Spinning Back Up

Y’know after you turn off your computer and it whirs to a stop. And then it sits there in silence until sometime later you hit the on button, and there’s maybe a beep and the sound of your hard disk spinning up? That’s kinda the sound in my brain right now.

I did it. Project “Get My Act Together” (click to download the PowerPoint presentation I did during the first set.) is complete and a huge success, in my estimation. I stepped forward a year ago to generate the materials I needed to show up in the world as a professional musician.

Nine distinct deliverables including a new website, demo, press kit, and last Friday’s “Lights Out On Broadway” show. An epic night that is still being played back in 5 second snippets in my mind.

My triple debut was attended by 204 people. First time with a band, first public performance of my next video “(I Know Why You’re) Semper Fi”, and the first public performance of the project immediately following “Semper Fi,” a song called “Missing”.

I definitely learned a lot about taking too much on. While it all went off and I’ve been getting all kinds of great feedback, one of the things I’m clear about is that I took too much on. Video recording, multi-track audio recording, lighting, projection, powerpoints AND rehearsing my first-ever band a mere 4 weeks (finding the bass player was hard!!!)… too much. Francesca at the Broadway Studios had a much more rock-n-roll appropriate way of putting it, but I won’t repeat it here…

Anyway, I’m kinda over myself now – I had my big moment in the spotlight and now I’m feeling like what I really, really want to do is find a hole-in-the-wall joint with a piano and microphone and play a couple hours every week. I don’t care if it’s 4 o’clock on Tuesdays to one half-conscious drunk and a bored bartender.

I’ll have pics and videos this weekend, maybe. I haven’t looked at ’em yet, and if they’re presentable, I’ll post ’em. Bear in mind – first big show…

Getting ready to launch “Semper Fi” in the next couple of weeks. I’m chilling (I think) this weekend (I’m starting to get psyched about cranking on Semper Fi stuff in my supposedly “all-to-myself-weekend-off’), then gonna start shit up on Monday. I want to have the video well out into the world by Memorial Day.

If you’d like to help make that happen, please Join the I-Team !!!

Peace out, y’all.