Ray,

The thing is I AGREE with you on some of that. But WE are not of any consequence in the world at all. I don't care for most of what is out there. But what do you want me to do about it? The fact is that I can't. I can only be responsible for what I DO.

And the things you are talking about work for YOU. YOU have your opinions as do I, but that is what they are. OPINIONS. Talk to anyone under 30 and they dissagree 100% with you. And THOSE are the BUYING PUBLIC, not you or I.

All I am doing is providing a little perspective. You have your opinion as do I. But that makes no difference whatsoever in the overall scheme of things. Our time has passed. We have to deal with it.

I deal with it by trying to work with people, bring in my own experiences and processes and try to make a difference. That is all I can do. And to just get into a "venting' process, just doesn't make any sense to me. All it does is offend younger people,and divide people. To me, there is nothing positive that comes out of it. And since I don't do negative in my life or my writing, there is no place for me to put that.

Someone posted some "There is no country anymore" song on another thread. it is the same plodding, boring diatribe that most everyone who has that point of view has. Nothing different, no new information, just a rambling complaint. Fine. They have their opinion too. Doesn't change a thing.

That is all I am saying. If people want to complain, this is a place for it. The Internet is the place for it. Everyone has their soapbox. About 90% of the entire Internet is simply people venting their spleen on some issue or another.

But as far as having ONE SINGLE positive effect, it doesn't. The people who DON'T agree with that opinion, are NEVER going to agree with it, no matter what anyone says, and the people who DO agree with it, only agree with it, because they want someone to listen to THEIR OPINION ON THE SAME THING, SAYING THE SAME THING.

To me, that is an exercise in futility. Gets no one anywhere except worked up over something they can't do anything about.
Got your opinion? Fine. State it. Then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Enjoy the music you like.
Turn off the music you DON'T LIKE.
Write your own.
Find others to interact with, artists, co-writers, companies, web sites, and do something YOU DO LIKE.

That's all I'm saying.
MAB