1.0Amber Bird | Bloghttps://www.amberbird.com/blogamberhttps://www.amberbird.com/blog/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="F9oxw3CTsu"><a href="https://www.amberbird.com/blog/2015/06/14/not-ashamed-rock-musician/">Not Ashamed: Rock Musician</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.amberbird.com/blog/2015/06/14/not-ashamed-rock-musician/embed/#?secret=F9oxw3CTsu" width="600" height="338" title="“Not Ashamed: Rock Musician” — Amber Bird | Blog" data-secret="F9oxw3CTsu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.amberbird.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> If you haven’t already, please read the introduction post. That will give you context for this page. Being a rock musician comes with a reputation, doesn’t it? Smart and cultured people play in orchestras or play folk music. Rock music is for the loud, the deviant, the not-as-talented, the disturbed. Rock musicians will surely end up earning scandalous stories in tabloids. And that’s if they even get enough renown to merit space in those cheap papers. I see the disappointment and disapproval in people’s eyes when they ask what kind of musician I am. As if rock is a lesser genre. As if my character has been proven lacking by my association. (Should I mention that some of the best people I’ve know have been rock musicians or rock music lovers?) But let me tell you about rock music. Rock is a broad umbrella, which is tough when I’m describing what music I make but is great because I feel like it can be a really inclusive term. Rock music is full of passion and has plenty of room for both the terribly talented and the ones whose talents aren’t traditionally musical. Rock music lets me growl my anger or […]http://www.amberbird.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/narockstar.jpg