Hey Floydians, since the world of Floyd and it's fans is all about humanity and that sort of thing I decided to post this here.

One of my biggest dreams is to be a professional musician making it out there in the popular world of 'underground' in the Jeff Beck/Michael Schenker sense. Almost every step and breath I take is for that dream.

But, as a paranoid jerk who likes to analyze, I kind of feel stuck.

You see, as an Italian with relatives from the north, I have a kind of a nosey, elbow-rubby family if you know what I mean. People who are always wanting to get involved with what the other guy is doing, no respect for other people's personal lives, trying to sometimes run the person's life, intrude or get involved where they aren't concerned. Some are so rude as to make fun of people with disabilities and judge/criticize others without looking at themselves first, and they have just as much flaws.

I'm thinking of joining a band soon but I'm kind of scared that what they do to everyone else they will do to me and there's no doubt in my mind that they will try to take a piece of my pie, Jack! The kind of people that will insist on putting my name on internet websites for exposure or that sort of embarrassing thing. There's no doubt in my mind that they will try to intrude as they do to everyone else.

I feel so oppressed by this. Some might think it's ridiculous to have anxiety in anticipation of something that might or might not happen, but I'd rather be concerned then have my dreams burnt and destroyed by people with no respect to other people's personal lives.

What could I do about this?