Thanks for your kind thoughts. I've been using this blog to think out loud. To explain my life. As much to me as to you. I've chosen to express these thoughts as part of my voice in this world. That being said I now realize something that I've been wrestling with for some time now. I've been feeling burnt out by the music business. But the truth is playing music energizes me. I feel good when I am in the middle of a song and people's heads are bobbing, hands clapping and feet stomping. I LOVE it when the applause washes over me. I know that I was put on this Earth to create song and to sing.

So what was causing the wear and tear? Everything that gets in the way of art. I have filled my life (literally) with tasks and obligations that suck every last second out of my artistic life and that suck every ounce of my creative energy away. I've done this in the name of financial security. In the end what I've done is shackle myself to low paying jobs that simply take away the joy of music.

I have hinted in this blog that I may give up. I know now that will never happen. Instead I will dig deeper and go further into the unknown. I have come to far to turn back now. I don't often turn around and see how much I have done or how far I have travelled. But I have been doing that lately. I must keep going...if not for the hope of reward, simply for the journey. When I was young I dreamed of flying and of ocean voyages. I dreamed of adventure and what a grand adventure I am on.