If you never try, you`ll never know what you are capable of.
Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place.
Sometimes you feel isolated and vulnerable in a studio with headphones on having to peer at studio staff through the control room window.
It`s not what you play but what you leave out that makes the difference.
You only can live on adrenaline for so long; one thing is for sure, it doesn`t pay the bills.
People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy.
Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.
One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn`t everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you`ve no chance.
One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.