Hey Tom, I wanted to let you know I am making a few changes with how I work with some friends based upon this post. To do so, I copied a whole three lines (and pointed fingers at you (because you captured my philosophy on the nose; but there are a couple of points I'm adding to this).

It is forming the mission statement of what I will be accomplishing with my music. It's something that nagged at me for perhaps about the past ten years or so, but I never enjoyed the clarity of what was nagging me until this post (and giving my brain gears time to grind).

Thanks again.

Louie