Jed, I comiserate with you----really do. I hated the biz end of this and took it as long as I could. Then I got lucky and found an agency that did all the school booking for me for 20 years (winter work) and sent me a list of where to be and who to contact for particulars and directions. Also, I got a job singing on the Mississippi River 5 months a year for a decade (summer work) at a time I was beginning to go downhill physically. That summer and winter work dovetailed just great. Then I could let folks who really wanted my music call me if and when they wanted to. And I didn't have to get depressed pushing myself and talking to people who didn't want the old folksongs I loved at their venue any more. (Best get out of here before I say more than I ought to.)

Art Thieme