After 36 some-odd years trying to make a living in Folk Music(and what odd years they have been), I can honestly say that there are literally tens of dollars to be made! Seriously, the reason we do it is because we can't do anything else really well that will bring the same amount of satisfaction and joy. The Hell with the money! I know too many musicians, much more talented than I who have given it up because they wouldn't play the game, but they still make music. It is just those of us poor damn fools who continue in spite of all the roadblocks . You have to balance freedom & security, the more of one, the less of the other. Maiking a living and paying bills have always been too highly over-rated.

Mark Ross