Dear god an update!!
So, in a complete reversal of the norm I have nothing bad to write about. Life is, for lack of a better word, perfect right now. I'm in such a wonderful place right now; metaphysically at least. I feel like I've finally come to terms with myself, and have discovered who I am. I can't even recall what stress feels like. I'm making enough money at work that the bills are getting paid (mostly) on time, and yet I have PLENTY of spare time to work on music. As for the music, it's going extremely well. Since my last update i've added a few more things to my studio, the most exciting of which is Ableton's Live 6.
Live 6 is, by far, the single best piece of music software I have ever touched in my life. It's extremely complex, extremely unique, but extremely user friendly. I've been able to figure out most everything without even touching the manual (I'll admit i've had to look up a few things). So if any of you music people are serious about writing/recording and want to collaborate, let me know!!! The downside to Live is that it's taken priority over the writing process, so I haven't really produced anything of quality in a while. However, summer is approaching, and i'm excited to get to work DJ-ing. With one DJ set already done it's only a matter of time before I can quit the day job and just live off the music.
Then it's time for the next phase of my life; which oddly enough, i've been thinking a lot about. I think it's anxiety to get out of my parents house that has driven me to brainstorming, but i've actually made PLANS for the distant future. Granted, they're very intangible right now, and definitely just ideas, but it's more than I'm accustomed to doing.
I'd like to be living off of music within the next year (DJ-ing at clubs and such), and have an album out before the decade ends. There's a radio show swimming around in my head, and a name as well: The Singularity Broadcast Project. Somewhere in my 30's i'd like to open a label: Life Records, with the concept that a certain portion of all sales will go to the preservation of human life. I'd like to think that other's would jump on the boat and it could turn into a joint effort between myself and other like minded artists. The money will be used to assist people in 3rd world countries in liberating themselves from the tyranical regime of the capitalist bastards that run the world. Basic medicines/vaccinations, Hospitals, food, clothing, shelter... things like that. By this point (in the world in my head at least) I should have a decent paycheck, which I would like to use to buy an island or some other remote piece of property where I can just live. And thats really what it comes down to, I'm tired of spending my life working... I'm ready to live.
Live 6 is, by far, the single best piece of music software I have ever touched in my life. It's extremely complex, extremely unique, but extremely user friendly. I've been able to figure out most everything without even touching the manual (I'll admit i've had to look up a few things). So if any of you music people are serious about writing/recording and want to collaborate, let me know!!! The downside to Live is that it's taken priority over the writing process, so I haven't really produced anything of quality in a while. However, summer is approaching, and i'm excited to get to work DJ-ing. With one DJ set already done it's only a matter of time before I can quit the day job and just live off the music.
Then it's time for the next phase of my life; which oddly enough, i've been thinking a lot about. I think it's anxiety to get out of my parents house that has driven me to brainstorming, but i've actually made PLANS for the distant future. Granted, they're very intangible right now, and definitely just ideas, but it's more than I'm accustomed to doing.
I'd like to be living off of music within the next year (DJ-ing at clubs and such), and have an album out before the decade ends. There's a radio show swimming around in my head, and a name as well: The Singularity Broadcast Project. Somewhere in my 30's i'd like to open a label: Life Records, with the concept that a certain portion of all sales will go to the preservation of human life. I'd like to think that other's would jump on the boat and it could turn into a joint effort between myself and other like minded artists. The money will be used to assist people in 3rd world countries in liberating themselves from the tyranical regime of the capitalist bastards that run the world. Basic medicines/vaccinations, Hospitals, food, clothing, shelter... things like that. By this point (in the world in my head at least) I should have a decent paycheck, which I would like to use to buy an island or some other remote piece of property where I can just live. And thats really what it comes down to, I'm tired of spending my life working... I'm ready to live.