Behold! [Trumpets] I have decided (yet another decision, yeah, and the trumpets are outta tune too - nonetheless, give me a chance!) I have decided that I wanna be a music guy. (Thank you, Mayer) I wanna be about (with certain reservations) guitars, sounds, jazz players, riffs, modulations, music as a tool, me as a tool, tools in general (sidetracked already!) uhh.. yeah, strings, singing techniques, singers, genres, songwriters, lyrics, concerts etc etc etc...! But wait, there's more! (Its late (again) and I should be in bed (again))
I'll calm down now.. [smile] The thing is, I was talking to a friend the other day who got all worked up about imagining my future - a good one at that - but it freaked me out! I felt really old already and I realised that if I wanted to go anywhere serious, I'd have to strap on 'em boots and get on the field. I'm hyped about being proactive, a go-getter who sets his mind on something and runs like a bat outta hell.. -would fly, but the imagery's clear enuff.
Couple the abovementioned factor with my job at Café Borgen (which is going rather well, thank you for asking) where I'm (sorta) in charge and in control, ergo my being in charge of myself, and you'll be getting near what I am thinking now:
I wanna go the places I wanna go!
I was reading a book where the first chapter was all about how many people 'got stuck' in, par example, mediocre jobs with possibility for promotions but nothing in sight. Many times this is not due to lack of skill or ability but rather lack of drive, vision and overview. Don't you have to establish where you are, where you want to go and then go there? (rhetorical questions are cheap, yes) -Whereas many of us contend with where we are (whereever that is) and only make a dull move when its getting to be that time where people around us start to ask why we aren't pursuing an education or a trade (or woteva).
I just wanna be proactive and explore how far I can actually go (and prove to one or two that I can actually go friggin-far-farther-by-far than they'd thought of me!) [angry-fella-face]
So for now I've set my sights on guitar/singing/music and I'm gonna start being proactive about surrounding myself with sources of inspiration and spending my money on relevant stuff.. :)
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I've been perusing MartingGuitar.com (Martin Guitars official website) for a couple of days now, and after recovering from the temporary blindness caused by John Mayer's signature guitar (a 0M-28, a pretty shallow body-type guitar) I've decided for a 000-28 (deeper body of course w/ much less fancy artwork and bindings) wich is coincidentially much cheaper (MartinGuiar.com set their price at US$2949 as opposed to the 0M-28 non-signature version's astonishing US$3799 which is the vintage version. Another version of the 0M-28 is the Marquis at US$4999!)
Sooo... [smile] I'm drooling already!
you are funny, see you sometime at christmas, i am in randers now
Go for whatever you want! I'll grab my pen!
;-)
Talked to Jonas all night, btw. That was great! Interesting! Funny! Inspiring! And with a twist of music! You should have joined us (where ever you were)...
I really am quite sorry I didn't join you guys for that - was quite bored but decided (for the one time in my life) to follow my ratio and go to bed.. Only I went home and got caught in a book about Modernity and the Hegelian legacy by an Indian author! There's something about those Indians! They analyze the state of the west with less bias than any westerners do.. luv-it!
Oh well, do give me a proper ring next time there's wine, music and spirited talks, eh!? ;)
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