The past couple days have been very repetitive: get up, work on music, eat, get dressed, go to rehearsal. It's been up at 12noon, asleep at 4am. I've become addicted to caffeine again. Not a cheap addiction either. I woke up this morning with a pounding headache, I also haven't been sleeping very well lately. I've had very vivid dreams, mostly replaying things that already happened or playing out the future or band practice. I think my room has been too warm while i sleep. The thermostat is set to 67 degrees but it's in the hallway and most of the heaters are in the bed rooms. So I wake up and it's almost 80 degrees in my room. I continue to set the thermostat lower and night, but my roommates always turn it up.
Last night, Lee and I worked for a while on a new song while Laura and Kahlil sat and listened. I think the song sounds a little anthemish, but I really like the way Lee sings the lyrics I wrote. I'm hoping to start posting some video footage taken with my computer soon.
When I can't write, I tend to do other odd band things. Thinking through every aspect, every little detail. I drew up a stage plot using photoshop. I think through all this band has to accomplish this year. I think we need to tour more. It's really hard to make money doing it and it's hard for Nathan, Tim, Connor, and Tony to take off from school, but I think it's what we need. I'm worried about this part-time job I applied for at UPS. What will they say if I tell them I need a month off this summer? Ever since I started my first band in the 6th Grade, I've dreamed of having a band that can sustain itself as well as its members. If we took the floaties off and everyone dove in together, do you think we could swim? The reason I didn't continue on to college after high school was not that I wasn't smart enough, it was because I knew I couldn't have a job, go to school and dedicate myself to music. There just isn't enough hours in the day and I only have so much energy. But when does a musician decide that other non-music related jobs are too much, when do we make the leap? It's it possible to be successful with out ever having to jump?
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