So I’m back from a little stint of having a lot to say but not knowing how to say it.  I ended up leaving my band Flight To Athena in late July for a number of reasons, but the main reason being I wasn’t into it like I used to be.  I came to the conclussion that I was holding on to it because I had been doing it for so long I didn’t know how to let go.  I was blinded by my shear determination to “make it” that I forgot to have fun in the process which is the most important aspect of being a musician. 

That being said and off my chest, I am in what I refer to as a transitional period of my life right now.  Where do I go now and what do I do?  I’ve been playing in bands since I was 15 and that was my sole dream in life…to make it as a professional musician.  Don’t get me wrong, I still love music, playing and writing it but in a different form.  I’ve been writing a lot of acoustic stuff that I’m extremely happy about.  But what I’ve been mulling over the past couple of months is where do I want to venture out to now?  Do I want start my own business or get back into the workforce?  Do I want to write a book, or be a songwriter or try stand up comedy?  To all of them…yes (the comedy thing I think would just be fun, good or bad people will laugh at me).  I think I’m going to try it all.  I’m not going to hold back and I’m going to put myself out there for success or failure.  Most every successful person you speak with, they’ll tell you its their failures they learned the most from and motivated them to get where they are today.  So I’ll be writing a lot more on here from now on and most will not be about me and what I’m doing.  More so about opinions and insight as to whats going on around me.

As always, I live, I love, I am…

-SP