Or, more likely, the other way around? I've had to miss the last few tournaments I wanted to attend due to conflicts with gigs. Honestly I'd rather be playing music than magic most nights, but it's hard to sustain both.
Also- do your band members/collaborators think you're nuts for being into magic? Mine sure do
I go through productive music phases and then when I slow creatively, I spend more time playing Magic and building and tinkering with decks. I'm not a tournament player, though, and I'm not involved in any musical projects that perform live, so neither really requires a set schedule from me.
And no, my closest musical collaborators both used to play and have their own dorky passtimes. A drummer I was going to get a project started with saw my stacks and stacks of cards and just that he had never gotten into it when he was younger. Another drummer I have worked with has a girlfriend who plays.
I'm in the pacific northwest, though, so the stigma is much smaller than in other parts of the country.
Yes. It is a distaction. I discovered putting down the cards helps focus. It should be noted that a distraction is sometimes good. I'm the kind of person who will sit down at a computer and compose until my body starts to deteriorate in some fashion. So breaks from 8 hour manic all night composing binges can be good.
I don't have collaborators or band members unless you count my girlfriend who helps me write the librettos to my operas. And she plays magic.
Also- do your band members/collaborators think you're nuts for being into magic? Mine sure do
And no, my closest musical collaborators both used to play and have their own dorky passtimes. A drummer I was going to get a project started with saw my stacks and stacks of cards and just that he had never gotten into it when he was younger. Another drummer I have worked with has a girlfriend who plays.
I'm in the pacific northwest, though, so the stigma is much smaller than in other parts of the country.
I don't have collaborators or band members unless you count my girlfriend who helps me write the librettos to my operas. And she plays magic.
Current
RGWMarath, Will of the WildRGW
GWUPheldagriff Group HugGWU
RGRRuric Thar, the UnbowedGRG
UXBOona ControlUXB
Retired
RGWMayael, the AnimaRGW
XGXGlissa Sunseeker ComboXGX