Gary.....you're generally very supportive so I can't say I didn't get initially annoyed at the severity of your remark at a (so far) difficult time for me:
Mark, if you have truly burned out, which is rare for this industry, then I would suggest selling all that gear, get the Hell off the music forums, walk away and don't look back. Nothing said here, apparently, is really going to change your mind.
...but as I read further (and read a few times), I began to realize you're right on the money about the following:
Therefore, if you can financially do it, and you have truly burned out, take the money from the gear you sell on Ebay or wherever, and use it to do something that has been on your bucket list forever. Life is way too damned short to do things you really don't enjoy doing.
Now, I still love playing music, but I also love sailing to far-off places and meeting people from all walks of life.
I've been completely and deliberately away from music for almost two weeks now. Also been spending some alone time, in nature, just thinking about things. I'm starting to realize why I'm in "burn-out" right now and how to rectify it. And ONE of the reasons is I've made my whole life music. While I enjoy doing many things, I don't spend enough time doing "non-musical" endeavors.
That's part of it. Now that I've backed up a few feet, I'm starting to see the bigger picture of how I got to this point.
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