Braves,

I was reading a book by Livingston Taylor titled:
"Stage Performance".

He makes a comment about the value of tenacity that
I thought may be helpful, so I'm repeating it here
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Please remember: Tenacity trumps talent . . . always. As we’ve discussed, the problem with talent and good looks is that you become used to people coming to you. Ultimately, careers are sustained by your ability to go to them. This is why the talented and the beautiful often work at a disadvantage, when compared to the tenacious and the fortunate.
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Well, I for one have the advantage of not being beautiful,
so I feel better already

Keep squeezin'

--Big Nick

So, I think what you quoted can be restated as:

"Old age and treachery beats youth and skill every time"

it also helps to be the only band in a niche, in the tri-state area..

a LOT

i never call anyone and say 'can we play there?'
that is a surefire way to make $200 or less

if they have to find and call me, it;s at least $600
:)

then usually i wait til they call or email twice before responding

then i try and talk them out of it
["are you SURE you want a zydeco band? why?"]

reverse marketing

oh wait
i forgot
i don;t have a 'music career'
just a hobby


wle

Larry,

I hear you bro'

Frequently, the only thing that low-pay-gigs get
you is more low-pay-gigs!

I frequently hesitate to refer to playing in a band
as a "hobby" because one can put more work into
running a band than it takes to hold a "day-job"!

--bn

Bingo on both counts, and David; you're quite right, see below.

Now lets not forget the general plus of playing music: them Benefits of keeping your Brain Busy, and probably thus healthy in getting old. Maybe with a warning and the negative health effects towards sprouse or a house hold you're part of if you play accordion or banjo. They might only be safe and saved if Roland invents an electrical headphone equipped banjo too ....

PS, if you lived your musical life by ways of sex, alcohol and drugs, it might reverse your lifetime stint on earth. The exception of that rule are the the Rollings Stones? ... the Q is now: Are they a Living proof of a Lifetime Lie, or truly a Living Legend? Will Keith survive Chuck Berry?



- Nout

David ..

LOL!

--bn