So yesterday I was a little miserable, I'm definitely happier today, Claire is nearly here!
Also, been thinking about the brum music scene again - I think I finally worked out one of the key problems. Promoters that put on crap bands! I blame them. Obviously there's more to it than that but hopefully, by emphasizing high quality music and pushing the brand name the promotions company I'll be starting next year with Steve-O (of L!EX fame) we should be able to re-build a scene for birmingham. Thats the plan anyway! Fingers crossed.
I also joined drowned in sound today, terrorvision101 is my username as usual so please come find me!
19/07/2008
18/07/2008
stupor
Let me explain my situation a little;
I am in Cornwall staying with my dad over summer (like every summer)
I'm working the bar in the least popular venue in Rock - the resort is desirable but the sailing club has a poor reputation and few people go there.
I'm doing a lot of reading.
I'm mostly very bored.
Now I thought I'd got to a stage in my life where I was able to keep myself happily occupied, writing music, practicing my guitar, reading, training my brain and all sorts. But lately I've realized that it is not me that is stopping myself from being bored, but the people around me. I am fortunate to have some very good friends (especially Tim, a life saver at times, sad to not be living with him this year) and a great girlfriend up in brum, but now I'm away from all them I feel rather lonely and of course very very bored!
I deliberately woke up very late today, to save me the anguish of morning TV.
This is not how I should be living my life, and is an obvious symptom of laziness on my part. I should have found somewhere more interesting to go for summer this year. Still america awaits me next year (fingers crossed)
Part 1 over
Part 2
I've been looking at my future, I think I want to do a placement scheme abroad after this year of uni. Having said this to Claire, she said she'd dump me if I got a place. She has good reason - to not stay in a relationship that is clearly going nowhere. But it puts me in a very bad situation, one of choosing between her and the placement. Obviously I need to get a placement before the decision really become an issue, but it's rather disheartening and will undoubtedly effect my efforts in finding a good place. Part of me wants to go, part of me doesn't want to lose my girlfriend. I've also been looking at Masters degrees, I definitely want to do one but I don't really know how to go about it. This is something I can talk to Roy about.
Part 3
I have come to admire certain people, partly for their seemingly wonderful lives, incredible time management skills, determination and ability to do things that I know I want to do, but just can't quite seem to do it. Andrew Dubber is first on the list, very up to date with technology and highly efficient this guy seems to know everything about the industry (and as far as I can tell he doesn't teach on my course :( ) The next is very good friend of mine, someone I'd like to think of as an equal, although his impressive attitude towards work and music would suggest that he is in fact far better than me at most of the things I want to be good at. Rob Moore has recorded and 'released' his own solo project I Have Clones and is currently preparing to release it both love and across the 'net in full force, his strategies, including strong influence from Dubber will be clever and probably serve him very well. If I know him well, he will also have related blogs and the music hosted on every possible music networking site available. I am honored to have been asked to play with him for the live shows, and hope that if it all takes off then Rob will take me along for the ride!
I worry for our band Allucinere, if I Have Clones does take off, then we may well be leaving our good friends Sina and Chris behind. I expect that Rob in his wisdom will find a smart way to get those guys along too. I hope so.
If life had a do-over button I'd be hammering mine now. I just know I could have done so much better!
Now time to find out my overal results from my first year at Uni!
I am in Cornwall staying with my dad over summer (like every summer)
I'm working the bar in the least popular venue in Rock - the resort is desirable but the sailing club has a poor reputation and few people go there.
I'm doing a lot of reading.
I'm mostly very bored.
Now I thought I'd got to a stage in my life where I was able to keep myself happily occupied, writing music, practicing my guitar, reading, training my brain and all sorts. But lately I've realized that it is not me that is stopping myself from being bored, but the people around me. I am fortunate to have some very good friends (especially Tim, a life saver at times, sad to not be living with him this year) and a great girlfriend up in brum, but now I'm away from all them I feel rather lonely and of course very very bored!
I deliberately woke up very late today, to save me the anguish of morning TV.
This is not how I should be living my life, and is an obvious symptom of laziness on my part. I should have found somewhere more interesting to go for summer this year. Still america awaits me next year (fingers crossed)
Part 1 over
Part 2
I've been looking at my future, I think I want to do a placement scheme abroad after this year of uni. Having said this to Claire, she said she'd dump me if I got a place. She has good reason - to not stay in a relationship that is clearly going nowhere. But it puts me in a very bad situation, one of choosing between her and the placement. Obviously I need to get a placement before the decision really become an issue, but it's rather disheartening and will undoubtedly effect my efforts in finding a good place. Part of me wants to go, part of me doesn't want to lose my girlfriend. I've also been looking at Masters degrees, I definitely want to do one but I don't really know how to go about it. This is something I can talk to Roy about.
Part 3
I have come to admire certain people, partly for their seemingly wonderful lives, incredible time management skills, determination and ability to do things that I know I want to do, but just can't quite seem to do it. Andrew Dubber is first on the list, very up to date with technology and highly efficient this guy seems to know everything about the industry (and as far as I can tell he doesn't teach on my course :( ) The next is very good friend of mine, someone I'd like to think of as an equal, although his impressive attitude towards work and music would suggest that he is in fact far better than me at most of the things I want to be good at. Rob Moore has recorded and 'released' his own solo project I Have Clones and is currently preparing to release it both love and across the 'net in full force, his strategies, including strong influence from Dubber will be clever and probably serve him very well. If I know him well, he will also have related blogs and the music hosted on every possible music networking site available. I am honored to have been asked to play with him for the live shows, and hope that if it all takes off then Rob will take me along for the ride!
I worry for our band Allucinere, if I Have Clones does take off, then we may well be leaving our good friends Sina and Chris behind. I expect that Rob in his wisdom will find a smart way to get those guys along too. I hope so.
If life had a do-over button I'd be hammering mine now. I just know I could have done so much better!
Now time to find out my overal results from my first year at Uni!
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