Well, as my friend Justin pointed out in his blog, Halloween is right around the corner. This year, my life has been more tricks than treats, sorry to say. But, I'm not writing this to dwell on past sorrows.
Here's what's happened since I last wrote: I had several emotional crashes due to the apparent loss of my best friend. I have a surrogate son in England who gave me a much-needed kick in the ass and told me I need to stop trying to get Keith to communicate with me, and I have. It's hard to let go of a six-year friendship, especially when Keith and I went through so much together - one rock band and album, two of my solo albums, and an album of covers that's now stalled. That's just the musical side. On the personal side, Keith and I weathered each other's ups and downs - for him, the breakup of his first long-term boy/girl relationship, family troubles, and moving out and on his own for the first time. On my side, it was the death of two of my sisters, one near Christmas '06 and my little sister this past August, plus a couple of medical setbacks.
We got through those, and I thought we could weather just about anything. I was wrong. He hasn't spoken to me since Sept. 13th, which ironically would have been my now-deceased older sister's birthday, except for a couple of generic responses on our Facebook pages that he soon deleted. So, he's apparently thrown the past six years away, and I must put them in the past and get on with things, for the sake of my own emotional wellbeing.
On the positive side - there's always at least two sides to every story - the band is rewriting itself. Our original drummer, Alex, is with us again, and we're in search of another guitarist. We had a keyboard player for about three days, then he decided he couldn't commit to rehearsing one night a week and pulled out. We haven't rehearsed since bassist Brad had a meltdown three weeks ago, which pretty much caused the breakup of the band. Brad almost instantly regretted having the meltdown, but he wasn't quick enough in telling the rest of us before Alex got another offer and was gone. But, I tasked Brad with the responsibility of putting the band together again, and he's done a great job - and found out it wasn't as easy as it looked! :) So, I've got that to look forward to. As TJ would say, it'll keep me occupied through the winter.
Teaching is going well. I may soon become a home-school teacher. More on that as things develop, if they do. The music students are all doing well.
That's pretty much it for this update. My frame of mind, which has admittedly been lousy since my fallout with Keith, is improving. Like most other things in my life, it's a day-to-day struggle. Till next time, remember that I love you all!
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it pitties me to hear what is going on......... well I am sure that your "reborn" band will more than suffice for the loss. I hope your recording goes well!