Pat's Band(s)

Pat is currently a member of Mezcal Mike's favorite local band:

DRAMA the Darkside is ... and EGO leads to DRAMA.

So my young apprentice in one's vigilance to better once's self it becomes necessary to FIX one's EGO from time to time.

Forever remember my young Padawan:

An unwarranted EGO leads to jealousy, jealousy leads to envy, envy leads to resentment, resentment leads to suspicion, suspicion leads to insecurity AND ... insecurity leads to DRAMA.

With the blast shield down I can’t see how many people there are and how much money I’m being paid.

... A Jedi cares not of financial reward or the size of the crowd.
... To a Jedi not matter if he is making one dollar or thousands.
... nor does it matter if there is one or thousands in attendance.

Only cares a Jedi about sounding good, giving the audience 100% while he continuously learns and evolves musically ... in a learning curve that hopefully never a plateau reaches.

All this a Jedi does while he strives to continuously grow as a musician and a person.

... Forever fighting the temptation of the easy path promised by the Darkside
... Forever vigilant of the DRAMA.