>>>You probably didn't know this, but I've been playing in a country/bluegrass band for a couple years.
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>>Remember me telling you that the lights would burn much brighter, the closer you go to 30?<g>
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>They better kick on soon then, because being a musician living in poverty is not as glamorous as you'd suspect.

Hmmm, maybe you should get back into programming so you can feed the inner musician. My older brother was a professional musician, so I am well aware of the heartbreaks. He never really had a job, other than musician. That meant he didn't have much money, but I guess he lived his life the way he wanted. We are all the author of our own destruction, aren't we?