 Sure it's scary but, here's our advice. Believe in yourself, your dreams and your skills and go grab it! Bob Dylan was similarly undeterred 40 years ago. Has it been that long?
Take risks. Even if people aren't ready for something new, they'll get used to it, as Bob Dylan realized 40 years ago today.
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Dylan was one of the most important musicians in America and leader of a revitalized folk movement. But he was booed and harshly criticized by the music press after his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965.
Why? Because the folk master had the nerve to plug in an electric guitar, shocking the delicate ears and sensitive sensibilities of the macramé-wearing folk crowd.
Dylan was undeterred. He found the conventions of folk stifling, and he was determined to create a new form of music: folk rock. He knew that if the songs were good enough, in time the new musical style would find an audience.
Today, in a world of country rap, techno gospel and punk opera, it seems ludicrous that anyone would dispute him. But the music world of the early '60s was so rigidly defined that people arranged their albums by genre with no difficulties whatsoever.
Dylan was one of the very first genre-blenders. He didn't let one unappreciative audience deter him from following his vision. And neither should you.
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