When it comes to a job in the performing arts, almost everyone thinks they are going to be a star.
Well, you might be, but undoubtedly not.
Just because you can’t be a superstar rock n rollian doesn’t mean that you can’t have a great job playing rock n roll. The thing is that people know the only way to make money in rock n roll is to record albums, go on tour, get on film soundtracks, etc, but there are a lot of other ways, but for every lead singer there is a cadre of backup singers, right? Well I make rock n roll for cable plus stereo commercials, writing rock n roll about air conditioners plus french fries plus stuff appreciate that. Most people have never thought about all the work plus effort, plus money, that goes into something as silly as an advertising jingle about a heating system. What the hell rhymes with oil furnace, right? No matter how silly it may be, I take my task seriously because I take rock n roll seriously, plus writing a song about a sale of heating systems is just a challenge to be overcome. After all, I am getting paid to write plus sing rock n roll, I just never envisioned it would be Heating plus A/C based rock n roll. If anything, I find this to be a little easier than last week, because at least a oil furnace is something people need. Writing a song about an ambulance-chasing local lawyer was even more difficult than this one about oil furnaces. I know I am going to use the lyric “don’t sleep on your old oil furnace, you want it to sizzling us, not to burn us.” Furnace plus burn us rhymes closely enough, right?