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Trying to stay away from games.. (trying is the key word here)

Austin

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The last couple of months I have been organizing a "night" at a local bar, trying to promote local djs as well as let myself be heard. It's the first time I've tried organizing something at a real location outside of a house party. Fortunately the help of management has eased the process and taken a lot of the work off my shoulders, but still it has been an educational experience. Anyways, the party is set for tonight and despite it being on a Sunday (one of the only days I am free from work), we are aiming for this to eventually be a weekly thing. Hopefully it goes over well-enough tomorrow (according to the Facebook event page, the reception seems good so far).

 

Anyways, this is the first time in nearly a year that I will have played out, so I'm really trying to keep focused. I spent three or four hours practicing today, I burned and printed the labels for a few promo discs (only six or seven.. ran out of printable CDs, d'oh), and I've done a little promoting online tonight as well as compile a MP3 version of a YouTube mini mix I did back in August (it can be downloaded here if you like electronic tunes or want to try something different!). To keep focused I have done nearly everything I can do stay away from games and forums. I haven't even checked this one once today, nor have I checked any other (OK, that's a lie--I checked 3DO Zero but that was only to see if someone received a PM).

 

Come to think of it, I need to start laying off the gaming habits a bit. I don't even play that many games outside of recording footage for YouTube.. but I think that's the thing. I envelope myself within the communities to the point where it's become a bad habit. I check these things when I'm home despite browsing and posting for eight hours a day at work, and when I'm not doing that I spend the rest of my time working on YouTube videos that few people will stumble across. I've got to start laying low on these things because none of it really matters, nor will it really get me anywhere.. nor do I feel particularly happy in letting these things eat up as much time as I do. I really have to get back to getting into the more creative things I do, like mixing, and something I haven't focused on in a while, music production!

 

But.. eh.. I don't really know what else to say. Does anyone else occasionally feel this way?

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Random Terrain

If you're not doing what you think you want to do, you may not really want to do it. When you think about your early childhood, does it feel like you came here to create music or was the desire grafted on later by another human's influence?

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If you're not doing what you think you want to do, you may not really want to do it. When you think about your early childhood, does it feel like you came here to create music or was the desire grafted on later by another human's influence?
That's a good question, RT....On a side note, I really should turn on comment notifications for my blog entries. I had no idea anyone responded until now.
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