He added that my competition with singers is the Great American Songbook. And then you read articles quoting cabaret artists who say they're looking for new material. But when you contact them, they rarely even answer. I know this sounds like a self-serving bellyache, but it's really a dirge for new music. The classical critics are complaining that few symphony orchestras ever play anything but the old war-horses.
Theater critics say they're producing only revivals of hit shows.
Producers explanation is that's what the public wants. The way things are going, all our creative people will end up in the paint business, or something like it. Okay, I do just that, but every creative person wants to have an audience, however small. Relatives and friends are just not enough if you feel you have something good to say. As for making dough with it, that would be great, but secondary.