Successful a Grammy award may sound like the last word achievement for any musician, but it surely doesn’t assure monetary stability as “clout” itself doesn’t pay the payments, based on guitarist Justus West.

Having performed on Beyoncé’s new Grammy-winning nation album, COWBOY CARTER, West is not any stranger to the “accolades” that include success within the music business. Although he argues that these accolades alone should not sufficient for a musician to outlive.

“It’s humorous as a result of the ‘business’ strings you together with these empty accolades,” West writes on Threads.

“Grammy wins can change your life over the course of time. Don’t get me improper, they’re a type of forex. Sadly landlords don’t take ‘clout’”.

West’s phrases spotlight a vital level: Whereas profitable a Grammy can undoubtedly open doorways and lift an artist’s profile, it doesn’t present the tangible, day-to-day monetary stability that many musicians want to keep up their profession.

The 26-year-old, who releases solo music along with his work as a session guitarist, provides that “labels paying you on time can hold your life from falling aside although.”

Because the guitarist behind the monitor 16 CARRIAGES on COWBOY CARTER, West beforehand spoke about retaining the album’s making – a course of that took over 5 years – a secret, saying “I want my checks to clear”.

He explains that for a collaborator on such an enormous launch to offer away any particulars could be “profession suicide”, stating: “For these of us who labored on the album… it’s profession suicide to get on-line and spill the beans.”

“Not solely would you be disbarred from the Beyoncé camp, no different artist would belief you may hold confidence. You’d basically be out of the circle of belief for large/main tasks that require a stage of silence.”