Hmmmmmm, while that's mostly true - it's dated. I really have had a metamorphasys of sorts. I think I need new venues to support my new style, but I believe they're out there. I can work 6 nights a week in loud, tacky, make-believe la-la land joints, like I used to, but I just don't want it anymore.

Fran's right that I have never been a "player's player". I was schooled on woodwinds in thge seventies, and could hold myown on clarinet, sax and flute for a whiule, but as disco took over - I switched to piano, then arrangers and I miss the actual "playing" I did before I started working.

We all make sacrifices for our lifestyle, and I just decided to sacrifice a different PART of mine. I'll get by on less money for a while and see if I can stay happy that way.
It would be a death sentance for me to go into a top40 sequence room again. Yuk.
And the senior jobs are mostly days, and now I have the "kids", so I'm forced to restructure my performance dates.

For the record, at tonight's show - I'll be performing with some of my students before and after the play, so I still get a chance to jam !

Entertainment comes in many forms. I looking for the audiences that are not trying to yell, scream, pick up a lover, sing-a-long, or act stupid.

There MUST be someone out there like that !