The Round Band played steadily through the 1990’s for a core audience made up mostly of my friends. We did get some good gigs. We opened up for Lisa Loeb a couple of times where we reached a larger if incongruous audience. We cut spec deals with beautiful studios including Effanel (MTV Unplugged) and River Sound (Donald Fagan). We made great recordings and perfect music. I’m not ashamed to brag about our music because that is the one thing about being a musician that has always made me feel good. And thank god (“or somebody”, as my Grandma Edith says) I have that. Because a career in show biz gave me nothing else. Important others may not have shared my enthusiasm about the band, club owners may have ripped me off, A and R people may have thought I don’t write hits, girls may have liked the bands manager (so called) more than me, Jon may have hated every sound system, Joe may have invited one person to a show (and put them on the guest list), I may have smashed the muffler off of my Civic after overloading it with amps and drums and woken up the next day with a stiff neck and fifteen dollars less than what I started with, but I do have my pure love of what I created. That’s more than most entertainers can say.

Hack

- posted by danvt @ 2:01 PM