Have had a lot of reflecting time lately. Obviously a change for me is needed. Probably more musically than anything. I am very fortunate to play with some very talented musicians and all are great friends. But out of all of them I am the only one that plays full time for a living. And that is not necessarily by my choice and my disability and pain have a lot to do with that. But playing in 3 bands and doing 2 jams a week seems to be more taxing on myself than what a real job would be to me right now. Of course with my restrictions and the bad days I have with the pain stuff getting and keeping a real job is rough. At least with music I wake up feeling shitty I have all day to work on feeling decent enough to go out to play. Well the majority of the time. Many nights it is a battle to focus on the music, be sociable and try to look happy, but I manage. I have been fortunate to play as much as I have up until the end of this month too. But here I now sit with three bands and after the end of August two gigs on the books. I have sent my messages and made my calls and am getting no where booking. All summer I heard yeah well get you back in September and get fall stuff on the books... I am not complaining times are tough and the club business is tough too. So I adapted and worked with 3 bands to stay working enough. Now that is not seeming to be the working thing. So again I may be in a position to make some changes to get steady work again. Where my frustration lies right now is I am not really sure what direction to take musically to work enough to keep my bills paid. And of course the biggest part of the music thing is play stuff that I am driven by and I feel. Deep inside it is about the music and not the money, but it is also using something I love to survive. I guess it is time to make a list of possible options and reconsider where I need to be musically right now. Glad I tucked a few months bill money away... Time for a walkabout maybe.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:29:35 +0000
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