It's been a while since I'd felt recognised for what I do for my music, until last night. I had got chatting with some ex-students that I'd met before, more in passing but they had seen me perform before. It was amazing to hear from them that they find me inspirational, I mean they are much younger than me and they spoke it so grown up. Respect is a big thing for me as it goes far but I really appreciated the kind words. I shiver at the word "talented" sometimes but never refuse it as a compliment. I work hard for what I do and I'm glad they see it in someway, or maybe not.
It's reminder of how far I've come and something I will never forget. These eight last eight years have been a musical journey and one that is ever changing its path. I still don't quite know where I'm going but for someone younger than me to tell me that I will go far really boosted me and with my recent levels of motivation, this was something that I really needed.
I'm glad we all got chatting, some of them I'd never really had chance to speak to properly just with class and social groups and the way things are in a college setting. I've offered a couple of them a chance to work with me in a band and it works well to carry it on. The band will be for my uni project and I will write all the material and I can see potential just from talking to them which gets me excited. However, I still want to see the musicians available at hand at uni. I'm starting to get to know and fit in with some folk but it's a hard turn pushing in and is something I don't really do. I'm patient and generally seem to wait for interest which is probably a bad thing but it's sort of working.
In other news things are getting busy. I'm a little behind with my research project but I know what I'm doing and my recording project is coming along really well and I have two bands booked in the next couple of weeks (Left Hand Lane and Red Six) that will count towards this module. Some, admittedly are back up plans but I'd rather have more, than less. I've already recorded artists at this point, Nottingham band The Jellyfish are Calling and Pianist Marcus Livingston. I received feedback on both today so I have some new pointers to guide me.
