Great reading guys,
Jarrod, I lol'd at your "bad guy guest on Hannity" comment. MAB will give it to you straight up with no filter, take it and learn from it, he means well I'm sure you've figured that out. If he ever gets under your skin, just start discussing the "Positive Influence on Rap In Country Music" it's a topic he LOVES to cover. hahaha NO I'm teasin' DON'T DO THAT! I learned the hard way.
Seriously, to your question, I think MAB's answer was great, don't try to predict the future, MAKE the future, I may be just young and naive and but honestly I don't see why I can't set trends lyrically in my own living room, and then getting my ideas out with artists. Make the trends happen, don't try to gauge them, write a TON of a songs and keep them all handy, I chart the Texas charts on a monthly basis and write 4-6 songs or starts of songs for the top ten artists each month... on the off chance I meet one of them, I've got something I at least THINK might be up their alley in my back pocket so to speak, ready to go. Preperation is key, like Warren Buffett once said "Everyone looks the same when the tide is up, but it's when the tide goes out then you'll see who's swimming naked. Moral: Write, write, write, be ready for the opportunity when it presents itself.
Brother Phil,
I lol'd at your RV post... seriously my hats off to you brother turning 90 years old in a couple months and your still out there washing your RV in the heat and humidity. Kuddos. I can only pray i have that kind of energy at that age. They forced us to sit through an hour long class at work last week on "heat safety" blah blah, and they said for people coming out of a.c. and working in the heat it's an average 14 day period of time to become acclimated, I will say for me that was about exact, Texas is even worse, my second day I actually got so hot my vision went pitch black for like 7 seconds and luckily there was a fence for me to lean on. I'm not trying to give TMI but I didn't go to the bathroom all day long, and I drank 17 bottles of water on my 3rd day there, I didn't notice till end of day I was probably sweating it out faster than my body could process it. Not to mention in the heat with hip waders made of black rubber, and latex gloves that go up to your elbows... i've lost 16 pounds in a month and one week already. I'm kind of glad I started when i did though, I'm used to it now, and I kind of went from the frying pan to fire, I love cold weather so it will only get better from here.