I know the feeling.  Someone does you wrong and you feel the need to get back at them.  Sometimes our natural instinct is some kind of violent response, like chopping off their fingers for excessive tapping, and sometimes it’s more subtle like the cold shoulder.  Earlier this week, when the Toronto Star announced they were going to outsource 100 editing jobs, one editor got creative and constructive with his revenge.  He decided to edit the memo, with the typical journalistic editing style.  You can see the edited memo below.

Why am I bringing this up on a blog that’s either about an artist or the music business?  As musicians, we are given to emotional responses, including revenge.  Instead of getting upset and reacting violently or emotional, pour that energy into your creative work.  That’s where most of the great music in the 60′s came from: creative and constructive revenge against the powers in charge at the time.

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