... And I really have this itch to start blogging again.
The reason I put a question mark at the end of this title is because as of just 2 months ago (first week of August) I had no concrete plans to move to Los Angeles. I wanted to at some point in the future, but nothing was set.
Then, a mere week and a half later I took a trip out here and by the third day here I had this idea that I was 100% set on: I would move here October 1st. Then, less than 24 hours later, in a crazy stroke of fate/luck/whatever you like to call it (considering the sequence of events, “premonition” may even fit), I found an apartment listed for October 1st, and I went and saw it, and just knew - I’m moving here.
When I got back to Boston, things got slightly messy (understatement)....For one thing (of many things), I ended up scrapping everything I had done on my record up to that point and starting over, this time I was producing it and Colin Fleming (producer/engineer in Boston) was my right hand man and production partner. I made something that I am hands down the most proud of... of anything I’ve created. To get pre-production and tracking done for a 14 song album in 2.5 weeks is insanity, but apparently, possible! If you put in 12-14 hour days like I did -I would wake up and immediately go to the computer and start programming, tracking, planning, vocal producing - I never felt so alive, so me, in a recording process. So yeah, getting to this situation had some not so ideal things happen along the way, but “everything happens for a reason” has never echoed so loudly or truthfully before.
So after a what can only be described as Tumultuous September, here I am, in Los Angeles. I made it. I already made some friends. I’ve been here a week. In the interest of full disclosure (what else is blogging for???) the past 2 days have been a little rough - Oddly enough, running on 10 for over a month will cause you to, eventually, need to just chill for a little bit. So that’s what I’m doing, begrudgingly. I don’t like to chill. I like to move and work. My keyboard isn’t here yet, so that’s also causing some discomfort, as the piano has by far surpassed the guitar in the last couple years as the instrument of choice for me, especially when I write.
Anyway, transitions are hard no matter how you slice it, no matter who you are.
But guess what? I feel pretty excited about this - I have my first show in LA on October 19th at Bar Lubitsch. Yay! I miss performing. Can’t wait. Having a show on the books will always make me feel just that much more grounded.
Will blog again with pictures, once I get all these boxes out of my room - I don’t do well ignoring things for long, and all these boxes are pretty hard to ignore. Gotta check off these boxes ( HA HA.... okay, I just lost a bunch of readers with that lame pun) and get my car (I miss my car so much) and I’ll have way more exciting things (read: pictures) for you.
