I have been thinking today about the direction of my life. For so many years, I have relied on others for my successes...or failures...not having much control over the outcome. Music business is like that because it is rarely a one man...or woman...show. There are agents, managers, record labels, venues...all people and things beyond your control. If you think about it, it is a very precarious way in which to live, because there is so little certainty to be had in being almost completely dependent on others for both your present and your future. Because of this, I have decided to open myself to new adventures; a new way of looking at myself and the ways in which I can experience life through this body that I have been given. Over the years, I have come to see myself as more than a musician. Most of my life, in fact, has not been spent playing music at all. If I add up all of the years I actually recorded and toured, it would come to only 7 years. That is 7 years out of 57, and yet music is the only thing I have been associated with in the minds of many people. How odd! I have opened the blog portion of this page as part of that journey into self discovery, and at this point, I am very interested in pursuing opportunities as a writer. I don't know how this will work out for me...and in some ways, I also don't want to get caught up in the same narrow field of expectations and disappointments. Right now, I am a leaf in the wind, and I am open to letting life write me for a change. :-)