It's still a growing process after all of these years. I mean, I don't know it if every ceases to be one, but it is the case with us. I don't know how long it is been since Me, Raymond, and Mike decided to get the studio space together and to try creating music on our own (maybe a year and half…longer?! - I would have to check that out), but what it boils down to is that we almost essentially feel like we are at square one. It might very well be the case, it might not, it all depends on how you look at things I guess.
Things haven't moved as we probably all hope it would. For whatever reason, things get pushed back, postponed, or what ever, but that is ok…that stuff happens. We just have to make sure that we stay on top of things. We probably lost a little time. You can probably say that we dragged our feet a little this year, but there has been situations (mostly work related situations) that have caused this to happen. Ok, there isn't much we can do about this, outside of looking for a new jobs. So, we all deal with it the best we can. In my mind, this has got to be the biggest contributor to slowing us down.
Every so often we realize what is going on and have to step back and have an open discussion of sorts. We talk about what has happened and try to map out something's. I think that we are pretty good at that. We all know what needs to be done. At the same time, it is good to have that open forum. It's a relief to know that we are all on the same page, or seem to be any how. We had to do this again this past Thursday, which just so happen to come after a not-so-great practice (on Tuesday). It was very positive, and necessary to do.
Having said all of this, it is so cool and such a great feeling to see this thing grow, not matter how slow that might be. I mean it has started from nothing...no direction, no plan, just nothing, and has started to take some sort of shape. Sure, we have a long, long way to go, but already you can see that some positive things have happen, and it will continue to get better, I have no doubt about that. I think that we have grown, musically, from when we initially got in the studio and plugged in. You can see and hear that. We still have to find our identity, and which direction, musically that we plan on going in. That is going to be the exciting part. Watching it continue to grow and move. From this point on, I think that we are going to "get back on the horse" and start to make things happen.
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Such a fitting title! It’s a slow paced ride in an otherwise fast paced world. Nevertheless, we’re making progress. Despite the “not so good” practice, I felt good about coming together and discussing the challenges that lie ahead and understanding what steps we need to take in order to overcome them. It’s not always going to be easy, but as long as we continue to push and inspire one another we’re really going to make something special and not just in developing our own natural abilities musically, but by taking on these challenges and really working to unify our goals, we’re really going to make some serious improvements in our lives all together.
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