My faith in music is undying...but my faith in people in the music BUSINESS is wavering...dangerously. I know the Laws of Attraction and all say that you bring to yourself of what you speak...which leaves little or no room for negativity. But what do you do when there are promoters faulting on artist fees and blaming it on the artist to save face; when there are "facilitators" talking smack on one end and grinning like a Cheshire cat at the flip of a coin? What can you do when you are really in…
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