When taking stock of my life I realized that great moments were getting lost forever.And I was beginning to get older so how can I hold onto this forever?The answer to the fountain of youth was film.Which is a science.The recording studio is the audio freezing of time and space and filming the visual freezing of time."Producer of all fixed sounds,Producer of all fixed images."and thus my publisher,American Impact,took on a film crew.A good one too..award winng b/w photographer Diana Phillips,Bobby,a well respected professor at USF on film sciences, filming the recording sessions with the first USA digital cam,Don Phillips,the world's top unicycle juggler on camera and interviews.Mary Ellis also working camera and backing vocals as well,Keeping me sharp.Cameraman and Producer David Hurd,the major networks turn to him for all of the sports filming work in Tampa Bay,he runs the camera crews,any major network sporting event in this area has him filming and directing the camera crew.And this is a world class sports market,the home of the New York Yankees.Last yet not least our Producer Bill Rodgers.I guess you think you can hold up a webcam and film anything and produce a shitty little dark image blip on the screen that captures little interest.All of the film people are scientists,and film is a science.The musicians and artists I was working with became a bit jealous of the time I was spending with the film crew.They wandered about doing their work largely ignored by everyone.Charged American Impact ridiculously low rates cause they were getting such a great buzz from it and me too..I wouls travel to location with them and eat at the taco wagon whilst the band had catering.After hours I would party with them too.There was an intellectual stimulation to be found there that the band was lacking in.The life of a band is a cartoon thing.It is great fun and a lot of laughs for a given time,you have to drive for 20 hours in a van with these people so it is good if you can get along with them yet the thing that is missed in my career is that I am a scientist,a very serious one.Building up the concept of what I am from essentially a mathematical level.Cutting down the massive odds against me.I may be much dissed by a lot of things yet as a scientist I am in very good regard.Equally I am also an artist of multi-facet and that is the fun part for me.The BUZZ,my High.and most importantly it is all real.It shall way over stand the test of time.You may be playing in a bar and think you are going places,your high school buddies and your family are backing you up tonight.Yet what when you are booked by your agent and have to travel down the road across many state lines to play for a couple of people that don't know you from Adam.And if you really are pro you are going to book through a licensed booking agent.The percentage they charge is well worth what they handle.And your manager CANNOT be your booking agent.So forget that.I have been fortunate to have worked with good agents.No complaints there.We traveled many miles across many state lines to get to the gig and it was on.Not just the gig but the accomodations for the band as well.So we could do the job.Rest,eat,and have a nice hot bath to get ready for the show.Sometimes it may be a motel or a band trailer or band house.When I used to do hotel lounges-Hiltons,Holiday inns,Ramada's we would just stay in the motel.On occaision with a couple of Nashville groups I worked with we would get paid more if we stayed in a state park or a campground.(KOA)Sleeping under the stars on a picinic table.Roasting our meat on the grille.we didn't cry nor whine about it,we left Nashville with full camping equipment,sleeping bags and lanterns and all of the time we would be invited into people's homes.At times mansions "direct from Nashville" which we were, carried a lot of weight.And you know,we were not going to steal anything.We were a class act.But we certainly would enjoy your home.Or sometimes all we had to sleep on was the floor with a pallet.It was all good.We were young in a way that most of you youngsters will never be.We would drink wine after the show and discuss revolution at the dinner table of our hosts.We would tell and listen to good jokes.It was even sad when we left town after a two week residency.They wanted to keep us but we had to travel on to the next target.The van was always in good shape,mechanics would tune it up and change the oil for free.So we could keep on going and most generally we were traveling through the Rocky Mountains,all over them..from one end to the other.And then back again.To get high you would only just have to look out the window at the scenery a sunset that would blow your mind.Then the afterglow.Most often we were at 14 thousand feet.The van chugging along steady.