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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thanksgiving

On the eve of this thanksgiving, I am grateful.

I am grateful for my family, those close and far away.

I am grateful for the family I have made new connections with through the wonders of the commputer age.

I am SO grateful for all the opportunities that come my way both in musical terms and in personal ways.

I am grateful for the love I feel in my heart.

I am grateful for the music that courses through my veins!

And I am grateful that I can FEEL gratitude....no matter the past or future....they don't really exist! It is only now that exists!

And, I am grateful to the people who have entered and exited my life...people who have left a definite impression....people who I will remember always, and love forever!

Happy Thanksgiving.... everyday!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

One of THOSE Days!

Life is full of ups and downs!

I sit thinking about all the work I have put into my music these last few years, setting my thoughts on making some money and being successful while doing what I truly love to do. Today, it sounds like a fairy tale....the unattainable goal!
That, in a nutshell, is the music biz! What's new is old, what's in is out, what's up is down! I have, to a degree, combined all those elements into the music I create for my cello quartet....I should call it "a life mixture!" Ahhh! But will it sell!! THAT is the question! The answer is...sometimes!

Do you ever feel like you are the only one out there? That is the way I feel sometimes as I stare at my computer screen, pretending that there is actually someone starring back! I am rambling today because I feel very discouraged! After all the hard work....I'm feeling like I am losing it all! But that is part of life too.....get it lose it then get it again and NEVER giving up!

Isn't that what's called being a musician? Isn't that what makes us sensitive enough to our surroundings so that we can transfer it to our music? Isn't that what our audience wants? To convey lifes come upins....musically? Music is my joy and my sorrow! I feel it so much it hurts...but I can't stop doing it, I wont stop playing! It is my heart and soul. Let the music never stop!

So, to end on a positive note....La Cella Bella WILL keep going....somehow!