Music is Life. Life is music. There is a melody for every moment of one's existence.
...to have all the music I created in the past somehow preserved or passed on. I no longer play. I stopped when life got in the way and I was in self-preservation mode. After the craziness died down, I discovered my gift for playing was lost. So, my dream is to have others play and listen to my music...
... I would have it revert to the Barter system. Everyone has something someone else needs. I would throw away paper money and live a life of exchange & barter, even if it's only to share wisdom of age...
It was a song from a tv presentation of Peter & the Wolf. An original adaptation. I have forgotten the author. But there was a song that the wolf sang that stuck with me. It was put to a piece of classical music, and it was called "The Good Die Young". The minor key is what grabbed me.
Too many to list
Life. Life events, moments of pain, moments of love...
That melody and lyrics can be timeless.
I was always terrified!
I see too many people with too much equipment and too little talent. I hear recordings that cannot be reproduced in the live arena. I hear too many sound-alikes. I see too much greed on the corporate and performer level. I know, personally, too many GREAT songwriters who failed to have a career in music simply because they were too far ahead of their time. People need to go back to their roots, get back to basics. I'm not saying technology is a bad thing... but it's bad when musicians rely too heavily on it.
I'm a newbie. Not enough info to form an opinion yet :-)
Being categorized. I hate labels and pigeon-holes.
Very rarely, since most of my musician friends live far away, and the current scene in my area is dead.
Tenacity. Honesty. Talent. Humility. Respect. Flexibility. Heart. And the ability to take constructive criticism.
The Folk Goddesses (NY). Bill Scott (Ecuador), Bruce Morgen (N. Carolina), Bill Priest (Texas)... again, too many to list