SAYING THE SAME THING EVERY YEAR

We all say the same thing every year around this time…

“This year went FAST!”

My dad told me way way back when I was seven years old that “The older you get, the faster time goes.” I laughed. Now he’s laughing at me. I get it now.

This year has been quite a challenge for yours truly. I have to take the sour with the sweet. Nothing more or less. But even with the bumps in the road, some good obviously came out of things. And like anything else in this thing called life, we brush our shoes off and move on.

I will say this though (and am sure this will ruffle feathers): I stopped promoting my new album because I lost the heart for a while. It will come back but for now, it’s best if I put it in my back pocket. There’s too much competition out there between everyone hyper-focused on Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce (I can’t believe I just typed that), local bands desperate for attention, and the biggest culprit being some radio stations and magazines not helping me.

Don’t get me wrong, I am grateful for the stations that have been cheerleaders for my music. I tried breaking into new markets but was met with either silence or “Sorry not interested.” I had one magazine tell me that the photos I sent weren’t professional. Serious? I get that everything is political, also has a degree of favoritism/nepotism. I can’t avoid that. It will never go away. But it did make me sit back and think “Why am I doing this?” I will eventually return to pushing ACT NATURAL but right now, nope.

I really don’t know what will take shape next year, aside from helping whatever cover band needs a guitarist at the last minute. That seems to be how things are going. People are nostalgic for nostalgia now. They don’t want to hear anything new. Even new bands sound “old”. I am all for moving forward and will keep doing so.

Yet I won’t back down (thanks Tom Petty!)

Here’s one more sobering thought to wrap things up…

Why should anyone listen to my music, or yours?

“The answer when we come back…”