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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5711721" data-attributes="member: 34175">The problem is, music was my profession... and frankly still should be.  I moved back home because of some personal issues, but in the process gave up my career.  If I had a bankroll, I'd do it from here.  The problem with the area I live in is that if it isn't Christian or Country it isn't considered worth backing with bank money.  So most local groups go through a collective of small, personal recording studios, leaving the "next big thing" way out of touch.At one time the area around Carbondale was a hot bed of up and coming talent for all types of music, now it's bluegrass, CCM and C&W with a smattering of new country.  All of those acts use this area for demos and then launch to either Nashville or Branson (we're about half-way between the two.)The closest area for anything out side of this is St. Louis (which has all but given up on recorded rock in their studios and gone strictly to hip-hop/R&B/mass media work) or Chicago which is about 7 hours due North and not very receptive to anything from down in "Little Egypt."</blockquote>