Let Me Entertain You...

I’ll be honest.
Being an above average, so called ‘awesome’ singer surely gives me a head start on various things. Whether it involves scoring brownie points with people, making friends, or belonging to one of the ‘high on pedestal’ deliberately modest celebrity stature, it surely gives me an edge.
People know you, they remember you even after you’re long gone. Perhaps your face will be a blur, but the voice strikes the rest of the blurred faces like a samurai sword.
Music is one of my passions, my escape. But this weapon is certainly not a weapon of choice for me. It’s a double edged weapon, which will blow up in your face and flash to your kindred soul, the harsh reality of the flipside of standing out in the artistic or cultural arena.
To elucidate the frustrated babble, let me give you a few examples, of the nerve they possess, to shoot me in the arm, knowingly or otherwise:

“Hey you sing so well, I’m sure you sang you’re way through the FMS interview didn’t you?”

“Hey, sing something man, I’m getting bored”

“Wow, you sing really well, now we have someone to entertain us at all times!”

“Oh yeah… that girl? She sings really well… (never mind the quality of work she can do)

And the list goes on…

To those who think I’m blowing my own trumpet, may please stop reading this, as it may seem bullshit to you, and I would not want you to be a reader here.
The truth is, I don’t need to do it.
But, the pain point is, that my image is that of a Singer. An all time available entertainer, who will sing for you, anytime you want.
I share this feeling with another friend of mine, who btw is an ace guitar player. I empathize with him when both of us, invite company for that short period of time when we’re being ‘in your face’ artists.
How about a little respect for our other talents?
Perhaps, the artists have to awaken the rebel inside them, to sometimes prove a point in a different field altogether.
Imagine this. If you were a talented writer, or a dancer, or a successful coder, would you appreciate a request (that seems more like a demand) of an instantaneous display of your domain? No.
So I’ll be honest.
Open up your mind, and ears for that matter, coz I’ve got a voice to kill for, but I also know how to use it right. Does it sound like music to you ears? Look beyond it. You might find something else worth appreciating too.