From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018071610424628993-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Zappa also pointed out that his group actually getting a recording   
   > contract was a fluke. Remember, they had been turned down by every company   
   > they approached earlier. And they were only signed because the agent   
   > didn't bother to learn what they actually sounded like.   
      
   They sure sounded different, and very talented, in other words diverse, and   
   they certainly deserved to be recognized...and it's a big world - there's   
   something for everyone or at least there should be!   
      
   > So that's the deal. It's gamble.   
      
   Depends on the definition. I kind of see it as following a dream while   
   trying to avoid a nightmare.   
      
   > If you're young and want to bet your life on succeeding, go for it.   
      
   That's my plan!   
      
   > All the people who succeed take that gamble.   
      
   Not if they have no other choice because they're at the very bottom and the   
   only direction to go is up!   
      
   > I even did. As did many of my friends. Would I risk everything to do that   
   > now ????   No, not ever.   
      
   An achievement should be a goal, Not an idol!!!   
      
   > Success in the music biz isn't all some think it to be.   
      
   That's where I have an advantage - I know What I want to accomplish and   
   Why - based on pure motives.   
      
   > Plus as a personal thing, a very famous, very rich singer once said that   
   > he'd have been a lot happier had he never made the super star level.   
      
   All I want to do is make The Difference! The other, ego and Filthy Lucre   
   stuff, I couldn't care about less!   
      
   > He said it's much better to be in the middle, working, but not with all   
   > the pressure of being on top.   
      
   > He said it. I listened.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   Nowadays, there is no 'middle' to be in. If there were, I'd never have the   
   aspirations I'm pursuing!   
      
   But Tragically, it's come down to Dumbed-Down Mindless, Soulless Zombie CRAP   
   or Totally Worn Out BORING, STALE material now many decades old...either of   
   those UNACCEPTABLE choices, OR....Brand New FRESH Creative, Innovative   
   Original material - and I opt for FRESH!!!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)