Bob the point is this. You are a CPA right? You do complicated taxes and all that accounting stuff.

Tell me how ridiculous it would be if you posted on Facebook and said "Tomorrow I start working for a new client that says his taxes are a mess." And 25 people replied

"YES!!!!" with thumbs up and heart emojis.

Because you are going to WORK???

Funny nobody replies that way to "Yeah I am wrapping the new car wash in aluminum this week." or "Man, I snaked out a basement drain today that was just crazy clogged with tree roots!"

Music is just like any other job. My original comment was that music is nothing magical or mystical. It's just something people can do. People who are just so mesmerized because they CAN'T do make me shake my head. Why? Because they CAN do it! Anybody can learn how to do anything if they want it bad enough. IF accounting was something I found amazing, I would go back to college and learn accounting. I'd love to know how to weld. I could go to welding school tomorrow if I wanted it bad enough. None of us came from the womb knowing how to play instruments. It's an acquired skill. You said you've been doing it since 1964. I started with music in April of 1956. Rather that stand in front of the stage making goo goo eyes and wishing, take music lessons and learn how! THAT is what I am trying to say. Every show is exactly like the last was and what the next will be. Performing our 21 song set for different nameless faces. What is there to be excited about? It's just work.

The however here is this. My life has been an exercise in trying to maintain an even keel. Not everybody is like that. I avoid high highs because they tend to lead to low lows. Think about a football team. If you go into a game SO high on emotion thinking you are invincible and you make a lot of mistakes because of it, and you get beat 56-0, what does that do to your psyche? How about the team that goes into a game understanding that there will be a winner and a loser? If they lose 56-0, well, one team had to lose. Sure it's just a defense mechanism but the idea is to protect myself from letdown. So you go out and just do your job to the best of your ability and in a businesslike manner, trust that the other band members will do the same, the people will love you and you get money for it.

Last edited by eddie1261; 09/30/21 03:09 PM.