I'm still kinda learning all the tricks to this blogger, and maybe one day I'll have it figured out completely. My sense of time is awful, as the time between last week Thursday and today seem like an eternity. I'm not going to bother listing all that I did this past weekend. This isn't an episode of "Seinfeld" where you discuss what you did that day. Plus who cares? Reading is an engaging activity and if I don't give someone something to relate to then why bother reading? The noteworthy events were beginning the recording process for my debut album. The way this all came about was simply because its something I want to do. I've been playing guitar for a good amount of time and I want to do something with it. Plus with all the bands and solo artists out there I figure why the hell not. I've been on my soap box about this before, but I can't emphasize the point anymore. We live in such a digital age that it couldn't be any easier to get yourself out there. Conversely the competition has skyrocketed. As I get ready to finish this project there's a goal I have in mind throughout the whole process. That goal is to not annoy my friends. I used to get spammed hard by maybe five people to listen to their music and come to their shows. I'm torn about this topic too, because I don't want to be a dick, its just you can't force music onto people. I've always given my friends a shot and listened to their music or checked out their work. Some stuff I've liked other stuff I haven't. My opinion doesn't mean a person should stop what they're doing, but at the same time it does mean stop spamming the shit out of me. Its just one huge fine line because I'm more than okay with plugging your own projects on your own networking sites. To me networking sites are like small kingdoms. You're king/queen of your facebook/twitter account. What you say goes, and so if you have projects to promote then go for it. As I mentioned, yesterday was the first day in the studio. I've never done anything this organized with music before, however I think the guy producing my record would tell you I have some decent direction. We tracked guitar and bass on six of ten songs yesterday and I was told that he had not had anyone come into the studio and rip through songs the way I did. He said other guitarists have been much pickier than me, and I might do some re-recording but from what I heard things sounded great. With that said, I'll move on. Easter was on Sunday, and as I observed my facebook many people celebrated Easter. I forgot Easter was even coming up until a few days prior. I'm not one to piss on anyone's parade, I just feel borderline hypocritical to really celebrate any religious holiday. I'm not a practicing Catholic and actually I'm usually too occupied to take time for holidays. I saw my mom briefly on Easter and then had work to do. I guess it was nice to see people so happy about Easter but I'm a bit too cynical for religion these days. I had a lot of Jewish friends who were all over Passover as well. I had this thought earlier today and wanted to expound upon it here. I can't encourage people more to not be afraid of failing in life. Trust me, coming from a guy like myself, who has failed plenty of times, life is a lot more rewarding when you take chances. For example, I started writing my book almost a year and a half ago. Now most people have been really encouraging about my book. I've received all great words of encouragement. Every once in a while I get some insecure fucking douche who will say something like "Oh, You're writing a book? I didn't know you wrote things" That kind of talk is ultimately always going to happen. We all were given opinions, and some people have opinions because they fear failure. This is just how the world works and I can tell the professionals from the amateurs. Professionals rarely if ever seem to rebuttal online to any poor criticism. The amateurs will get into internet fights. Part of me is almost too naive to the business side of the creative field. I don't do things because I think of the money it could make. I do a lot of the things I do because I don't want to corner my life into a 9-5. I always hoped for more out of life then working some routine job. I hoped for more in life than to have my head tied to my neck with the corporate noose called a tie. Over the past six months I've developed what I call an "Al Bundy" complex. I've handled the hard times by shrugging things off and just continuing on my day. I have the same problems as everyone else, and we all seem to carry them differently. Late at night is when I tend to do most of my thinking. I drew a rather obvious conclusion recently. Most people wouldn't write a book and work on creating an album at the same time. I'm doing that because its filling a void. Ever since 2009 I developed this insane habit of how I would work. I was always working and I even discuss this a bit in my book. I certainly did a 180; I went from a somewhat normal regular work habits and turned into an addict. That ties back to the fact that I really haven't made it. I haven't made anything of myself quite yet. There are musicians who sold multi-platinum albums by the age of 21. I'm 26, and I don't have that job in downtown (insert fav. state here.) I haven't married that girl who I've known for what seems like a lifetime, and at this point I gotta do something. I'm putting everything I have out there. This is like the end of a fireworks show. People are getting everything I have creatively at this point in time. Not only they're getting a memoir of my life. I'm opening the flood gates, I'm reluctantly performing the vocals on this album as well. This is going to be raw, a bit rough, and full of flaws. Thats just how I am.
