Life is good, most of the time!

Aug 19, 2009 15:48


It's been a little while and so I figured a bit of an update is in order. The past couple weeks have been an amazing mix of awesome and crazy! I'll start with some of the good news I've gotten.

As some of you know we went to HTID in the Sun this past June, and I had a blast playing! We got word that we are being invited back to play next Summer! Even more exciting, we are not only going to be playing in the Project USA stage, but it looks like we are going to get main stage timeslots as well on other nights! I can't put into words how this makes me feel. I've always said that I'll keep at this crazy music thing as long as I feel I keep making progress and this really helps me stay motivated!

Booking have been solid, I've got some already set up for Feb 2010 here in Seattle ha ha!

I've been working on many new tracks and I am starting to determine that my greatest strength is remixing. I love doing it and find myself getting more experimental with them. I still want to be working on original vocal tunes too. I am also getting more focused on DJing. I've had a few Dj gigs recently and I have had great feedback. It's a nice change up for me to not do my PA and I really love it. It helps me listen to new tracks and helps my production a ton too since I'm researching what works while I play!

In other areas of my life things are movig along as well as can be expected. One thing I've noticed lately though are people getting upset with me because I don't spend time with them. As much as I would love spend a ton of time with all my friends, the reality is that there are finite hours in the day. Between working full time, gigs and studio time there isn't a ton of time left! In the past two weeks I have had something scheduled or planned get togethers every night after work. As hard as it is for me to say, I need time for myself too! I wish people could see that I am not doing it to be mean or a jerk, just that I'm not always free to kick it.

What I think upsets me the most in all of this are the people who accuse me of not being a good friend to them since I don't hang out regularly. To me friendship is about support and connection. Not hours acruued together. I wish they could be supportive and see that I am following my dream as best as I can, which means dedicating time to what I do. I would also wish that they would appreciate the time we DO get to hang out, instead of using it against me.

At the end of it all though I'm still happy, and proud of what I've been able to accomplish. My true friends understand that I feel. Those that continue to give me a hard time aren't really convincing me to make the effort really.

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