Hey Midnite,

By the way, I've been traveling all over the state of Tennessee the past two days to do my OWN music. So I wasn't able to get on here. but pretty much have been laughing about it the whole time. It all kind of makes me laugh.

There are hundreds of thousands of artists all out there, writing, singing, traveling, trying to get attention. Some very good ones. Actually performing with one tonight, Dani Jamerson, who I think is going to be a big star in the future. The latest artist with a shot, I've been involved with.

And that is really all you can do. Try to participate as best you can. You can complain, everyone does. but that really doesn't do anything except make you insane. Why waste the time?

Record companies ARE cookie cutter. They have ALWAYS BEEN COOKIE CUTTER. Something resonates with the public, and all of them dive on the same trend. they all show up at the same time because for a while THEY ARE MAKING MONEY. Then that trends slows then dies, and it is on to another trend.

And yes, Todd it is EXACTLY like it in every genre. When I was doing rock, there were some very interesting cool groups. Journey, Styxx, Springsteen, Boston, Journey some of my favorites. and my band, 24 KARAT was right in there with them.

Then HEAVY METAL BAND OF THE WEEK all came in. They all had big hair, leather, huge Marshall stacks, huge drums, the songs sounded the same, the hot chicks in the videos were all the same. That started my exit from rock.

THEN came everyone wearing flannel, playing guitar badly, with all these depressing, negative songs about how bad everything was, they didn't bathe, they were so screwed up on drugs they couldn't stand up, and what you could understand what they were saying it wasn't anyone you wanted to be around. That was Seattle grunge. That was the NAIL IN THE COFFIN for me and Rock. AND THEY ALL SOUNDED THE SAME. For me, pretty much all of rock has been that way for the last 30 years.

Is there good stuff out there? I'm sure their is. Just has nothing to do with me.So now, they say Rap has more of an impact on the culture than the Beatles. I guess. Doesn't have much on me.

I just carry on my little way, trying to do the best I can. I don't listen to a lot of the same stuff you people complain about either. Again, DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH ME.

Don't like it. Turn it off.

MAB