Today is a fantastic sunday. I am sitting here in a drug study clinic...YEP Thats right, I am participating in a paid drug study. :) When you are a musician, especially an indie, a lot of what you spend on touring, recording, distribution, etc comes out of your pocket. As you grow your support grows and as your support grows so does the money thats invested in you. Right now, this drug study is a blessing, paying for plenty of things I need to do over the next couple months.
There are several amazing people in here, mostly staff, whom I feel very safe with. Kind, courteous, loving ladies wielding their needles and rubber gloves making merry their work as they kindly herd us from one room to the next. ;) It's not bad, just sitting around watching movies, reading, playing on my computer. Seems almost unfair to be getting paid for this. This whole week will be dedicated to this study and by wednesday of next week I will be 1,200 dollars richer...for 5 days of work. Pretty great, plus I am contributing to modern medicine. Ok Ok...so contributing to modern medicine really doesn't appeal to me all that much, though it's a nice thought, having the money to fly to LA, or tour New York fills me with a little more joy.
So yep...pretty slow day, you would think...but I have been working since 5:30am. When you are still independent in the music business you promote yourself, and promotion work is hard work; long, tedius, and stressful at times. Thank God I have an outstanding promotions team to help the SHA FAN GIRLS TEAM. They rock, several young girls from mostly Morgantown, wv and a few from other states and countries all over the world. These sweet girls offer their time to post videos, maintain websites, create flyers, and more. So work work work while I am in here. I don't mind though. I like promoting my music. I want it to be heard.
I also need to start planning for, mapping out, and getting organized next weekend's small mini OPEN MIC TOUR. From Dec 10th to the 13TH I will be traveling up through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Visiting friends, family, and hitting a few cafes and clubs to drop in at their open mics, hand out some CDs, and make a few dents in the music world. :) I am very excited about that! You all will be pleased to know that pictures, videos, and stories from that small tour will be posted on here as soon as I can get em up. Right now...I need to get goin, but everyone have a blessed day and think hard on how your life is moving forward...what do you wanna see in your life over the next few years? Comment it.
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