Everybody gets discouraged at some point in their life.
The corporate world is always narrow-minded, and the illusion of 'been there, done that' always leads them to ignore the little people. Them being the artists, musicians, authors and other creative types umong us. My music has always suffered from small poppy syndrome: too small to be noticed, and that really makes you feel like it's not worth bothering about.
There are talented people in the world and nobody wants to see them. That's what irks me.
Nonetheless, it is always the people who have the motivation and incentive to keep on powering on who end up succeeding. Brian Adams and Chicane wrote a song called "Don't give up", and that is exactly what we should do. Eventually a window of opportunity will open for us, if we choose to continue looking for it.
I hope my ramblings haven't confused you too much. It's late for me :S