Breaking down the walls of glitz and glamour

Many people want to enter this industry...

And those who feel they have easy access to it, get air-headed about it.

Its after all, the world of entertainment.

Why wouldn't there be glitz and glamour?

But tear down these walls and look further... the truth of it is beyond big bucks rolling in for the companies and highly paid staff.

As cliche as it may sound. The pie IS shrinking, especially here in Singapore.

We aren't like China, where money is mainly spent on marketing the product created by Singapore and Taiwan.

In China, they can hire new staff at their own will, each only tasked with one specific role.
(so haven't they ever wondered why 10 of them can be looking for just one of us here?)

Here, output is great, input isn't...

Just last week, we had a meeting with a certain non profit organisation.
At that meeting, a lot of things came to light for them.

You can spend a hundred thousand to produce an album. But for selling each album, you probably only get $1.50 each.

Do the math... that would mean you'll have to sell 66666 copies in order to break even.
That doesn't include all the other costs for events that collaterals that come along with it.

Think again, the next time you walk into a record store, and pay $18.90 for a CD.
I wouldn't even go into the topic of piracy...

Needless to say, the people from this non profit organisation who thought that they were because their work was for a good cause, low pay was a form of making a sacrifice.

And yes, they were shocked too that we don't get paid that much either.

We live for another form of religion.... one called passion.

People have always asked how I got into this job.
Its luck... and a belief
The rest of it is lots of hard work and lots of stamina, plus the need to cut down on expenses.

But to those who find it all so glamourous...
I say, think again. You really do have to LIVE for your passion.

And yes, there is such a thing as 'monday blues' in the industry as well.
Where possible, we too like to avoid working on weekends.

And sometimes, I wish I could turn my mobile phone off for just a while or even a day... but then I can never leave it out of sight and out of mind.

I don't even know how to end off this entry...


Just that... in every country, everyone has their own share of problems. We all see things in our own perspective. Here's just a share of mine =)