Family feuds due to money are the worst. Blood is thicker than water. Money is apparently thicker than blood
It turns people into absolute monsters and is essentially the basis of every advertisement and product there is out there. Businesses just want more money. Employees work hard every single day just to maximise profit. The greater the profit, the greater the venue for the Christmas party. That's why I prefer the not-for-profit sector
But with money in general...everybody wants to have the best of everything. Remember when people were satisfied with phones that just made calls? We can't even buy those anymore. Maybe I'm being hypocritical - I do have a smartphone as I like features like Whatsapp. But I could easily live without it.
It's pretty sad that your friend has made a comment already (albeit a jokey one) about the money that will come from your project. There's no harm in wanting to make money out of a hobby but I think it should come secondary to the actual enjoyment of doing it. And I hope that your friend doesn't alter the way he expresses himself in this project to something that he thinks would appeal to the audience more.
Good for you anyway, for doing it just because you enjoy it
That's how you really make something good, not by turning it into a money vehicle! It sounds like a lot of fun!
And never apologise for ranting. That's what this board is here for!
Money is thicker than everything when it comes to family feuds. My mother's side seem to be struck with the money bug - even my mother herself has had some money issues which I won't post here for the time being. It's been bad for them.
The not-for-rofit sector is a better alternative, but I'm always skeptical about things like that. Maybe I've become too desensitised these days, but I know that for everything to work, money has to be involved in one way or another. Even charities need to get money from somewhere. Maybe I'm simply too negative about the whole system, but I can't help it.
You make a good point with the phones, but I don't think you're being hypocritical. Smart phones will completely obliterate the older generation, if it hasn't basically done so already, so what choice do you have? You may as well enjoy what you have while you have it. I would like to make more of a rant about phones, but I'll save that for now.
If we make money from this pilot (which I really, really doubt), that will be a nice added extra for the "work" we've put into it. He doesn't see it that way, and believes the writing of the script needs to appeal to the widest possible audience so it can maximize profits in the long run. This is a means to an end he really wants to reach.
It's not just that, though. I'm in a band that's probably going to lose more money than what we'll earn. I've come to accept that, and I already accept the fact that I don't get paid when I play live. I'm in the band because I enjoy creating songs and I enjoy playing the drums. My friend has recently started a band with one of his friends for the sole purpose of making it go somewhere big and make lots of money. He believes they have the skills and the songwriting capabilities to stand out from the millions of other bands who have similar aspirations.
I was also involved in a YouTube video he wanted to create. I did it as a fun project, again. He wanted to get 100,000,000 views on it and become a YouTube sensation and get sponsors to make some money. I'm not even kidding about this one. As it is, he couldn't get a suitable female role in the video and it's been indefinitely shelved.
I should reiterate that yeah, he is my best friend, but his desire to have money and live rich seems to supersede his actual direction of his interests. He has asked me once why I'm in a band that doesn't appear to go anywhere financially, and I told him it's because I just like playing the drums in that and it gets me to be creative. He understood but he did find it strange.
Thanks again for letting me rant. I don't usually enjoy talking so much about myself but this is something I've been thinking about and your mention of money and the corruption it breeds bought it out of me.
