Reflections on a summer to remember
So this summer was devoted 100% to creating, recording, and finishing the album. And obviously since the album is done, we're all happy with it, and we are able to hold it in our hands and listen to it, this summer was a success. But I have my regrets too. I put the album before everything else, and I couldn't hang out with my normal, non-band friends. So I feel really bummed that we couldn't hang out the same way we did last summer and over winter break. But also everyone was busy anyway so it's not like I missed that much, but still I couldn't hang out with them as much as I'd have liked to.
This is a gigantic turning point in my life now. This album is the culmination of 2 and a half years of work. To me, the previous 20 years of my life have been leading up to the events of this summer. Now the real work starts.
I don't usually like to talk so big like this, but I've been inspired and now I realize that I need to make my own success. When we were making the album, if you record something you think is bad, like a bad solo on a song, or a bad couple of chords, you have to re-record it otherwise you have to live with it forever. I don't want to have to live with bad chords and poorly played notes in my life, here's where I start giving a shit more than I have.
Nathan going to Japan in 2 weeks is the sign to all of us in the band. You don't really appreciate something until it's gone, and now that we're on a semi-hiatus I feel like someone cut off my arms and legs. This band was such a big part of my life through all of college, and it will be completely different this whole upcoming year. And once Nathan is back I don't even know if any of us will want to continue with the Bridgebuilders (I seriously hope I'm wrong).
Tomorrow morning I'm going back to school to make my future. I really love it at Goucher, but right now I just don't want to leave where I am. I'm in a good place and I want to cherish this for as long as I can.
If you want to hear some tunes from the album, they're right here on the myspace.
This is a gigantic turning point in my life now. This album is the culmination of 2 and a half years of work. To me, the previous 20 years of my life have been leading up to the events of this summer. Now the real work starts.
I don't usually like to talk so big like this, but I've been inspired and now I realize that I need to make my own success. When we were making the album, if you record something you think is bad, like a bad solo on a song, or a bad couple of chords, you have to re-record it otherwise you have to live with it forever. I don't want to have to live with bad chords and poorly played notes in my life, here's where I start giving a shit more than I have.
Nathan going to Japan in 2 weeks is the sign to all of us in the band. You don't really appreciate something until it's gone, and now that we're on a semi-hiatus I feel like someone cut off my arms and legs. This band was such a big part of my life through all of college, and it will be completely different this whole upcoming year. And once Nathan is back I don't even know if any of us will want to continue with the Bridgebuilders (I seriously hope I'm wrong).
Tomorrow morning I'm going back to school to make my future. I really love it at Goucher, but right now I just don't want to leave where I am. I'm in a good place and I want to cherish this for as long as I can.
If you want to hear some tunes from the album, they're right here on the myspace.