"3 nights a week gigging w/one band, then another 3 with another band, and then 1 writing your own material? Remember the whole discussion dating back to when you wanted to put 11 switches & knobs on your guitar and you ultimately decided on two? it's the same thing. Don't stretch yourself out too much or the music is no longer art, the peformance is no longer fun, it's just a chore. By the time you hit 16, you won't want to touch a guitar again. Trust me on this, I know."
I can't say i agree, i think its better to be out playing with musicians (if not gigging, at [u]least[/u] jamming with other musicians, i mean i spend the same amount of time at home practicing compared to what i would at a gig, and i figure it would be overall a smart move, and would give me alot of exposure to audiences and confidence and all that.
"And be careful playing places where other kids hang out, especially if you're into the dead. They aren't the ticket nowadays, nor is folk, and you're apt to have a bunch of them tell you you're a dork for not soundin glike Linkin Park (if they do, just ignore them, they're idiots anyhow). Even if you play hard stuff, teens like to insult and tear, and if you're onstage, you'll get the brunt."
Well the hippie population in Wisconsin is a bit higher than alot of other states (take...Utah for example), and with a little advertising at my high school i could fill up the pizza place pretty nicely with long-haired freaks:D.