. I haven't officially started yet, but sometime this year. I'm really grateful that I have the opportunity/had-the-money to do this too.
Oh yeah and I wanna learn drumming.
But if I must answer what my "dream" is, I guess it's that I'd like to work at Nothing Studios with Trent Reznor, in some way.
And I want a girlfriend who is into music as much as I am and supports what I love.
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#1661671 - 03/04/04 11:24 PM
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My dream is to find a mentor, who will take me under their wing and teach me. This is not necessarily a music-based dream. It's just a dream I have.
My father was a good guy, but he was pretty unavailable during my youth, and died when I was 23.
There has been a hole in my life ever since. Not just the parent-child connection, but also the training/teaching and 'passing-of-the-baton' to the next generation thing. I'm still waiting for something that hasn't happened in my life.
Now, I am the father with my own kids. And while I feel comfortable in that role, I still feel incomplete as a man.
Okay....enough introspection.
My dream is pretty simple. I want to play for people regularly (by "regularly", I mean 2 to 5 times a week -with an occasional week off), both in a band, and as a solo artist. This means, that I want to connect with some area musicians that I get along with very well and form a long lasting bond with....it also means, that I need to keep building my guitar chops, because solo drummers are NOT a big draw.
I want my own studio room here in my house. An accoustically decent (doesn't have to be perfect), sound proof room, where I can play, record, hang with friends or on MusicPlayer, and give private instruction.
Also, I want to be a private instructor, and teach drums, and be good enough to teach beginning guitar.
I'd like to do some short tours with some decent acts too. Get a feel for what it's like to have actual 'roadies' and to complain about the size of the bread the caterers provided. "And where the hell's my purple sofa and my bottle of Cristol!?!?!? Doesn't anybody read the riders anymore!?!?!? Dammit, I said Cristol, not Crisco!!!!"  
I want all of this to generate some income. I could see myself being perfectly happy with $5-600 a week -though I'll take more if it's being offered. 
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#1661672 - 03/05/04 05:05 AM
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Philip O'Keefe
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Originally posted by songrytr: I've been fortunate enough to have realized a good number of my dreams...I have a wonderful wife, I make a living using my creativity and (after all these years) I've finally found myself making music with two exceptionally talented, rational and honest people who have also become dear friends.Well, I agree that John's a exceptionally talented guy, but I have NO CLUE as to the other person could be.  If this list would ever turn out to be my final scorecard I would consider myself a winner. Indeed. On the other hand, if I'm still to write the bridge and final verse....
I'd love for a couple of my latest tracks to get some placements in film, tv or other multimedia. This would generate enough interest for me to build a small but decent listenership that would allow me to make a trip around the country once a year (profitably?) with a new set of songs.
Yes, big money (or even medium-sized money) would be great too...but more importantly, I'd wish for one of my songs to please enough people to last beyond my earthly residence. I know how much someone else's song can mean to me, and for one of my tunes to mean that to someone else, well, I just couldn't ask for more.Boy, wouldn't that be cool? I mean, I can think of a lot of songs that have been very special to me. To have written something that reached people in that way would be the absolute pinnacle of achevement as a writer IMO. But then again, you've already done that - at least for a few people. For those who don't know Songrytr, he's been working with me on his first solo album. Our friend John McGill (no songwriting slouch either), who is Songrytr's other musical partner, calls recording Songrytr's songs "a moral imperative" - and I couldn't agree more. The guy's a serious writer, and his songs really speak to me. I'm sure there's going to be a larger audience out there for him.
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#1661673 - 03/05/04 07:45 AM
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My dream, is to one day, stop coveting all the gear I see and read about....8^)
not much chance of that....8^)
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#1661674 - 03/05/04 02:20 PM
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Very simply, to be able to comfortably support my family via my musical endeavors and so be able to shove my day job where it belongs.
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#1661675 - 03/05/04 04:22 PM
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If I listed my REAL true dream, Phil would kick me out.
Lets just say in involves 3 blondes and a donkey.
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#1661676 - 03/05/04 07:27 PM
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Originally posted by WOW: If I listed my REAL true dream, Phil would kick me out.
Lets just say in involves 3 blondes and a donkey.
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#1661677 - 03/05/04 08:15 PM
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#1661678 - 03/06/04 05:32 AM
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What a cool question. Let's see, well..
When I was 16, I wanted to be the next Jimmy Page.
When I was 18, I wanted to be in the hottest band in the Detroit area.
When I was 22...I wanted to be in a damn good local band.
When I was 25...I wanted to get any gig that would have me.
Now? I want to have fun. I have a decent job. I just want to be able to let the creative juices flow in any setting that I can...be that plonking a flattop at a coffee house, sitting in at a blues jam, recording my own stuff...whatever.
But...if it were up to this old fart, if I do have a dream, it would be for someone cool to hear one of my songs and have them say, "Hey, that's a cool song, you mind if I cover it on my next CD?".
That and three blondes. No donkey. Wait, make that a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead.
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#1661679 - 03/06/04 02:49 PM
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For the past several years I've made a livin' as a one man midi composer. The earl sheib of music. I'd love to work with a pro producer or luck into a TV gig doing the theme and cues. Another dream would be to work with some young cats. I'm 50 and hanging out with my son's musician friends is a blast. I love the energy and watching them dream of the recording contract. I help them when they ask, but never intrude when they are recording in my room. I know I'm a "hip" dad,( all the kids call me "daddio") but I'm still dad and it might be hard for my kid to perform his best with me staring at him through the glass. My son reminds me so much of me when I was 19.
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