musician?

dun really consider myself as a "true" musician... maybe can consider half a musician lah.. hahaha.. cos was reading an article on yahoo.. "Are solo artistes at a disadvantage in S’pore?" (not going to touch on this topic).. and some points mentioned struck me.. not really struck lah.. just can feel the same way n agree.. tot i wanna share it here..

Quoted: --
"Acclaimed local singer-songwriter Kevin Mathews added that a big factor in the lack of vibrancy in the local music arena is the low confidence musicians here have.
"I don't want to say things like the government is not supportive. At the end of the day, it really boils down to the musicians themselves. It may be because parents don't encourage their children enough, but that is probably a cultural thing.
"Society in general does not view musicians in a very good light. It will take time for things to change," added Mathews."

Quoted from the comments: T-Rex

" Its good to note Timbre Group's bold initiative. Speaking as an x-musician, there are a lot of talent in Singapore past and present. However often as the case maybe the market demand tends to favor foreign talent in so far as nite entertainment and playback music is concerned. In general Singapore musicians are not as highly regarded as we are often compared with foreign talent. The perception is that if its a local artiste/band then we're only 50% as good and we deserve only 1/2 the fee. Which is why many of us cannot play full time because of bread and butter issue. So Standards drop and agents rope in foreign talent who are good and will even play for a meager fee. Its a viscous cycle and if we no high regard is given to local talent we will continue to see many more dropouts and hung guitars...."

you can search yahoo for the whole article..