Thursday, May 22, 2008

Living The Dream


It has always been my dream to be a professional musician. Over the past year I have put a great deal of energy and focus into this dream. I have devoted 2-3 hours of each day towards accomplishing my music goals. I have accumulated enough material for a demo album and will soon be putting forth an effort to publish my material. After 16 years of learning the guitar and 27 years of learning the piano, I'm finally on my way.

The hard part is not writing the material but finding good people to work with to help implement my vision. I'm now actively seeking additional musician's to work with on my projects and hope to collaborate with a few professionals to complete my work. I'm estimating another 5 months before I'll be ready to submit my completed works to the Library of Congress for copyright protection. Once that's taken care of, I'll be able to actively publish my work and pursue performance engagements in the Austin and surrounding area.

In a lifetime, we get opportunities to rise to the challenges that we so desperately seek to achieve. In those moments, we find a part of ourselves that we have always known existed, but simply never had the courage or time to become what we believe ourselves to truly be. It's liberating to know that I am facing my fears and overcoming obstacles and excuses that have prevented me from taking these steps in my life. If it is to be, it's up to me. We are all the masters of our own destiny. The choices we make defines our path. For the first time in my life, I'm living my dream.

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