So maybe it is time to let the music go.

Then again...

(Thanx for publishing this Erin. I imagine this one was a bit of a challenge...so double thanks.)

-Glen

Well I think i've got a little better understanding now of the article you wrote about that Beatles and the Bible book.

Can you say mid-life crisis Glen?

maybe some career counseling .... ?

Good luck mate.

Glen, please don't ever let the music go.

I hear ya Trent.

So I basically give myself personal therapy by writing these little pep talks to myself and publishing them for you and all the world to see on the internet.

Thanx for the comment.

-Glen

I probably couldn't if i wanted to Chris. So ya know where I can put all of this useless information of mine to work for somebody?

Thanx for the comment.

-Glen

Hey Glenn.....When the Music's over.... Turn out the lights! We can NEVER let it go or all will be dark for us!!
Hang in there brother and keep searching for the opportunity to get paid for doing what you love.
We may be rapidly becoming historians in the genre....but the genre needs its links to the past. After all, how would my 15 year old know where all the stuff he listens to was born if I wasn't here to expose him to it! Besides bud..like ya said...you are a bridge between the origins of the current and the current and still have the talent and ability to bring it! Keep your shoulders square and your eyes forward...and don't give up the fight!

Still reading and writing

Barkley

Glen, it may just be time you sniffed out the indie scene. The mainstream scene is a lost cause. That, though, has been inevitable from day one. The times when great, cutting-edge, and yet still universal, music ruled the charts and the media? Those were all flukes.

Thanks for the kind words Scott and Micheal.

Micheal, I actually sent Razor & Tie my resume...they're looking for a publicist which I'd more than qualify for. The problem is...with all these places...is they take one look at me and basically say "you've gotta be kidding".

I'm an old fuck and I just have to face facts as far as that goes I guess. At least I'm not running around looking like some ridiculous David Lee Roth sort of caricature (I actually know people my age doing exactly that).

Thank God I can write my way through this midlife crisis by publically crying in my beer here on Blogcritics though right?

By the way Micheal, did that dude ever send you those Radiohead outtakes? He took forever but I finally got mine from him last week.

Scott, all I can add to your thoughts is the epithet "Music is your only friend...until, the end." That Jimbo sure had a way with the words didn't he? LOL...

-Glen

I give you props, Glen. You may be undergoing the basic process of the aging music lover, but nobody will ever call you a stick-in-the-mud.

And as for the Radiohead...he never even wrote me back.

LOL Micheal...

As for the Radiohead, like I said the guy took forever but I did finally get them. If you want his email address, shoot me an email and I can get it for you. I'd burn you a copy myself except my burner is in the fritz (it won't recognize the drive it's on), and I don't have the bucks to fix it right now. Which brings us back to my story here, right? LOL...

But you are correct sir. No muddy sticks to be found here. Thanx for the comments Micheal...I feel better already. LOL..

-Glen

thanks for the sharp eye!
you should catch us on a better night .
there was no real sound system...we had to share that little fisher price mic.
-glass REPUBLIC

So you guys actually kept that crumpled up little piece of paper I gave ya huh? Good. At least now you know that I am for real and wasn't just feeding you a line of drunken bullshit.

Anyway...

You guys really oughtta shoot me an e-mail so we can talk a little more. If you click on the URL in one of my comments here, this will take you to my personal blog (where I also posted this story). If you go to my profile, you should be able to find my e-mail address there.

You guys really surprised me...I mean "The Poog" is a place I go to have a beer, not one where I expect to some band more suited to the clubs downtown.

Very impressive guys.

Shoot me an email and maybe we can put our heads together and figure out how to get your band a bit further...

Change the name for starters though...how about just "Republic"?

Trust me, I know about these things.

-Glen

As a younger music freak, I have to say I find it inspiring that someone of my parents' generation never let go of the music. Truly!

My music hasn't amounted to anything yet but dammit I just can't let go of the dream! I tried, I even injured myself on my first instrument but that dream will be mine!

So please don't let go of the music! Sounds like it hasn't let go of you :D Don't stop inspiring us!

Thanx Snarx. And by all means, please don't injure youtself okay?

-Glrn

Oh sorry Glen - didn't mean to alarm you, I meant by practising too much when I was a flute player at music school - overuse/RSI type injuries. The pressure to practise is pretty full-on so that you kind of ignore the pain you feel to the point where it - sadly - causes injury in nerves or muscles.

I'm pleased to report my practice habits are a good deal healthier. Thanks for the concern.

Yes Glen...he certainly did.
Just a thought. I have always looked MUCH younger than I am, but have had a rather deep voice since puberty (I am still often told I should be a DJ...shame there is no money in it as I would be if there was. Anyway, I worked for a legal service in my early twenties, when I still looked like I was 15 or so...lol, and I often telemarketed appointments. I was often met at the door with a look of surprise from my perspective clients, but within a few minutes around the table that look went away because they realized that although I may look young, I knew my shit and was more than competent. Had an 85% closing ratio, so I guess they were right..lol. When I became a Sales Manager after moving to Alaska a few years later, I actually grew a beard to add a few years to my face. I firmly believe the reverse is true as well. You may look older, but your talent and knowledge will show through during any interview. Hey, adopt my old saying to perspective employers..."I'm your man, Take the sign out of the window and give me thirty days. If your not impressed after that, I'll take half pay and be on my way." It never failed, and neither did I.
Confidence my brother...you are the man! Know that and carry yourself that way when the opportunities arise and look out industry...Boyd is back!!

It is the summer of my smiles...Flee from me keepers of the gloom

Thanx for the tip there Scott.

An 85% close rate huh? Sweet. I've done my share of sales gigs over the years and was actually pretty good at it...but it's a very stressy gig and to be honest I'm getting too old for that shit. At my last job, a sales gig, I think I went prematurely gray (well OK, maybe not prematurely but the stress quickened the process quite a bit I think).

By the way I just put up a review of a Neil Young bootleg a buddy dropped by my house yesterday.

Do we dare to tread there?

LOL...

Thanx Scott.

-Glen

it's time to let the music go when the music lets go of you. TS Elliot writes, 'you are the music while the music lasts'. He also writes that 'acceptance is more important than belief'. meaning that believing you are a talented writer in the music industry and accepting that you are a talented writer in the music industry are seperate concepts. in other words, 'don't stop till you get enough' - MJ (the gloved one). i'm going to check out glass republic now.

i (not surprisingly) don't think you should ever let go. heck, i could no more do that than stop eating or breathing.

thanx Simeon and Mr. Saleski --

Not sure I get the MJ reference Simeon refers to. But the part Saleski writes about not being able to let go any more than giving up eating or breathing...that part I know all too well. I may end up starving at this rate anyway but I do appreciate the words of encouragement.

Thanx Guys!

-Glen

MJ