Hey guys,

Cindy and I have talked privately and things are fine. She just doesn't know the old Mabbster yet, and I can come off a little too business like sometimes. I don't mean to. Thanks for your comments.

Had a funny experience tonight. We have songwriter's festival going on this weekend here and writers from all over the place are here playing all over the town. A bunch of them have been coming up to me that have read the things we talk about and what I have said on this forum and a couple of the others that I do.

One guy comes up tonight after I finished my set and introduces himself. He had been reading things I said on the NSAI site and wanted to meet me in person. He said "At first when I was reading what you said, you really pissed me off. Then I started thinking about it and doing what you said and it worked!" He had been getting co-writes, more gigs, and making his songs better.

It was funny. But that is what I am here for. Sometimes I have to shake people up a little to get attention. I have seen people really do damage to their career's by things they said in passing or when a thought gets misconstrued. That happens a lot here because most of the industry is pretty open and friendly. We always have benefits and events where publishers, producers, artists, and hit writers are all over the place. And sure as the world, people will come up, tell us we "stole their song" or that the industry sucks and we suck and whatever." There are a lot of angry people out there. We try to take it in stride but it does get a bit tiring.

Good to hear from all of you. Come to Nashville. I have a great group tour coming up in July and can show you some things that will blow you away.

Have a good en'.

MAB