Artists get beaten up by our society and system. Corporations exploit them for profits (like most workers) small business (venue) owners sometimes do not look at their work as actual work. (Though the “good” venue owners are saints.) American culture sees their work as "a dream" instead of "a job." When I started Woody's House Recording Studio, my mission was to empower and support artists, to help them do their best work, and to treat them with the respect they deserve.