Janice! I am going to be performing somewhere in New Jersey on March 9, I will let you know the details, a fundraiser for some cause or another, I think it is homelessness (against it...). I am playing with a nice group under the direction of the tallented Colin Philhour, of the Armagh Philhours...
Let's not be too quick to call the guest a troll. I do believe the guest does not read very closely or knows the struggle to make art in a big city, so lets be gentle and instructive. I never said I wish to make a lot of money. If I wanted to make a lot of money, there are ways to prostitute my law degree to do that, but it takes such time committment to make gobs of money at law, I don't know a lot of lawyers who can make art as well. Some can, I can't. I also don't feel there is a place for me in a lawyer's social change movement, I think, in my philosophy, social change needs to be driven by culture again, not court rooms.
So gobs of money, no, enough to keep tallented people backing me, as there are not a lot of dedicated Irish musicians I have found (dedicated to social change as my music is...)
So dear guest, the world is a hard place, and the older you get the harder the choices. But we Quakers believe in doing what we can to make a better world now, rather that waiting for justice in heaven.
In past times, social comentary as art kept you poor but honest, today social commentary art keeps you looking up to poverty as a goal.
From your worry about Anglo centricity, I would emagine you would approve of what a lot of us are up to, so I renew my offer, email InOBU@aol.com and I will send you a free CD, and I promice not to "out you" if you wish to remain an anonomus brick thrower. But I do think you should know something about the music you are publicly attacking.
Erica, I must admitt to being a bit relieved to hear you are also struggling to not pay bills with the music! I was wondering what the rest of us were doing wrong!!! All the best, Larry