What do entrepreneurs and musicians have in common?

A lot, it seems.

The 17 Gigs a Month video backstory below was originally recorded in February 2023 and released at songa.org/epidose4 as part of Songa SEASON ONE, epidose 4.

A Songwriter, an Underwriter and an Entrepreneur Walk Into a… Park??

[AI-lyrics and captions were created by **www.PatTse.ai.** Recorded LIVE during a theatrical workshop @ Songa Studios ST LOUIS in February 2023. Also available at songa.org/epidose4](https://vimeo.com/909622184/2a6284d2fd)

AI-lyrics and captions were created by **www.PatTse.ai.** Recorded LIVE during a theatrical workshop @ Songa Studios ST LOUIS in February 2023. Also available at songa.org/epidose4

Sheet music and demo of the first radio-edit recorded in 2023

Dark - 17 Gigs (Never give up on this dream) (1).pdf

01 - Bass - 17 Gigs (Never give up on this dream).pdf

17 gigs a month rough demo.mp3

Listen to the radio edit above of 17 Gigs a Month that was written and freestyled LIVE at Songa Studios ST LOUIS by Nashville and St Louis’s best undiscovered songwriters in Feb 2023 Songa Standard Time (SST)

Lyrics

17 gigs a month, I try to get by, don't understand why, I'm struggling to make life's ends 17 gigs a month, ya know my why, my music is my struggle, yet my closest friend

Chorus

And I don't know how, I'll ever make it through And I don't see how, I'll ever know the truth

But I know this is what I gotta do each day, when I arise there's just no way

I'll ever give in, or give up on this dream So every time I feel the doubt, I know I get to play it out. That I, yeah I, can never give up on this dream.

Verse 2

17 gigs a month, my mama was wrong Said I never wrote her a song,

but sorrow is an endless refrain 17 gigs a month, my daddy was right I like a good fight, and the sweetest melodies come from pain

Chorus 2