Quote Originally Posted by hempilation311
you need to make a list of the things that are bothering you in your life. what do you want to be? why aren't you there? if your depressed, it's usually because there is something that is supposed to be in your life taht isn't. sit down and try to understand wahts eating at you, then set about to change it. unless you want to spend the rest of your life stoned and sad. I was this way a feew years ago and found my ttrue calling in life. music. I now know that i want to be a recording engineer and play music with my friends. (money or not, i'll be happy). find what makes you happy and embrace it entirely whether its a person, a hobby, etc... you can get through it man but its gonna take some effort on your part. the biggest thing to remember is that healing takes time and you can't expect results from no effort. baby steps my friend. you will get there.
lmao yeah I found my true calling too...guess what it is? yup, recording engineer also. wait till you find out about the fucked up industry that is my friend....schooling doesn't matter in this job, all you gotta do is scrub toilets and get coffee for the real engineers for a couple years and then you'll either:

a) get lucky they will hire you as an assistant engineer

b) be grouped with the majority of people who get let go as free interns when it's just about time to actually use some equipment, so the studio can bring in another kid to do the dirty work for free


sorry to put a damper on it but unless you can suck it up and do bullshit errands for a lengthy amount of time (with no pay, might I add) with not even the slightest amount of assurance that you will be employed by these people anytime in the future (the crap path I will most likely take), or start your own studio somewhere ($75,000 plus good location, plus teaching yourself the equipment, plus being a good entrepreneur, plus finding clientelle that stays with you long enough that you can actually start charging them because most DIY studios usually record for free for a while). If you can succeed through any of these 2 pathways then congratulations you get to do what you want with your life! If not, don't worry, you're like the thousands of other people who go by the wayside in tremendous debt.

Good luck, we're both gonna need it

EDIT: where are you planning on doing this? kudos if you're making the trip down to the two-faced Los Angeles to get the best experience and advice possible...but if you're in Buttfuck, Nowhere odds are you'll have to move out into a decent-sized city to get the deed done
lagstronaut Reviewed by lagstronaut on . i'm pretty dependant on weed lately i have been smoking all day long to try and get away from pretty moderate depression that i've only recently discovered i've had for going on a few years now. i completely rely on dope to get me through my thoughts of negativity/uncertainty/trying-to-be-someone-else that occur all the time...it's getting pretty pricey now too... so is anybody else like me? anybody else depend on mary jane to make their obviously shitty life have less shittyness going on? Rating: 5