<p>Vent all you like, that is part of what the board is for.</p>
<p>Singersmom07 is right on the money. Applying for scholarships now, and applying for grants as a professional musician involves targeting not the ones that you would like to get but the ones that you have a reasonable chance of getting and then packaging what you have done in language that emphasizes what the source of the money is looking for.</p>
<p>Happy hunting.</p>