It'd be lovely if clubs kept phoning up and offered a chauffeur-driven lift to well paid gigs in a geographically well-planned and convenient sequence with appreciative audiences. But most of us have to work a whole lot harder and settle for rather less. Find the compromise that's right for you.

Some people are so driven that they dhave to put in the hard work and aren't satisfied with less. I was listeningto the documentary about Dido the other night. She toured all over the States for 18 months doing anything from launderettes up and doing gigs on people's front porches as local radio prizes and gigging, gigging in front of however few people turned up. But the groundwork certainly paid off. Oh, and she's pretty and talented (allegedly. I don't see it myself!) But the point is that her breakpoint is very high on the work to gigs ratio. I couldn't do it. But then again I have a decent day job and a family. And I'm (slightly less?) pretty ;^)