Sorry guys, the story behind the lyrics in both songs are just fine, but to ME, the songs were a bit monotonous and boring. That said, I don't do wallpaper music where someone just wants to have some music in the background while they're eating dinner and talking with their dinner guests - I turn those kind of jobs down every week. I do perform some slow ballad type music once in a while, but it's usually songs that can still be danced to. I also do some show tunes, which I love to perform, but again, they are usually songs you can dance to.

Tony, keep in mind that all of my audiences are not old, feeble and crippled - many are my age and younger, some in their late 40s and 50s, and I know the kind of music they respond positively to - and neither of these songs fit into that category. I play at a half-dozen, upscale retirement communities where the folks there love to dance. They love 50s, 60s, 70s rock and roll, they love ballroom dancing, they can tango, cha cha and rumba with the best of them, and I have a few that can quickstep and clog. Sure, I play for those that cannot remember what zip code they lived in, but the one thing they can still remember is music - it never seems to leave their psyche, regardless of how fogged the rest of their mind is.

I don't think I'm alone in this kind of thinking, but who knows, maybe I am, and that's OK too. I know you guys would love to hear me do one of these songs, but when I can't seem to get comfortable with a song, for whatever reason, I just will not do it.

Cheers,

Gary