It always comes down to one thing. What is that one thing, we never really seem to know. It is something that gets in our way, or decision that alters what we are currently doing and where we'll go. I believe that every decision we make should lead to the best, nine out of ten times it does. There is always that one time that we do something so stupid we have to go back to square one. The fact is amazing. I can't wait till I really get hit with a dose of reality and see how I will handle it. That time is drawing so near as I prepare to move out. I made that decision that believe will help me.
My time line until move out starts in a few weeks. It all starts in November when I will be out searching for a car, I have an idea of what I want. Of course I need to pick what is going to be best for the environment. November also brings up the whole going through the room and getting rid of stuff I do not need any more. Then probably right after the semester ends I start packing all my stuff up and prepare to enter a life I have never known. I'm excited to do something awesome.
Another move I made was I left my band, if I'll say this until I vomit so be it. It has been one of the best decisions I have made in a very, very long time. Yes, I am an unemployed singer/guitar player/lyricist, but my life quality has greatly improved. I don't want to be something I'm not. I am not a druggie, I am not a fake individual even though I put up a facade while I was in the band. I just want to be who I am. A down to earth, chill dude with a lot to live for and has great ambition. I will not be thrown into a scene like that again. Then again, that scene is dead.
One of the small bands that was leading the way in that 80's glam revival has apparently lost it's singer. Which I find hysterical, one because he sucked, and two because it is again a sign of the times. I talked to the guitar player when I saw them in November of last year, and he was telling how he was getting into, drum roll please, Rise Against.
Wait...
An 80's glam revival guitarist was getting into Rise Against, this is blasphemous according to their scenes standards. Punk rock shouldn't cross that glam line. It was, and I have a feeling that this change of influence may have lead to the demise of this band. Or the singer just realized he sucked.
These people that are so tied into this glam rock revival need to see what qualifies for a real singer. First off you have to be able to sing acoustic, and not have the same voice you do with an electric band behind you. It doesn't sound good, and straining to hit that Vince Neil high not is not really cool anymore Modern music has gotten sick of people trying to do that. Honestly, I hated doing that when I sung, I like screaming, but I hate singing high. I'm a tenor, not a alto or anything above. I'm not operatic either, and would never want to be, they sound like shit.
I'm going to be me, sing with heart soul and emotion. If you don' like that, well then too damn bad. I will go else where. The guys that sing like I do, the heart and soul guys, tend to be better off. They don't kill their voice, and the emotion in the song is so much better captured. Just look at Strike Anywhere, and Thomas Barnett.
I would rather be a loser, than a fake popular. I want to be me, and not some falsely advertised person. It is tough to find people that are that way these days. I know a few, but they are so rare. If you will give me your heart and soul, and your real individuality, I will give you my all and my heart and soul in return.
Tonight we drink to those who are real, and who are living with a purpose. We mourn the loss of those who have been sucked into society of today. To them we say good-bye, and to the new individuals we shall meet along the way, we toast to clear skies ahead. Goodnight..-SS
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