Rock WILK: Blog

IF YOU JUST ASKED ME DIRECTLY, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU...
BEGIN BY WRITING A PLAY. THEN WORK ON IT EVERY DAY AND NIGHT FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. EVERY DAY. EVERY NIGHT. MEMORIZE IT. 3 HOURS WORTH. JUST WHEN YOU FEEL REALLY STRONG IN THAT, THAT YOU GOT IT INSIDE OF YOU, BE COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO MAKE CHANGES, LET GO OF WHAT YOU HAVE, AND LEARN THE NEW WORK. ONCE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT, GO BOOK A PLACE TO PERFORM IT YOURSELF. FIGURE THAT OUT. OH, AND MAYBE ADD MUSIC TO YOUR SHOW, MAYBE SOME VIDEO, AND LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM IT ALL INTO YOUR COMPUTER AND RUN THE CUES ALL BY YOURSELF, LIVE ON STAGE WHILE YOU'RE PERFORMING, AND OH, GO LEARN TO PLAY A BUNCH OF INSTRUMENTS SO YOU CAN PRODUCE ALL OF THE MUSIC YOURSELF, AND DON'T FORGET HOW TO BE AN ENGINEER SO YOU CAN RECORD IT YOURSELF PROFESSIONALLY, AS WELL. OK, SO ONCE YOU HAVE THE VENUE, MAKE SOME FLYERS, SOME POSTCARDS, SOME PROGRAMS, FIGURE OUT HOW TO FORMAT THEM SO THEY LOOK PROFESSIONAL, AND GET YOUR HUSTLE ON AND PROMOTE YOUR SHOW, WORK YOUR ASS OFF, AND THEN... FEEL WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN ABOUT 2 PEOPLE SHOW UP AFTER ALL THAT HARD WORK, MAYBE ONE IS YOUR MOM, OR YOUR BEST FRIEND, AND LEARN TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM, TO WRITE, TO LEARN, TO GROW, NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE. AND KEEP MOVIN'. DO THAT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR. OH YEA, BE AN AMAZING PERFORMER, OTHERWISE, NOBODY WILL EVER COME BACK. MAKE MORE CHANGES AND RE MEMORIZE, AND WATCH YOUR AUDIENCE GROW. TO ABOUT 11 PEOPLE. FEEL THAT. CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL. DO THIS ALL ALONE BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING, AND AT LEAST FOR A FEW YEARS, NOBODY IS GOING TO HELP YOU, AND IF THEY DO, YOU BETTER MAKE SURE THEY CARE AS MUCH AS YOU DO AND THAT THEY ARE REALLY FUCKING GOOD AT WHAT THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF FOR YOU BECAUSE IF THEY FUCK UP ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO THEN? BETTER JUST GET USED TO DOING IT ALL BY YOURSELF, AND GET USED TO SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE ANY TIME FOR ANYTHING BUT WRITING AND REHEARSING AND CREATING CUES AND PROMOTING AND STAYING HEALTHY, AND REMAINING POSITIVE, AND SO... SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? AIN'T NO LUCK HERE, IT'S HARD WORK, IT'S TIME, IT'S MAD TALENT, IT'S COMMITMENT, IT'S SACRIFICE, IT'S HONESTY AND IT'S COURAGE. IT'S YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. AND THIS POST RIGHT HERE????? IT DOESN'T REALLY EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE, BUT IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT, AND SO, YOU WANT IT? THEN JUST DO IT.