Cap'n,
That's your choice - just as we have made ours.
Nobody - to my knowlege, has told you you shouldn't perform so please don't tell people that they should give up reasearch and sing or play instead.
Taken to its logical conclusion, you wouldn't have anything to sing or play if people had followed that advice in the past.
Jim Carroll
PS Tom,
Could you confirm your e-mail address - that one keeps bouncing.