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Surprising realization
It's way way to late... or early, whichever way you want to look at it. Earlier, I made the mistake of looking at my finances. Not saying that's a bad thing, mind ye. Actually, it's looking great except, now my mind is racing with thoughts. I was looking at what it'd take for me to play music full-time. And wow, I am so close!

Actually, I could fairly easily drop it all and do music if I wanted, but I want to save more money. And the band still needs to pay off a few CD bills. I'm hoping we'll be a wee bit closer once we finish the Tolkien Special Edition CD. We've only sold a fifth of that album thusfar. So there's still about 120 to go, but my guess is that they will go fast once we finish the set. Especially since we plan on adding a few extra bonuses, like some unreleased live recordings that we recently got from KEOS Radio in College Station.

The cool thing is that I'm actually saving money. And as long as I don't get stupid, I could actually do this full-time, or at the very least, just work a part-time job for a while to fill in the blanks. Might not be able to save, but hey, at least I'll be free to pursue my art all the more! Well, whatever the case, this makes me VERY happy. I can't begin to tell you how long I've been dreaming of this.

Today, I was listening to some Music Promotion audio files on MP3.com, and the music biz professional being interviewed talked about how in her early days, she would have to work random jobs to help pay the bills. But the key was... she was living her dream. My dream has been music since I was a wee one.

I remember when I was a kid my mom gave me her old 45s and record player that she had as a kid. She'd joined Columbia House and dozens of records. The 45 that stuck out the most for me? Elvis Presley. "I Gotta Know". It's the B-Side to the more popular song, "Are You Lonesome Tonight".

I feel in love with Elvis, it's amazing to think that I was begging my parents to take me to see him perform live! I was five when he died. WHOA!

Yeah, that really stuck with me. I was a very peeved at my parents when I learned he died and never got to see him perform.

With time, the dream disappeared. It wasn't until I joined Amway in the early 90s that the dream reappeared. While Amway may've brainwashed the hell outta me, the one big benefit of it was that the taught ye to pursue your dreams. Sure they wanted you to pursue monetary dreams--fancy cars and big houses--but my dream was being Elvis Presley.

Interestingly, the business that taught me to dream was also the business that started my debt problems. Before I knew it, I was drowning in debt trying to keep up with the Amway Joneses. Ironic, acutally.

Well, years later, I'm mostly out of debt. I've a band that's growing daily. I'm creating music, art, and poetry. It just feels like it's finally all coming together. It's just that extra baby step I need to take to make it all a reality.

So if you'd like to see that dreams can become a reality, order a copy of my CD, Soul of a Harper, or even better, purchase a copy of the Memories of Middle Earth Special Edition Lord of the Rings Tribute album. Order CDs to give to others for Christmas.

Or if you're flat broke, there's still something you can do. Listen to the music of the Brobdingnagian Bards.

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