GOLD- always believe in your soul (thank you Australia) I’ve been in this game a long time now, living my dream job. In fact, it’s the only job I’ve ever had. I have some fantastic memories of my firsts- first play on the radio, first magazine cover, first time abroad etc. Of course, the longer you stay doing the same thing, the quicker those novelty’s wear off until, before you know it, it’s very hard to be excited by anything. Milestones you could only have dreamed of suddenly appear passé. It becomes increasingly easy to be ungrateful. Sometimes I even fantasise about having a 9-5, about being able to turn off my brain and enjoy my evening. I am however aware that the grass is always greener and that I’m incredibly lucky to have lived 5 of my 9 lives very happily. For this reason I try to work really hard, I lock myself away more and celebrate less. I spend birthdays in the studio and edit lyrics on Christmas. My life has never been what you’d call balanced, neither has my mind, which is probably quite unhealthy. Some of you may know I’ve been having some success in the Australian charts. This is a massive shock to me. The background I come from involves being in a crew, and touring constantly, really struggling and battling against it. My last crew never made it to Australia and remain virtually unknown there. I myself have never been either, but I hope to rectify that in October. This morning I woke up to an email informing me that my debut Australian single has just gone gold. Rather than trying to ignore the news and “get on with working” i’m taking a little time out to reflect and celebrate. To reconnect with the gratitude of those who “get” what I’m doing. It’s been nearly 3 years since I decided to go solo and it hasn’t been easy. A lot of people seemed to have an opinion on what I should be doing. A lot of people truly loved my old crew and wanted me to continue doing that- I got love for those people, but I was never going to make them happy. As an artist sometimes you need to just have balls and believe in yourself, believe that against all odds you can succeed, believe with all your heart that you will take down the guy twice your size as you step into the ring. A guy in my touring band told me, as he walked away from his own major label deal, that “the universe respects balls” and he was right. In this industry, where people will queue up to take a shot at you, you need to have self belief to a point of ignorance and more faith than a suicide bomber. I still believe in great art, and I believe in the power of music to bring people together. So to all the people who bought my debut single and reignited my faith, gratitude and passion- i thank you, sincerely. To all the people on my team whose hair i’ve turned grey- i thank you too. No one makes music hoping it will never be played, it’s wonderful when music is shared and experienced. The universe has given me a loveable slap up side the head and for that I am very grateful! in short, THANK YOU for making “Another Man” a gold record!!!! itch
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:04:41 +0000
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