Sunday, April 06, 2008
So .... it’s been a while since I put pen to paper (shouldn’t that be fingertips to plastic?), and it’s time to update on my original blog .... about leaving at least one of your life-long dreams untarnished, always pure, perfect and complete.
Well guess what ..... I’ve come to a conclusion (refer to title).
I went and bought a drum kit - answered a "drummer wanted" ad on the net, made some new friends, and started to do what I’d wanted to do for most of my life: sit on a stool and bash things to music.
It’s been a fantastic year (life does begin at forty ... maybe forty one). After about eight months, despite really sporadic practice and rehearsal, some personnel changes, finally finding a bassplayer with ’chops’, I’m now in a band that I’m sinfully proud of and not only that - I’m officially a recorded musician.
Our foursome of classic blues and rock freaks have evolved into a Rolling Stones cover band - though I’m sure the repertoire is going explode in the coming months into various other influences and styles. The drums have been recorded for a demo which should start to see us get some gigs and start playing in front of real live people!
The point though is that unless you take a chance and roll the dice, you’ll never know whether the dream is perfect as it is, or if reality can be EVEN BETTER than the dream! Making that leap is its own high, but landing on your feet and not on your ass just makes the high very very special.
Don’t waste time once you’ve had the dream - wake up, get up and roll the bones.
"All of us get lost in the darknessDreamers learn to steer by the starsAll of us do time in the gutterDreamers turn to look at the cars" from The Pass
Thanks, Professor!
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