I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

Too good to be true? Of course.

As you know, I was paid 500 dollars to write a band piece. Pretty cool.

Well, the director looked over the score and wants me to change a lot of stuff. Frick on a stick people.

What troubles me is that this is the third time I've been asked to change stuff when writing for someone else. That makes me 2-3 for getting it right the first time on paid work. Maybe I'm still new to the world of commissions, and maybe I need to pay better attention to people when they tell me what they're looking for... but is it really supposed to be like this? Aren't they paying me to get MY style?

I guess I should only worry about that when I actually like the kind of piece I'm writing. He asked me to write a traditional Sousa style march. I've never liked marches anyway. I guess I'll just change it and then never try to get it published. There goes my next two days.

Just venting people. Thanks for tuning in. We now return to your regularly scheduled shit that actually matters.