Music Freelancing And The World Of Entitlement
Today, I came up with a brilliant idea. I love music. It's my life. It's been my life
for over 35 years. Maybe there are people out there looking for music projects,
maybe for a web site or whatever, who can't write themselves and need
somebody to compose music for them.
So I figured, what the heck. Let's go to Elance (yes, I know, a big mistake)
and see if there are any such jobs.
Relatively speaking, compared to other skills, there aren't a lot of jobs for
composers. But I found 2 that I can certainly handle.
But a third one that was certainly right up my alley, really made me laugh.
The guy is looking for somebody to write a killer hit song for him to submit to
a major label.
Price?
$15 or less.
That's right. For $15, he gets a killer hit song. Oh, he does say that if there
are any royalties we'll split them 50/50.
I wish there was a facepalm emoticon at this forum because I really need one.
The other 2 jobs weren't much better but they were better. Problem is, even
for jobs where they're willing to pay $500 for the job, you have people with,
supposedly, years and years of experience, bidding $15.
How in God's name do you compete with that?
And the sad part is, I am sure that most of these $15 bidders don't have a
spec of talent but this dumb schmuck is probably going to go with them
because they're all a bunch of "I want it now and I want it for nothing"
misers.
I'm sorry if my frustration is coming out more than it should but I really am
at the end of my rope. I am not looking for any handouts. My business is
pretty much non existent but I still want to make it on my own and work for
what I need.
So I have to ask. Is there ANYBODY in this world who will pay you what
you're worth or am I dreaming?
I don't want to become one of those "I Need Help Please Give Me Money"
threads because if nothing else I have my pride and will NEVER take a handout.
But for the love of God. Is a 55 year old skilled copywriter, songwriter,
article writer not worth more than $7 an hour working at a ******* Burger
King?
I'm starting to think the answer to that is a resounding and frustrating yes.
for over 35 years. Maybe there are people out there looking for music projects,
maybe for a web site or whatever, who can't write themselves and need
somebody to compose music for them.
So I figured, what the heck. Let's go to Elance (yes, I know, a big mistake)
and see if there are any such jobs.
Relatively speaking, compared to other skills, there aren't a lot of jobs for
composers. But I found 2 that I can certainly handle.
But a third one that was certainly right up my alley, really made me laugh.
The guy is looking for somebody to write a killer hit song for him to submit to
a major label.
Price?
$15 or less.
That's right. For $15, he gets a killer hit song. Oh, he does say that if there
are any royalties we'll split them 50/50.
I wish there was a facepalm emoticon at this forum because I really need one.
The other 2 jobs weren't much better but they were better. Problem is, even
for jobs where they're willing to pay $500 for the job, you have people with,
supposedly, years and years of experience, bidding $15.
How in God's name do you compete with that?
And the sad part is, I am sure that most of these $15 bidders don't have a
spec of talent but this dumb schmuck is probably going to go with them
because they're all a bunch of "I want it now and I want it for nothing"
misers.
I'm sorry if my frustration is coming out more than it should but I really am
at the end of my rope. I am not looking for any handouts. My business is
pretty much non existent but I still want to make it on my own and work for
what I need.
So I have to ask. Is there ANYBODY in this world who will pay you what
you're worth or am I dreaming?
I don't want to become one of those "I Need Help Please Give Me Money"
threads because if nothing else I have my pride and will NEVER take a handout.
But for the love of God. Is a 55 year old skilled copywriter, songwriter,
article writer not worth more than $7 an hour working at a ******* Burger
King?
I'm starting to think the answer to that is a resounding and frustrating yes.
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