Well, hello Rodeo Republic! I hope you all are doing well! I know, I am. It's been awhile, since I've been on here, so I wanted to pop on and give everyone an update, as to what has been going on.
We moved on from the Happy Armadillo fiasco, and played two shows, back on February 15th & 16th. On February 15th, we invaded the Oui Lounge, and had a great time. Their were some wild women at this gig, and we like wild women! The next night, we traveled down south to Glen Rose, for a show at Hollywood & Vine. This was supposed to be an outdoor show, but alas, the weather was not cooperating again, and we had to move it indoors. We will be back at Hollywood & Vine on March 23rd, and hopefully the weather will be nice, and we can move it outdoors. They have an awesome outdoor patio area, with a huge elevated stage. I'm dying to play on it. For more details on these gigs, please check out Roy's blog here http://royholliday.blogspot.com He goes into more detail on each and every show, that we play, or not play, in the case of the Happy Armadillo. Ok, that's it, I'm done mentioning the Happy Armadillo. They've received enough free pub, from us.
Moving along, aside from the two aforementioned gigs, we've pretty much spent the month of February, working on the new album. We are in the home stretch, and I'm so excited, I can barely contain myself. I finished up all of my guitar parts and backing vocals, this past weekend. We might have to go back in and do an overdub or two, but the heavy lifting is done. Roy still has some vocals to record, and maybe a piano solo on one of the new songs! I'm really pushing for this, so if you see or talk to him, encourage him to do it! Other then that, we are entering the mastering stage. This will take several weeks to complete, but we are still on target for an April 2nd release date. As of press time, 7 of the 13 songs are mastered. That means, that they are completely done!
We are currently running a poll on our Facebook page http://m.facebook.com/sanddollarrodeo to see what song you think should be the lead single from the new album. The nominees are the title track entitled "GPS To Nowhere", another one called "I'll Just Have A Beer", and a slower one called "Tailgate To The Beach". Please visit our Facebook page, follow the link to listen to the songs, and vote for your favorite. We will also be releasing a song called "What Kind Of Life Is This" to Beach Front Radio. They specialize in Trop Rock music, and this song seems to be going over well, amongst the Parrot Heads. The album will be available via itunes, Amazon, and all the other online retailers. We will also have CD's available, if you prefer that.
In other news, we are excited to announce that Sherry Jane Cooke Publishing, is going to publish an interview with us. You can find Sherry's website here http://sherryjanecook.com I'm not sure when the interview will be available, but we will announce it everywhere, once we have a date.
The last bit of news, that I would like to share, is that we have a big show coming up this weekend, at the Across The Street Bar, in Dallas. Across The Street is located at 5625 SMU Blvd., Dallas, TX 75206. We will be co-headlining this show with some good friends. They are also a duo, called August & J. They are promoting their latest album, entitled "40". August & J will also be appearing at South By Southwest, in Austin, later this month. You can check out more information on them, at their official website located here http://www.augustandj.com Also joining us, on this night, will be the 5 Hands Band. They will kick things off around 9:30pm. So grab a friend, date, spouse or significant other, go eat some dinner, and then come out and join us all, for a night of fun! Our set, will consist of a heavy dose of songs from the upcoming album. We are really excited about the show, as well as playing Dallas, for the first time.
Ok, that's it for now. Thanks for reading, and I'll talk to ya soon!
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Paying The Dues
Well, hello there! As the title of my blog states, it's purpose is to chronicle the journey of Sand Dollar Rodeo. I want to give you, the reader, a sort of inside view of what goes on, behind the scenes.
As you may know, a journey is usually never, a smooth trip. If it is smooth sailing all the way, then I'm not so sure it would qualify as a journey. Whether, you go to school, build a business, or work a job, their are usually challenges associated with these types of endeavors. Not every day, week, or month is going to be smooth sailing. Your going to have times when it's tough, frustrating, and seemingly unfair.
This past week, was one of those weeks for Roy, Cisco, and me. I was so frustrated, stressed, and exhausted, that I considered not sharing on the blog, this week. My thinking was, the blog, needs to have positive, uplifting posts, and this past week was anything but that. It finally hit me, this past Thurday though, duh! The name of my blog is Sifting for Sand Dollars, A Musical JOURNEY! As stated before, in my eyes, a journey will be full of ups and downs. Every day, is not going to be perfect. With that being said, I feel like I would be doing my readers a disservice, if all I shared were the great things, that were happening to us. It dosen't paint an honest picture, and that was my whole purpose, in starting this blog. I can tell you though, that I have been totally honest, on all of my previous blog posts. Everything has pretty much been, hunky dory, so far. I was kind of surprised, that it took this long, to run into some adversity.
We had a gig scheduled, this past Saturday, February 2nd, at a place called the Happy Armadillo. It is located in Everman, Texas. We were scheduled to go on at 9pm. The place was about a 30 minute drive, from my house. We planned to be their at 7pm, to set up, soundcheck, and get ready to play. This means that I needed to start loading up, at about 6pm, or so.
Well, as luck would have it, I was running a little behind schedule. This seems to be a common theme, with me. I have no idea why, it is what it is. It drives my wife crazy, though. I don't blame her, it would probably me crazy, if I was on the other end of it. She says that me, my son, and my oldest daugher, are the biggest "piddlers", that she knows. She says it's like herding cattle, to get us all out of the house. When Roy and I record, I usually start getting ready about 30 minutes earlier, then need be. I'm usually, always early, or right on time, when I do this. I don't want to have him sitting around, waiting on me.
Anyway, I seem to be running about 15 minutes behind, or so, as I am cruising down the highway. My mind was totally on the gig, when all of a sudden, an officer of the law is tailing me, with lights and sirens blasting. My first thought was, "They are probably mistaking me for someone else." The reason I was thinking this, is because of the siren. In my vast experience with police stops, I've never been pulled over, with the full siren going. Usually, it's just the lights flashing. If the siren is going, I'm thinking, that must be something serious. Well, I know that I've not commited any crimes, so I'm thinking he will check my information, and send me on my way.
I pull over, and the officer approaches me, on my passenger side, because we are in a construction zone. If he would have come up on the driver's side, he would have, most likely, been hit by oncoming traffic. He says, "Good evening sir. I'm officer so and so." I couldn't remenber his name. He continued, "Do you know what the speed limit is through here?" I replied, "65?" I knew this was wrong, but I figured, maybe play dumb, and he would let me off with a warning. He said, "No sir, this is a construction zone, and the speed limit is 50. I was in the right lane, and you blew by me, like I was standing still. Did you not see me?" I answered, "No sir, I sure didn't." At this time, I'm thinking, just be honest with the guy, and maybe he will let me off. I really had no idea, that I had passed a DPS officer. That's kind of scary, in and of itself, isn't it? Where the hell, was my head at? He continued on, "I had to hit 76 mph to catch you. Where are you going, in such a hurray?" I explained that I was driving to a gig, and was running a little bit behind. He said, "Ok, I'll be back in a minute." I proceeded to text my wife, to let her know what was going on. The officer came back and said, "Ok, I've cited you for speeding, 73 in a 50." I figured I would ask, although I figured it would do no good, "Can you please, just give me a warning? I promise, I will slow it down." He responded, "Not for no 23 mph, over the limit. I can't do that." He went on, "You have a good gig, and please slow it down." "Great!", I thought. Now, all of my gig money for tonight, will be going towards this ticket.
I continued on, and made it to Everman, without further incident. Roy was already there, and had started setting up the P.A. I got the lay of the land, and then started unloading my gear. Their was a really nice waitress, that kept coming up to us, and asking if we needed anything, or any help setting up! I was pretty shocked at this. I've never had an offer like this, at a dive bar. I told Roy, "This could be a great night." He agreed, and we were looking forward to playing. Cisco arrived a short time later, and set up his percussion set. Their were only about 10 customers in the place, at this time. The waitress came back again, and I asked her if the place usually gets busier then this. She said, "It just depends. I've seen it stay about like this all night, and other nights, it will be packed." I decided, I wasn't going to worry about it. We would have a good time, regardless, of how many people showed up.
We moved on to soundcheck. As I've stated before, we do use sequencers, in our live shows. It's a pretty common practice, these days. U2, for example, who are still one of the biggest bands in the world, uses them. The first thing we do, during soundcheck, is to get the levels for the sequencers. We usually use one of our originals, called What Happens Now, or one of our covers, called Postcard, to get the sequencer levels. This night, we also used another original called Carry Me Home. By this time, it was about 8:45. We were pretty much ready to go. A few minutes later, one of the other waitresses, I'll call her the "head waitress", came over and said, that some of the crowd was complaining about us. She went on to say, that her manager was told that we would be playing country and classic rock. I explained that we have plenty of country songs, that we can do, but we are not a classic rock band. Roy went on to explain, that if they are judging us totally off of our sequencer levels, then they are way off base. All we were doing, was getting levels set. Roy had barely sung anything, and I had hardly played a note, on the guitar. Cisco asked to speak to her manager, and of course, the waitress said that she was unavailable. He asked, "Is she here?" The waitress replied, "Yes, but she is off duty." The waitress, was clearly, not going to rat out her chicken shit manager, who was too much of a coward to come and talk to us herself. I went on and explained that we do play originals too, as you should be aware. She looked at me, like I had grown a second head. "Oh, that's not gonna go over well here, at all." I was really annoyed by this point, and so was Cisco. You see, he had turned down another gig, with a different band, to play this one. I continued on, with the waitress, "Look, the only songs listed on our reverb page are originals! Did you guys even pay attention to this? Did you even listen to them? We are an original band, that will play the occasional cover for fun or filler! That's what we represent, that's what you hired!" Roy could see that this was quickly escalating, so he said, "Look, do you just want us to go?", and she responded, "I think that would be best."
From there, we proceeded to breakdown our equipment, and load it back up. In the meantime, we were all texting and calling, Marti (our booking agent). She was coming to the show, but had not made it yet. She asked us to please wait for her, and advised that she was on her way. Cisco went ahead and left. A short time later, I noticed a lady get into a truck, that was parked right outside the front door, and leave. I told Roy, "That was the manager, I guarantee it!" I had a few other choice words, that can't be printed here. Roy and I both deducted, that they just didn't want to pay a band that night. I guess, they were thinking, that they would not have enough business to offset our cost. Marti arrived a short time later, with her daughter, and they walked inside to speak with the staff. I knew nothing would change, but I appreciate Marti going to battle for us, and being there.
The final kick-in-the-nuts, of the evening, occured a few minutes later, as a police officer pulled into the parking lot. Roy and I were finishing our impromptu meeting with Marti, and sipping on some bottled water. The officer approached and said, "Hey guys, we received a call that their were people loitering out her in the parking lot, and drinking beer." We raised our water bottles to him, and he smiled. He jumped on his radio, and told his backup that everything was under control. I heard the guy, on the other end of the radio say,"Is their any drinking going on out there?" The officer at our location, radioed back, "Yeah, lots of Dasani bottled water." The officer was clearly irritated with the bar, apologized to us, and went inside. I would have loved, to have heard what transpired inside. On that note, we headed home. To read more about this non-gig, check out Roy's blog here http://royholliday.blogspot.com
On the way home, I was already strategizing our next move. Roy was doing the same thing, although neither of us realized it, until the next morning. We communicate a lot by email. The next morning, I emailed him a list of venues, that cater to original music. I also told him that I did not want to do anymore 9pm-1am bar gigs. I went on to explain that, at these places, we are basically a live jukebox, and our originals are getting buried, amongst all the covers. He emailed back, and said he was doing the exact same thing that I was, and agreed with my assessement, totally. We will, of course, honor all of our commitments that are on the books, but going forward, we will be pursuing more concert-type bookings. We bombarded Marti with a bunch of ideas, and the types of venues, we wanted to play.
I wanna stop right here, and just say that, Marti has done a great job for us. I don't blame her for the Happy Armadillo fiasco, or the Buffalo West cancellation. Sometimes, things are just beyond your control. I'm also not griping, or putting down any of the places, that we are booked at. I don't want anyone to get the idea, that we think we are "too good to play there." That's not the case at all. This has sort of been a trial and error, for all of us. Your are never gonna know about these things, until you get out and try it. Some of the places, that we are booked at, seem to want mostly covers, or all covers. Again, I don't blame Marti for this. We do not have a single cover tune recorded, anywhere. When Marti submits for us, she is submitting original material. If the venue dosen't pay attention or listen to us beforehand, I'm not sure what else we can do.
It can be a real Catch-22, when you go the original music route. Their can be some real lean nights, as far as money is concerned. Most of the time, you are playing for the door, so it all depends on how many people come to see you. A lot of places will let you come in, and open for a headliner. In many cases, the opener is not paid a dime. They can sell merchandise, and hope to gain some fans though.
In the cover music scene, you will get a guaranteed rate. Most places, that have cover bands, do not charge a cover charge to get in. These places are typically dive bars, restaurants, and sports bars. These places normally have a built in crowd. The people that come to these places, wanna get their drink on, play some pool or darts, and maybe do a little dancing. As stated earlier, you are pretty much their live jukebox.
Money is not the motivation for doing this. If your motivation is solely money, then music is the wrong field to get into. Roy and I have greater aspirations, then just being a bar band. Although, their is nothing wrong with that, it's just not for Roy and I. We understand, that in the beginning, it may not compensate us as well as a cover gig would. We also understand that it will take a lot of hard work and determination, and we are both ok, with that. We find it much more fulfilling to write, record, and perform our own music. That to me, is more important then money.
Marti asked for a conference call, this past week. Roy and I were both a little nervous about this, as we were not sure, what it was going to be about. Really, all it boiled down to, was for us to strategize, and get a gameplan together for the future. Marti has been great, and she is adjusting with us. She just wanted to make sure that we were all on the same page, going forward. She books several other bands, and we are all very different. We all have our own goals and aspirations, and she works hard, to make sure that they are all met.
I've also come to the realization, that not everyone is going to like us. I had a hard time with this, at first. Their is nothing I can do about it though, and that's ok. Heck, even the biggest bands in the world, have people that don't care for them. My wife can't stand Metallica, and they've seemed to have done ok. I'm just going to continue the journey. I know their will be bumps in the road, along the way. Roy says, "This is just part of it, and think of it as, paying our dues." Roy and I also agree, that the Happy Armadillo fiasco, may have been the best thing to happen to us. It sort of slapped us in the face, and made us really re-evaluate everything.
We have some really exciting ideas, that we are discussing. Other then that, we just plan to enjoy the ride. We have no idea where this journey will take us. One thing I'm finding out though, is you never know what's going to be around the next corner. Roy and I feel that if we stay true to our vision, then good things will happen.
Well, that's all I have for now. As always, thanks for reading, and I will talk to you soon!
As you may know, a journey is usually never, a smooth trip. If it is smooth sailing all the way, then I'm not so sure it would qualify as a journey. Whether, you go to school, build a business, or work a job, their are usually challenges associated with these types of endeavors. Not every day, week, or month is going to be smooth sailing. Your going to have times when it's tough, frustrating, and seemingly unfair.
This past week, was one of those weeks for Roy, Cisco, and me. I was so frustrated, stressed, and exhausted, that I considered not sharing on the blog, this week. My thinking was, the blog, needs to have positive, uplifting posts, and this past week was anything but that. It finally hit me, this past Thurday though, duh! The name of my blog is Sifting for Sand Dollars, A Musical JOURNEY! As stated before, in my eyes, a journey will be full of ups and downs. Every day, is not going to be perfect. With that being said, I feel like I would be doing my readers a disservice, if all I shared were the great things, that were happening to us. It dosen't paint an honest picture, and that was my whole purpose, in starting this blog. I can tell you though, that I have been totally honest, on all of my previous blog posts. Everything has pretty much been, hunky dory, so far. I was kind of surprised, that it took this long, to run into some adversity.
We had a gig scheduled, this past Saturday, February 2nd, at a place called the Happy Armadillo. It is located in Everman, Texas. We were scheduled to go on at 9pm. The place was about a 30 minute drive, from my house. We planned to be their at 7pm, to set up, soundcheck, and get ready to play. This means that I needed to start loading up, at about 6pm, or so.
Well, as luck would have it, I was running a little behind schedule. This seems to be a common theme, with me. I have no idea why, it is what it is. It drives my wife crazy, though. I don't blame her, it would probably me crazy, if I was on the other end of it. She says that me, my son, and my oldest daugher, are the biggest "piddlers", that she knows. She says it's like herding cattle, to get us all out of the house. When Roy and I record, I usually start getting ready about 30 minutes earlier, then need be. I'm usually, always early, or right on time, when I do this. I don't want to have him sitting around, waiting on me.
Anyway, I seem to be running about 15 minutes behind, or so, as I am cruising down the highway. My mind was totally on the gig, when all of a sudden, an officer of the law is tailing me, with lights and sirens blasting. My first thought was, "They are probably mistaking me for someone else." The reason I was thinking this, is because of the siren. In my vast experience with police stops, I've never been pulled over, with the full siren going. Usually, it's just the lights flashing. If the siren is going, I'm thinking, that must be something serious. Well, I know that I've not commited any crimes, so I'm thinking he will check my information, and send me on my way.
I pull over, and the officer approaches me, on my passenger side, because we are in a construction zone. If he would have come up on the driver's side, he would have, most likely, been hit by oncoming traffic. He says, "Good evening sir. I'm officer so and so." I couldn't remenber his name. He continued, "Do you know what the speed limit is through here?" I replied, "65?" I knew this was wrong, but I figured, maybe play dumb, and he would let me off with a warning. He said, "No sir, this is a construction zone, and the speed limit is 50. I was in the right lane, and you blew by me, like I was standing still. Did you not see me?" I answered, "No sir, I sure didn't." At this time, I'm thinking, just be honest with the guy, and maybe he will let me off. I really had no idea, that I had passed a DPS officer. That's kind of scary, in and of itself, isn't it? Where the hell, was my head at? He continued on, "I had to hit 76 mph to catch you. Where are you going, in such a hurray?" I explained that I was driving to a gig, and was running a little bit behind. He said, "Ok, I'll be back in a minute." I proceeded to text my wife, to let her know what was going on. The officer came back and said, "Ok, I've cited you for speeding, 73 in a 50." I figured I would ask, although I figured it would do no good, "Can you please, just give me a warning? I promise, I will slow it down." He responded, "Not for no 23 mph, over the limit. I can't do that." He went on, "You have a good gig, and please slow it down." "Great!", I thought. Now, all of my gig money for tonight, will be going towards this ticket.
I continued on, and made it to Everman, without further incident. Roy was already there, and had started setting up the P.A. I got the lay of the land, and then started unloading my gear. Their was a really nice waitress, that kept coming up to us, and asking if we needed anything, or any help setting up! I was pretty shocked at this. I've never had an offer like this, at a dive bar. I told Roy, "This could be a great night." He agreed, and we were looking forward to playing. Cisco arrived a short time later, and set up his percussion set. Their were only about 10 customers in the place, at this time. The waitress came back again, and I asked her if the place usually gets busier then this. She said, "It just depends. I've seen it stay about like this all night, and other nights, it will be packed." I decided, I wasn't going to worry about it. We would have a good time, regardless, of how many people showed up.
We moved on to soundcheck. As I've stated before, we do use sequencers, in our live shows. It's a pretty common practice, these days. U2, for example, who are still one of the biggest bands in the world, uses them. The first thing we do, during soundcheck, is to get the levels for the sequencers. We usually use one of our originals, called What Happens Now, or one of our covers, called Postcard, to get the sequencer levels. This night, we also used another original called Carry Me Home. By this time, it was about 8:45. We were pretty much ready to go. A few minutes later, one of the other waitresses, I'll call her the "head waitress", came over and said, that some of the crowd was complaining about us. She went on to say, that her manager was told that we would be playing country and classic rock. I explained that we have plenty of country songs, that we can do, but we are not a classic rock band. Roy went on to explain, that if they are judging us totally off of our sequencer levels, then they are way off base. All we were doing, was getting levels set. Roy had barely sung anything, and I had hardly played a note, on the guitar. Cisco asked to speak to her manager, and of course, the waitress said that she was unavailable. He asked, "Is she here?" The waitress replied, "Yes, but she is off duty." The waitress, was clearly, not going to rat out her chicken shit manager, who was too much of a coward to come and talk to us herself. I went on and explained that we do play originals too, as you should be aware. She looked at me, like I had grown a second head. "Oh, that's not gonna go over well here, at all." I was really annoyed by this point, and so was Cisco. You see, he had turned down another gig, with a different band, to play this one. I continued on, with the waitress, "Look, the only songs listed on our reverb page are originals! Did you guys even pay attention to this? Did you even listen to them? We are an original band, that will play the occasional cover for fun or filler! That's what we represent, that's what you hired!" Roy could see that this was quickly escalating, so he said, "Look, do you just want us to go?", and she responded, "I think that would be best."
From there, we proceeded to breakdown our equipment, and load it back up. In the meantime, we were all texting and calling, Marti (our booking agent). She was coming to the show, but had not made it yet. She asked us to please wait for her, and advised that she was on her way. Cisco went ahead and left. A short time later, I noticed a lady get into a truck, that was parked right outside the front door, and leave. I told Roy, "That was the manager, I guarantee it!" I had a few other choice words, that can't be printed here. Roy and I both deducted, that they just didn't want to pay a band that night. I guess, they were thinking, that they would not have enough business to offset our cost. Marti arrived a short time later, with her daughter, and they walked inside to speak with the staff. I knew nothing would change, but I appreciate Marti going to battle for us, and being there.
The final kick-in-the-nuts, of the evening, occured a few minutes later, as a police officer pulled into the parking lot. Roy and I were finishing our impromptu meeting with Marti, and sipping on some bottled water. The officer approached and said, "Hey guys, we received a call that their were people loitering out her in the parking lot, and drinking beer." We raised our water bottles to him, and he smiled. He jumped on his radio, and told his backup that everything was under control. I heard the guy, on the other end of the radio say,"Is their any drinking going on out there?" The officer at our location, radioed back, "Yeah, lots of Dasani bottled water." The officer was clearly irritated with the bar, apologized to us, and went inside. I would have loved, to have heard what transpired inside. On that note, we headed home. To read more about this non-gig, check out Roy's blog here http://royholliday.blogspot.com
On the way home, I was already strategizing our next move. Roy was doing the same thing, although neither of us realized it, until the next morning. We communicate a lot by email. The next morning, I emailed him a list of venues, that cater to original music. I also told him that I did not want to do anymore 9pm-1am bar gigs. I went on to explain that, at these places, we are basically a live jukebox, and our originals are getting buried, amongst all the covers. He emailed back, and said he was doing the exact same thing that I was, and agreed with my assessement, totally. We will, of course, honor all of our commitments that are on the books, but going forward, we will be pursuing more concert-type bookings. We bombarded Marti with a bunch of ideas, and the types of venues, we wanted to play.
I wanna stop right here, and just say that, Marti has done a great job for us. I don't blame her for the Happy Armadillo fiasco, or the Buffalo West cancellation. Sometimes, things are just beyond your control. I'm also not griping, or putting down any of the places, that we are booked at. I don't want anyone to get the idea, that we think we are "too good to play there." That's not the case at all. This has sort of been a trial and error, for all of us. Your are never gonna know about these things, until you get out and try it. Some of the places, that we are booked at, seem to want mostly covers, or all covers. Again, I don't blame Marti for this. We do not have a single cover tune recorded, anywhere. When Marti submits for us, she is submitting original material. If the venue dosen't pay attention or listen to us beforehand, I'm not sure what else we can do.
It can be a real Catch-22, when you go the original music route. Their can be some real lean nights, as far as money is concerned. Most of the time, you are playing for the door, so it all depends on how many people come to see you. A lot of places will let you come in, and open for a headliner. In many cases, the opener is not paid a dime. They can sell merchandise, and hope to gain some fans though.
In the cover music scene, you will get a guaranteed rate. Most places, that have cover bands, do not charge a cover charge to get in. These places are typically dive bars, restaurants, and sports bars. These places normally have a built in crowd. The people that come to these places, wanna get their drink on, play some pool or darts, and maybe do a little dancing. As stated earlier, you are pretty much their live jukebox.
Money is not the motivation for doing this. If your motivation is solely money, then music is the wrong field to get into. Roy and I have greater aspirations, then just being a bar band. Although, their is nothing wrong with that, it's just not for Roy and I. We understand, that in the beginning, it may not compensate us as well as a cover gig would. We also understand that it will take a lot of hard work and determination, and we are both ok, with that. We find it much more fulfilling to write, record, and perform our own music. That to me, is more important then money.
Marti asked for a conference call, this past week. Roy and I were both a little nervous about this, as we were not sure, what it was going to be about. Really, all it boiled down to, was for us to strategize, and get a gameplan together for the future. Marti has been great, and she is adjusting with us. She just wanted to make sure that we were all on the same page, going forward. She books several other bands, and we are all very different. We all have our own goals and aspirations, and she works hard, to make sure that they are all met.
I've also come to the realization, that not everyone is going to like us. I had a hard time with this, at first. Their is nothing I can do about it though, and that's ok. Heck, even the biggest bands in the world, have people that don't care for them. My wife can't stand Metallica, and they've seemed to have done ok. I'm just going to continue the journey. I know their will be bumps in the road, along the way. Roy says, "This is just part of it, and think of it as, paying our dues." Roy and I also agree, that the Happy Armadillo fiasco, may have been the best thing to happen to us. It sort of slapped us in the face, and made us really re-evaluate everything.
We have some really exciting ideas, that we are discussing. Other then that, we just plan to enjoy the ride. We have no idea where this journey will take us. One thing I'm finding out though, is you never know what's going to be around the next corner. Roy and I feel that if we stay true to our vision, then good things will happen.
Well, that's all I have for now. As always, thanks for reading, and I will talk to you soon!
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