I'd like to say "I gave up trying to please everyone", but that is not the case.

I constantly try to please my clients by working on new material, polishing my arrangements, having beautiful sounding equipment and maintaining a professional image.

What I've finally realized is no matter how hard I try or what I do, I will never satisfy the "tin ears" out there. When it sank in that it is not my problem, I had peace within.

It still boils down to mojo........just like any sales job (which I've done my entire life). As a salesman and sales manager, it is a relentless task to beat the competition. Same in this musical journey.

This business is like golf. You play and get acceptance from the folks and get rejected by an idiot. Then comes the next job where they think you're Elvis and book you on out - like parring the 18th - keeps you coming back.

In the end - it's the love we have for what we do and I will never find that outside of music - I need to persevere.