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		<title>So You Say You Wanna Be in the Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran across this quote the other day from Hunter Thompson, a journalist that has always inspired me.
&#8220;The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There&#8217;s also a negative side.&#8221; -Hunter S. Thompson
I couldn&#8217;t agree with this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I ran across this quote the other day from Hunter Thompson, a journalist that has always inspired me.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>&#8220;The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There&#8217;s also a negative side.&#8221;</strong> -Hunter S. Thompson</p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t agree with this statement more. The music business is like a sleeping with a super cruel lover. Someone that bites you during oral sex. I miss touring the country and the freedom of waking up and knowing that all I had to do is play music with all my heart for about 45 minutes in the evening. But, I don&#8217;t miss the business of music: dealing with labels, booking agents and managers. <em>(Although I must note here that the 2 booking agents I worked with the most &#8211; Deb Dietz and Tim Edwards of <a title="link to flower booking" href="http://www.flowerbooking.com/" target="_blank">Flower Booking</a> &#8211; worked tirelessly very hard for very litte money.)</em></p>



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