If you have the stamina to do so, try to reschedule those music jobs for the evenings and do the industrial job during the day.

If not, screw the industrial job, charge more for the music jobs and give the entire paycheck to your loving spouse to spend upon whatever makes her happy.

As Don Mason has always said, "I've made hundreds of dollars in my lifetime playing music." I don't believe any of us will ever become filthy rich as entertainers, but over these many years I've made enough to purchase a nice sailing yacht, pay for my home and car, raise and feed a family, plus put enough away to retire upon. So, I guess we're doing something right, and as I told a lady where I performed this evening, it's the best job I've ever had at any time in my life and I hate the thought of having to retire in a couple months, but now I'm kinda looking forward to it. After 65 years in the workforce, non-stop, in many careers, I'm just tired of working every day, and often every night.

Listen to Don Mason - he's a pretty smart fella fer a Cajun.

Gary