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Buddies
Reflections on the first tour!
Reflections on the first tour!We've been home for about, oh... a week or so. It's kinda nice to be back, but at the same time I want more touring. Touring is such a rush; sometimes it's rough, sometimes you can face some serious hardships, but it's all worth it when you walk off stage and spend an hour signing autographs and meeting fans.
Every day we hear about new radio stations picking us up. Every day something amazing happens. The next tour is looking to be absolutely amazing. We're getting paid more (yay), the actual dates will be booked far enough in advance to really promote them. This means that we'll have more people show up! WOW! From there, we've got our sights set on much bigger tours provided we can get enough sales. So buy a CD, even if you already have one or more. :D
A few days ago me and the guys had to do something that was extremely tough. We had to fire our second guitarist, Vince. How do you tell someone that they're not cutting it right to their face while they're your friend at the same time? It wasn't easy to do this, but it had to be done. The reaction from the fans have been pretty minimal; a few have been upset, but most are really just ignoring it and supporting the band. This is good.
Naturally some drama did creep up as a result of this. I find it very funny when someone makes assumptions about this when they know absolutely NOTHING about a situation. It's so much easier to dish out judgement than to take a closer look and go, "What really happened here?"
What's done is done though, and it was best for Psychostick. If any of you think you know what really went on, you don't. You're not even close. So trust us on this; we know what's best for this band, both short term and long term.
Anyway.
One of my best friends and I had a small conflict a while back. It was over a female, which did catch me a bit off guard. How does two men deal with this, especially when they're best friends?
It's hard letting something go that you really want. When I stood back and took a deep look at the entire situation, I took into account what was at risk. My friendships are far more important than an attraction to a pretty girl. Things turned out much better now; they're very content with each other and I still have my good friend.
(of course, I think next time I'll have to call dibs faster :p )
My whole "love life" is taking a back seat for a ridiculously long time I think. None of it feels right anyway, not with all this other stuff going on. My gut and instincts are telling me to focus on my purpose, and if anything else is worth my time and energy, definitely pursue it.
Mike brought up an interesting idea about moving somewhere else (east coast!). We've all talked about it before, but... we'll have to see. Right now since we're practically not "living" anywhere, it'd be totally pointless to move somewhere.
2007 is going to be a tremendous year for me and Psychostick.
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