So we carried on, had the songs, definitely had the live act down, the only problem was........ We had no management and we had no money!! We rehearsed five nights a week for 4-5 hours, we were linked to one another like we were family or savants. We rarely made mistakes and we were always kind of organically growing!
I mean we were just like a machine, and when we performed, it was almost like we could read each other's minds. When something was going good we would extend it, if something wasn't really clicking we'd end it in form of course.
We weren't punks, hell I don't know what you'd label us, and maybe that was the problem. you see we had the material, we had the technical ability, but I guess we didn't have that one key thing! A label! We weren't punk, we weren't hard rock, we weren't pop, we were all of the above, but man it was great music! Our bass player to this day will tell you that if we released the songs we were playing in 1982, 3 or 4 of them would be relevant hits!! I agree, there is no timeline for a great song! They last forever!!!That is the beauty of music and that is the motive and mountain you climb. We were definitely in the mix, we just didn't have the business side under control at all. I was booking the band and writing 80% of the stuff. I just had my head down like a steamroller. I wish I knew then what I know now. But you can't look back, and I am still writing and recording music with people who I still to this day wonder why they are playing with me. But you know what, it is a life long passion, and either you have it or you don't. We have it still and time will tell. Thanks, Joe

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