Purpose

I've been reading other people's blogs again.

People who I don't even know.

People who may not even exist for all I know.

But the weird thing is, I take comfort in their blogs and I find them strangely inspiring.

The thing about these blogs I like is these people have a purpose. And whatever shit happens to them along the way, they are still on the way to something. I think maybe I should try this.

So... a purpose... hmmmm.
I guess I could go with the obvious one: become a successful singer.
So now I just need a plan (hey, this is easy! Why didn't I think of this earlier? My life could've been so much simpler!)

Okay... think... plan...

Step one:

Find some good musicians.
Okay, I can do this. I'll put some ads up around the Uni's, ask some musician friends. Yeah, this step is definitely achievable.

Step two:

Write some songs.
I even have a few up my sleeve already. I just need to bribe some nice young English boy to let me use his piano regularly and I can do this too.

(So far so good...)

Step three:

Rehearse the songs.
So this is where it starts to become tricky. To achieve this I need musicians willing to rehearse and a room bigger enough to fit them all in.

Step four:

Record demo.
This will require some organising and money on my part. Need a studio, an sound engineer and money to pay for both.

Step five:

Take promotional shots.
This is easy - hire Kati.

Step six:

Get gigs.
This is the point that I always fall down. This requires a lot of sellling myself. Lots of smiling at the right people. Hand shaking. Hassling venues. Haggling about money. Organising sound checks, equipment, payment. Making sure lots of people come and enjoy themselves. And then come the following week too. More smiling. More of the same conversations. More selling.

BUT...
I'll try it anyway.

Stay tuned...