Marc, I am a practical person, that is why I never buy lotto tickets, your chance of winning is next to nil. I never send songs to song contest, if you win you still have nothing but boasting rights. I guess I've been holding off from joining Taxi for the same reason( and you confirmed it) your chances there are slim to none of ever getting a major break.You may place a song or two on a soap show paying a little money,but that's about all.

I know things can be tough in any sport or business where big money is at stake. It is not always the best that makes it, it is those that are willing to do what ever it takes to make it, and it is not always pretty. If I was a less practical person in my younger days, I would have likely went to Nashville chasing that elusive dream, but instead I stayed home, worked at less than glamorous jobs, raised my family, did all the practical things. But I'm foolish enough to believe that there are talented people, be it writers, singers, musicians, etc. that took the practical view and never went to Nashville or where ever. They are still in their home towns, still with their talents, likely sharing those talents with their neighbours and friends, who question why they never went to Nashville because they are as good or better than what they are hearing on the radio. It is rarely the practical person that makes it in a big way, often the less talented but more self confident, Devil may care person is the one that makes it. They have a dream and they go for it, I'm not saying it is wrong, but if they don't click and make it, they may find themselves middle age with nothing to show for it, not even a family.

Life is not fair, never has been and never will be, it is nice to know when the deck is stacked against you, for practical reasons, but not nice to know for dreaming reasons. I believe everyone has a right to dream and believe that talent will float to the top, like cream on milk, but in closed, mutual admiration societies, out side cream is not welcomed.

There are many sharks out there preying on the dreams and aspirations of those trying to make it, but it is very sad to know that the legitimate business has excluded the rest of the outside world, willing to fish in over fished lakes where there are fewer and fewer prize catches. The biggest losers in this scenario is the listening audience.

The more you taste the bitterness of defeat, the sweeter final victory will be

May the flowers of love forever bloom in your garden of life

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