Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Re-imagining my life
Today is a cold day here in Winnipeg. Coldest day so far this winter and it's Valentine's day to boot! I've spent alot of time in the past few weeks re-imagining my life. I've spent the past 20 years knowing that I would be a professional musician and am in the rare posititon of having completed most of the dreams I had in this career. Certainly all the important dreams have been achieved. Which leaves me questioning what to do next. I started playing guitar at eighteen knowing that I would play for a living. In all those years I did many other jobs but always with the focus of playing guitar as my main priority. So now what?
What do you do when all your dreams have been achieved? I've been thinking about moving into promotions or graphic design. I'm a pretty good graphic artist and think there is lots of creative work there. I also think about the retail world and my work at Sled Dog Music. Should I try to own a store and keep working in that world? Or should I just go full steam ahead and create a new CD and tour like mad again? Anyway dear readers when I know I'll happily share it with you. For now I am bundled up against the cold enjoying a rare morning off - trying to re-imagine my life.
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Hal, I think one of the only times it's okay to give advice is when someone asks for it...
My feeling is that you should make music with your available energy, as opposed to your essential energy. That will allow music to be a journey of love and positive growth for you and your fans.
The caveat is, you need to do what it takes to have that energy available. If you can do that by just focussing on music, go for it. If owning a store lets you stay involved and well fed and still inspired, go for that!
You're still always going to make music and make your contributions, whatever you're doing.
My feeling is that you should make music with your available energy, as opposed to your essential energy. That will allow music to be a journey of love and positive growth for you and your fans.
The caveat is, you need to do what it takes to have that energy available. If you can do that by just focussing on music, go for it. If owning a store lets you stay involved and well fed and still inspired, go for that!
You're still always going to make music and make your contributions, whatever you're doing.
I've always said you have a rare gift as a songwriter. You are this generation's 'Stomping Tom' in terms of musically and poetically exploring everyday Canadian life.
It would be a shame if you didn't keep writing no matter what your day gig had to be.
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It would be a shame if you didn't keep writing no matter what your day gig had to be.
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