Another crushing blow to the family jewels...

This year has been a series of cascading failures and disappointments for me, music-career wise. Before I delve into the black hole of reality: granted that 2011 will go down in history as the year that I married the most incredible woman I have ever met, however, I'm still hanging onto that fantasy that many musicians subscribe to that states that you can "do your artwork without 'selling out' and end up enjoying a comfortable living..." Yeah, right. The sad truth is, it's probably not even possible to sell out anymore!

So, on to the notable failures for 2011 - Once upon a time, my music was listed with many of the popular music library websites, with high hopes that I could at least license something. Unfortunately this was not the case, and at least 1/2 of all the indy music pimps that I signed on with over the last three years are completely out of business in Dec 2011.

That's all I can focus on at the moment - There were no appreciable royalty or licensing payments for 2011, even though I busted my ass to self-publicize and make good use of all the "new technology" that promised so much and actually delivered so very little in the end.
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