Mule

The most memorable voices are the most unique. There's a timbre to Dylan's voice that should make it bad. But it's not. Maybe it is, but it doesn't matter. It's his and he owns it. That's the sound he wants and goes and gets it. It's his voice because of the things wrong with it - it's nasally, sounds more like he's talking, not much range- not because of the things right with it.  When "wrong" becomes right you know you are doing important work. Work becomes meaningful because you're contributing something new. Part of what makes us makers are the things wrong with us. What's wrong varies from person to person, and just like Dylan's voice, varies so widely that's what makes us "us". Do you own it? Part of that story is where we come from. Here's my job history: 8th grade - Summer job at grocery store freshman year - Burger King Soph-Senior - Landscaping Guitar making school Lived in garage with tools. 3M - rolled tape onto rolls 6 months MCS- assembled electrical motors  4 months. Called in and said I wasn't coming in anymore. Barry Controls- Temp. Assembled pieces onto molds for rubber presses. Shepherd Extrusion - worked midnight shift running a plastic extrusion machine with one other person. He drank 4 liters of mountain dew an evening. I was there when four other people were injured. two weeks. Huss and Dalton Guitars - the shining star of my work career McMaster Carr- Packing and order filling. Got fired after I made 29 errors after 111,000 lines filled. Wandered and played music - two years Engine block plant- two weeks, quit after I had 12 guitars on the list Mule- four years and counting Those past experiences mean things. If you own it. Above picture is Pantera.  Before they became, you know, "Pantera".