With the release of Dayenu representing such a significant amount of time and effort, it has been hard for me personally to move on. Questions arise: Do we work hard to promote this album or do we spend the majority of time working toward the next? Maybe there is a balance? What do we do next?
With Caleb living in Grand Rapids and us living in Desbarats it makes things even harder. We can not just have a gig here or there for two reasons: 1. The distance between the two places. 2. We require a visa to play in the U.S. and Caleb requires a visa to play in Canada.
So here is what I am doing: I am learning more about Blender (an open source 3D software) in hopes of making an animation video for end up here with you; starting the recording for an EP; looking into visa issues with the plan of embarking on at least a small summer tour of sorts. After all, the creation and playing of music is what it is all about.
If I look too far ahead I end up asking the questions: How are we ever going to get to the point where we are making enough at this to be able to do it full time? How do we get people to listen so that we can build a fan base and tour?...etc. There is no concrete answer to these questions except that today I need to do what I know I should do today. What the future brings is not up to me; my task is to do my work today while looking forward to whatever may come.
Remember the past.
Anticipate the future.
Live in the present.
