If you don't get the sex analogy, I can't help you other than explaining that one is better than the other, with better meaning "more satisfying", not "degree of difficulty". You want a different metaphor, why eat a hot dog if you can have a steak? Because some people are happy with hot dogs, and some prefer to hold out for the steak.

I do not put anybody down for doing what they do. You guys who take offense to my words assign that intent. All I have ever said was that it is not for me anymore. My initial goal when I started music lessons (at an age of 4 yrs 10 months) was to be famous. That was all I cared about. At the time (it was April of 1956) I wanted to be a big band guy. Goodman, Dorsey, Miller.... Then, due to my sister's collection of pop idol 45s, I wanted to be a crooning pop singer. Then I started buying my own 45s and it moved more toward Duane Eddy, then Dick Dale, and then Bill Haley and the rockabilly stuff. Then came The Beatles. When I became enamored with vocals, it was The 4 Seasons and the Beach Boys. And so forth. Ever changing. After I got my music degree, and along the way studied the famous composers and studying music composition, that interest went off in another direction and for years I bought into the "because it's what they want to hear" party line. Like everything else, eventually I tired of that concept and wanted to do my own music. I never succeeded at it, but I continued trying because you must let go of who you are to become who you want to be, and that was a writer, not a player.

Once again, my taste, my choice, my preference. If you choose to play copy music, god bless you and be the best copy band player on the face of the planet. I just won't be there to hear you because I have no appreciation for it.

Now, HOW is that putting you down?

I think things are stupid that other people don't. Big Time Rasslin', watching guys drive in a circle in really fast cars, and people who watch 40 year old golf matches on television come to mind. But of they enjoy those things, by all means do them. I prefer REAL sports. I prefer drag racing where the mechanical aspect of building those engines is at an elevated level. Golf reruns.... you decide. Trust me, if Jack beat Arnie in 1968, he will beat him again when you watch the same match in 2014.

Remember that while motivation gets things started, dedication gets things finished. Dedicate yourself to reaching your goal, even if your goal is upstream and against a strong current. You keep playing "Free Bird", I will keep trying to write the next White Christmas. And we can both be happy.

Last edited by eddie1261; 12/30/14 08:33 PM.