Spare Change
Jan 10, 2010 ramblings
Not sure why it’s taken me this far into the New Year to post (FWIW), until I got to thinking about it… there’s lots going on!
On top of winding down from the holiday season, which has only been a week now, I’m transitioning out of a training/education centric approach to writing and performing to generating product and getting it [and me] out there. This means some real discipline at home in the studio, because I don’t have the funds for studio time. It also means figuring out how to build a fan base, both live and virtually, as well as getting back into networking with our local creative community.
If I didn’t have a 50hr. a week day job, no problem. But I do, and I can’t let it be a problem. I also need to be sure I don’t get frustrated when the game plan isn’t producing as fruitfully as I’d hoped, or I need to deviate to hit a target. The key is to keep moving forward and adapt with whatever is happening. So, if my home recordings don’t get produced as well as I think they ought, I still need to get product out the door, or there’s nothing to share. If I don’t go and sit and wait 2-hrs to play 2-songs at an open mic, I won’t get to meet other writers to write with or maybe play in the round with. Sure, I can’t be out every night, so I need to plan when I’m going to attend a week night show where friends are playing and work from home the next day so I can sneak an extra 30 minutes of sleep the next morning.
There’s an element of adventure I’m really looking forward to, also. Maybe I’ll take 6-months of guitar lessons, or do an EP of just instrumental stuff, or finally make that trek down to Central Ave. and get that tattoo. Not sure how our search for a new church home will come in to play, but I also feel like it’s time to get back involved with music ministry. Making this transition won’t be easy, and I need to be patient, but I’ve done it before. I used to have one of those 5-gallon water jugs from a dispenser for spare change in an apartment years ago. I was always amazed when I’d tally up a half-full jug. Long as I keep dumping effort into my songs and music like spare change into that jug, I should have plenty to show for it quarter by quarter in 2010.
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