It seems like a huge blossoming of bands. So I think it's harder now to get started than it was four or five years. We've also been able to find financial backing through private investors. For the most part, that financially sustains our gigs. But we don't have some rich guy with a suit giving us money, so we're just scraping by.
Persistence is the biggest thing.
And trying to find your own voice and staying true to that. Don't try to emulate something that works for somebody else. A lot of people are emulating Phish. I think that's a great thing, but it also can be a hindrance as far as so many bands doing similar things in the scene. You can get lost that way.