Mar 20, 2009 00:36
I've been fortunate enough to play drums on stage with a Grammy winning, multi-million dollar winning pop star in front of 15,000 people at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Been high fived by random people as I run backstage through the stadium arena and set my gear down in the backstage area as I wait in the backroom with the full band.
I've headlined an MTV sponsored three day event outside of the VMAs where all of my dreams lay inside. I sat on sweat drenched stage inside of a Rock Band tour van and drummed my heart out while people with far less talent were able to live out there dreams just a few yards away.
I'm sick seeing the Jonas Brothers on TV. I'm sick of hearing about Lindsay Lohan. I hate that the two-bit, uni-dimensional losers are living my dream and I can't do anything about it.
It sucks having to let go of a dream. It's like waking up from a really vivid dream and knowing you'll never be able to go back. At least I was able to live in this dream world for a while, but now it's time to wake up and face the real world.