the silly soloist

This is a highly offensive post, please refrain from reading if you work in the music industry.

Just up to what extend would you let others judge your craft?

I have been in situation and have witnessed others in a position where we put up with others' scrutiny of our craft, arts, whatever.

For artists, it's a painful (ok, bittersweet) and s almost necessary process to go through until you reach a level where the whole world agree that you are `it', you have arrived, in a singer's case: Diva.

Divas are soloists.

Soloists are people who are brave enough to stand out from a group and strut their stuff. A soloist is someone who is so ballsy that she could stand the world looking on and judge how good she is at she is doing. At times she gets laughed at for the stupid mistake she made in the course of improving, "She diva la, of course she can't sing in written timing!

You can say that soloists have no ego, that's why they are less inhibited and enjoy being on stage alone to entertain the world.

Or you can say that soloists have huge ego, that's why they crave the attention they get from being a soloist.

It's easier to scrutinize a soloist than a group. Group performers have the safety of a `group energy' to work with. Your flaws are not so pronounced in a group. The trade off is of course, you have to love sharing the stage.

Soloists have stronger personality. Once you decided to be a soloist, you are on your own, no kidding, you have to fend for yourself. You screw up a note, that's because you are incompetent, you won't have your group mates to hide behind. Sure, the mistakes you make are instantly magnified for the mere fact that you're a soloist, in return if you shine on stage, is glory is all yours, yours alone.

So you decide, do you have balls to go solo? Yes, I'm saying soloists got more balls, sue me.

I'm going solo, but I had better fucking buy a metronome to improve my sloppy time-keeping in singing.