Hi.. I've just come back and read the comments above which I'd like to add to.. well, the part about some people thinking that all we want is fame when we are musicians/songwriters. For me, personally, I took up the challenge of trying to achieve some commercial success because of going through bad times in my life. The fact that I had a love of music, writing, not just songs but stories and poetry, was a lifeline I could hang on to, with the help and encouragement of my second husband. (I have edited out the details of my bad experience, just in case it makes others feel uncomfortable that I had gone into unnecessary details). Music, my piano, and creativity was something no-one could take away from me. I did not ever think that I would get anywhere with my creative pursuits, but, when things did start to happen, I didn't realise that the word 'fame' would be regarded as the reason for the efforts I had made to survive and make something of my life. Once I had some small successes musically, the local press gave me
publicity and there were happy articles and pictures about my achievements. I plucked up the courage to be interviewed on local radio programmes and probably gave the impression I had no inward worries and sadness. I was not doing all this for the fame, but the sheer pleasure of knowing I had risen to a challenge personally in my life, and was winning a personal battle. I was only wanting to write songs for artists to take up and record (that's what they did, once). I would not be the one in the limelight. It would be the singer on a recording who would already have fame or would get the fame for singing a song someone like me had written. That was what I wanted, not the fame. It has surprised me that some people have not taken my efforts in a good way and made remarks that I was just after being in the papers and so implying I just wanted fame. Marian.
