Get known playing guitar. By get known, I don't mean "famous" in any sense of the word, but rather, being able to go around the world, playing music I enjoy, for a crowd that wants to hear it, and keeps me driven to produce more. Pay is not important; making people happy doing something I love, is.
That sounds really cool. You must really have some stories about being on the road. What was the most interesting thing that happened on tour and do you have any recordings from your time in the band?
People gave me shit for joining a brass band and playing bass guitar for them (small town of <2000 people, not a lot of low end players). It was one of the best things i ever did. Playing music just for the sake of playing music with a good group of people i wouldnt have associated with otherwise.
Absolutely man. I went from playing a lot of very simple pop rock and the like, to playing things like the Pirates of the Carribean theme, which while not terribly difficult, isnt something i ever expected to be part of my musical repetoire.