Thanks to the respondees and your sympathy and your empathy. This is the only room where you can get your frustrations out and be understood.

But......it's caused me to think about moving to SC now and giving up music. There would be no outlets there. Still....maybe it's time to see what leading a normal life would be like after years of doing nothing but music!

Entertaining, playing music anywhere used to be a delight that you would almost do for nothing. Now there's obstacles in the way. Those obstacles are called people.

But I have to remember what Bacchus said: "focus on the good people....there's still plenty of them."

ME: just not around here.

I did a German house party last year in Long Island and he asked the agent to bring me back again this year. I remember that job well. Everyone was polite, good-natured, genuine, and just plain a lot of fun. THOSE are the kind of people I need to focus on!

MARK