...Maybe it's because I'm not jewish enough!
I just heard that off of the show my parents are watching... LMAO!
Anyway... I keep getting it from all sides! today, Mike, My manager gave me a lecture about my future and how I shouldn't waste it and how I should really take advantages of my talents and the opportunities presented to me. I take that as my sign that I really do need to get up off my lazy ass and do something with my life. I'm gonna work my hardest and try my damndest to get the band thing off the ground. D.Crutch already agreed to join me on my quest and sprague-o told me he knows a guy who plays a pretty mean bass. we're gonna audition him and if he's a cool guy and as good as i'm hearing then that will just leave us the task of finding a lead guitarist and we've got ourselves a band and 5 originals to work with. I'm not making the mistakes of my old band. none of this "oh we only play originals" shit I Told D tonight my plan is to do a mix of covers and originals at any show that isn't strictly our show with our fans and at our shows we'll play our songs and a cover or 2 just like they do it in the pros.
I'm really excited. I didn't want to say anything until we got the whole band together but at this point in time I think I should let our old fans know what's up. my plan is that with my christmas money and some other cash I have saved, i'm getting a good marshall cab and head(heh heh I said head!) and then we're auditioning a lead guitarist and bassist and I plan to be having weekly practices by mid-january and hope to be gigging by late february early march. once we've established ourselves here at home I plan to get our demo recorded by Eddie Saville, the guy who did my last demo, and I'm sending it to any agency or management group that will listen to it. then hopefully with a manager at the helm we're heading to NY or Boston and eventually to California. And anywhere else we want. I wouldn't mind a european tour...
I know it's going to take a lot of work and effort on my part to do the things I say I'm going to to get the band off of the ground and I know it's a hard life but I'm ready. I need to get on stage, I need to get out of CT, and I need to embrace music back into my life. I've been so close-minded for so long about what I listen to and so unwilling to make change. I needed something to focus on and I've got it now. I see the mistakes from my past and I've learned from them. Now I can take control and actually make something of myself. even if we don't hit super-stardom, that's not my goal, I don't expect to be U2 or Greenday but I want to at least hit the kind of popularity that Bayside had when I saw them, touring with the band and having both fans that follow you around from show to show and the ones that just catch you in thier hometown. Singing your songs back to you and listening to your CD's. that's it and I think I'm capable of making that happen. I have enough resources at my disposal and enough people who believe in me to support me and really make this happen and for that I am eternally greatful.
Wow, I really didn't think I was going to write all this...thanks for staying with me on this post...
weird...
Anyway... I keep getting it from all sides! today, Mike, My manager gave me a lecture about my future and how I shouldn't waste it and how I should really take advantages of my talents and the opportunities presented to me. I take that as my sign that I really do need to get up off my lazy ass and do something with my life. I'm gonna work my hardest and try my damndest to get the band thing off the ground. D.Crutch already agreed to join me on my quest and sprague-o told me he knows a guy who plays a pretty mean bass. we're gonna audition him and if he's a cool guy and as good as i'm hearing then that will just leave us the task of finding a lead guitarist and we've got ourselves a band and 5 originals to work with. I'm not making the mistakes of my old band. none of this "oh we only play originals" shit I Told D tonight my plan is to do a mix of covers and originals at any show that isn't strictly our show with our fans and at our shows we'll play our songs and a cover or 2 just like they do it in the pros.
I'm really excited. I didn't want to say anything until we got the whole band together but at this point in time I think I should let our old fans know what's up. my plan is that with my christmas money and some other cash I have saved, i'm getting a good marshall cab and head(heh heh I said head!) and then we're auditioning a lead guitarist and bassist and I plan to be having weekly practices by mid-january and hope to be gigging by late february early march. once we've established ourselves here at home I plan to get our demo recorded by Eddie Saville, the guy who did my last demo, and I'm sending it to any agency or management group that will listen to it. then hopefully with a manager at the helm we're heading to NY or Boston and eventually to California. And anywhere else we want. I wouldn't mind a european tour...
I know it's going to take a lot of work and effort on my part to do the things I say I'm going to to get the band off of the ground and I know it's a hard life but I'm ready. I need to get on stage, I need to get out of CT, and I need to embrace music back into my life. I've been so close-minded for so long about what I listen to and so unwilling to make change. I needed something to focus on and I've got it now. I see the mistakes from my past and I've learned from them. Now I can take control and actually make something of myself. even if we don't hit super-stardom, that's not my goal, I don't expect to be U2 or Greenday but I want to at least hit the kind of popularity that Bayside had when I saw them, touring with the band and having both fans that follow you around from show to show and the ones that just catch you in thier hometown. Singing your songs back to you and listening to your CD's. that's it and I think I'm capable of making that happen. I have enough resources at my disposal and enough people who believe in me to support me and really make this happen and for that I am eternally greatful.
Wow, I really didn't think I was going to write all this...thanks for staying with me on this post...
weird...