No sweat, Tim. It does take up a lot of time and energy, especially if you're going to be doing in professionally, and if you really don't enjoy it, don't let anyone talk you into it (Sorry, Villan). That's sort of like your dad insisting that you go into the family business when you'd a helluva lot rather run off and join the circus. I love performing, but I have had jobs that I really didn't like. Telephone sales once. And if I had to do that for the rest of my life, I'd rather just stick my head in a microwave oven. Much quicker. Life is too short to get stuck doing things you don't want to do.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with limiting your activities to getting together with friends to swap songs and jam. A great musical outlet, and I know a lot of people, good musicians, who stick to that, don't go out and perform before audiences, and really don't want to.

Such folks make knowledgeable audiences for show-offs like me.

Do your own thing!

Don Firth