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Opening Salvos

As it sits, today is the 24th of July, 2010. I'll be thirty in twelve days. Not sure how I feel about that. What I can say with certainty is that I've devoted my entire adult life to Rock & Roll, in some way, shape, or form. All of my teenage years too, for that matter. In my fifteen years of playing guitar, I've written some decent songs, been a part of some amazing musical experiences, and left far too much unfinished. in the next 377 days, I'd like to start changing that.

I'm happy to say that I don't feel like a Rock & Roll "has been," but saddened to admit that I very much DO feel like a Rock & Roll "never was." What I'd like to be is a Rock & Roll "haven't yet."

I've also become something else along the way. A critic. Maybe it's because of where I work. Maybe it's because of how much I listen to. But I'm tired of being the critic who hasn't added anything of substance to that which I carry so close to my heart. (It's okay if you're noticing a bit of "High Fidelity" in here, I am too).

1) Practice. Every day. And KEEP A RECORD of it.
2) Continue to focus on the project I do have going on right now (and hopefully finish off the old one that still haunts me).

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3) Keep myself accountable. Even if nobody reads it but me.

That's all for now. Next time, a bit on the current project.

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