Febreze!

This morning before work I had to take my special Lady friend to get some blood work done at the lab. Thinking this would not be that long of a process I opted to sit in the car and play Brickbreaker on my phone. As I was starting to get tired of this stupid not to mention hard game I started gazing around the parking lot. After drifting in and out of day dreams I noticed a man in brightly colored scrubs get out of his mini-van. The man then procedes to reach back in said mini-van and pulls out a bottle of some sort and starts spraying himself down with the contents of this bottle. I thought to myself man this is kinda weird! Then I noticed the bottle was FEBREZE!! So I am thinking to myself this man wearing scrubs and all is a health care professional not a college kid that doesnt do his laundry! Very interesting sight to say the least! I mean I hate doing laundry but have never febrezed myself! Maybe he was a smoker who knows.. Anyway just found it a bit strange..

Vacation, Ryan Adams Concert, Great BBQ..

So I have been running ragged the past two weeks and it is starting to catch up to me.. I am just exhausted and cant seem to get any rest.. S0 let me tell you a lil about why. 3 weeks ago the lovely lil lady and myself took our first extensive road trip and vacation together. We went to this beautiful non-comercial lil slice of heaven known as Santa Rosa Beach Fl. Now I know folks always make fun and think thats the state you go to die, but let me tell you friend this is wear I want to live! This lil place is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.. Now granted this is also the first time I have been on a beach that was not Galveston! Oh and did I mentioned this is the first time I have ever been on vacation? Well it was and let me tell you sign me up for more of those! We got to stay there for about 3 days and 4 nights. Most of which was spent sitting on the beach or eating.. The trip home was a lil long seeing has we drove and 12 hrs in the car can be a lil rough and was already dreading work the next morning. Not that I dislike my job but its hard to beat sitting on a beautiful beach with a cold beer! So anyway got back to reality and in the swing of things then it was time to head to Houston for the Ryan Adams show. Now if you know me you know I am a bit obsessed with R.A and was pretty excited about going to this show but not so much excited about the drive. Its not a super long or bad drive by any means but the show was on a tue night and we had work te next day! So rolling in at 3 am and sleeping like 4 hrs just doesent work well for me anymore since I am reaching my twilight years.. All in all the show was ok.. Last years show at the same venue was far better but this one was ok. Gotta say not a big fan of the new single "Fix It" hoping there is some better stuff on the record!
So with all of that then the day to day and bachelor parties and what not I am beat! I hope the next few weeks I can take it easy and get back to my persuit of qualifying for the PGA tour. Oh and I almost forgot! I had some great BBQ for lunch today.. The place is call Chief's BBQ its is located in South Austin on S.1st and Dittmar. Its a lil hole in the wall but I had a great chopped beef and sausage sandwich! Really good! Check it out for yourself! Well until next time.. Music Janitor -Out!

Paul Newman R.I.P

Just wanted to take a second to remeber Paul Newman and all the great things he brought us.. Like Newmans Own Salad dressing... Do the right thing people go get a bottle and some baby field greens and lets remeber the man!

Rolling Stone Magazine

When I first started this lil project of blogging I never really intended it to be one big bitch session like it has turned out. Oh well though it is what it is and its much cheaper than therapy! Now on to what I want to bitch about. Has anyone seen a copy of Rolling Stone latley? I just dont get when this thing got so politcal? I mean I guess it could have always been but I just dont remember. I just know I would prefer a magazine known for music to well you know write about music! Thats all for now folks...

Music Bussiness+ Ethics ='s Vinegar and Water

I dont even no how to start this I am so pissed.. I try to do a very good job of leaving things and people that I write about anonymous in this case however I can't. So lets go back to a few weeks ago when I get a phone call on a Wed afternoon from The House Of Blue Lights (in Marble Falls Tx) concerning a show that I had booked for one of my artists that coming Sat.. The Phone call bacically was to tell me they didnt have the money to pay the artist so they wanted to cancel the show....!!! What? I resond with "well the show is in 3 days" They tell me sorry they cant do it. Well as you can imagine I am not real happy but thats the world i live in.. So lets fast forward to today. I get a email from the artist that was supposed to play this date. The email informs that some of his fans went out to THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS to see his show. They get there and ask the venue people when said artist goes on and the venue tells them "well he wanted to much money. So we got this band to play for less..) Really??? I mean come on. Just tell the damn truth! In my opinion that is crap! Don't agree on something and then decide 3 days out oh lets save some money and get this other band.. To me thats just bad bussiness. Granted me using this venues name is pretty crappy I just dont want this to happen to anyone else. I am not trying to jusify my actions in by any means but something had to be said! As of today I cancelled eveything i had booked there and told them there would be no need to contact me about any of the artist's I represent. I wish the venue the best of luck and hope they treat others better than they did myself and my artist.. Music Janitor is out!

New job update, Global Warming, New Lunch hot spots!!

So as many of you know I started a new job about a month or so ago and have not really wrote anything about how its going so here we go.. First off I am still there. So thats a good thing. Things have been really good and I am still enjoying getting up and going to the office everyday. Now that I have finally gotten settled in I am starting to look at new acts to add to my plate. This is good cause I am really looking forward to being really busy and stressed out again. With things being good at work it has made my home life tons better as well. Meaning I am not a cranky bitch anymore (well mostly). Anyway if anyone knows of any good acts looking for representation let me know.. So on to the next order of business..... GLOBAL WARMING... I used to think this was bullshit but have recently started to buy into this hippie voodo which is a major step coming from a guy who's motto is "The earth can take it".. I mean that can be the only exclamation for how freaking hot it is! I am not sure if my new found outlook on the situation will change the way I do things or not it will prob just mean my electic bill will get hotter cause I am running my a.c. non-stop and will be living in my frezzer. However I did start car pooling with my lovly lady friend this week mostly cause my car is broken and I work in the music bussiness so lets be honest I cant afford to get it fixed nor do I have the knowledge to fix it.
Lastly if anyone has any good lunch suggestions please throw them my way. I am getting tired of thundercloud and Which Wich ever day..

US Open, Tiger Woods, Robots from the future

So I am not sure if any of my two readers are fans of the game of golf or not but I dont really care.. What the HELL is up with Tiger Woods??! I mean is this guy a freaking robot sent from the future and space to single handedly destroy the game of golf?? I mean this freaking guy just game off a month and a half of not playing because of knee surgery to winning his 14th major that just so happend to be the 2008 U.S. Open! I cant fathom it.. Anyway thats all I got sorry if I bored you.. I will write something cool and life changing later.. Until then those of you reading this that play golf go sell your clubs and quit. Cause you will never beat Tiger!

Ears, The Dr, Q-tips are Satan!!

So for the past 3 or so days my right ear as been stopped up. So annoying! You all know the feeling like your ear needs to pop of has water in it.. So for three days I have tried everything to get my ear to un-stopped I mean everything.. I started with the ole hold you breathe and blow trick. Didnt work! I finally ended with going to the Dr. and finding out I had enough wax built up and impacted in my ear too sculpt the Lincoln Memorial to scale!!! Gross I know! So the solution was to take a huge friggen syringe filled with warm water and shoot it into my ear untill all this wax was flushed out.. This took six trys! I asked the nurse how many times it normally takes and she informed me that two nomally does the trick.. OOPs! Needless to say there was a ton of wax in this lil bowl I was holding under my ear.. When it was finally all said and done my ear felt amazing!!! I can only imgine that if the ear could have sex this is what it would feel like when it where through.. So after the Dr, came back in he told me to lay off the q-tips and use a wax removal treatment every few months.. I has no idea that q-tips where such the devil. I really enjoyed using them after every shower of if my ear itched or just for fun. This sadens me to say but Q-tips... We are breaking up!

Desert Island Top 37!

Below is a list of 37 things I couldnt live without if stranded on a desert island..

1. Central A.C
2. Toliet Paper ( I have a sensitive heiny)
3. Running water
4. tooth picks
5. My Ipod
6. GPS
7. Inhaler (I am asmatic)
8. Ciggeretes (read #7)
9. Rum ( I would act like a pirate at all times)
10. Sword (can't be a priate without one)
11. Subscription to better homes and gardens
12. Chainsaw
13. Sunglasses
14. 4 live cows
15. A deep freezer big enough for a whole butcherd cow
16. Pirate Flag
17. Ice machine
18. Satalite Cell Phone
19. Rope
20. Knive
21. Gun Powder
23. Roman Candles (lots of them)
24. Linsey Krauss ( I would call her Freckles though)
25. Shovel
26. Speargun
27. 1952 Willis Jeep
28. Head Lamp
29. Batteries
30. 6 pack of Bic lighters
31. Beer (lots of it)
32. Jon Hallmark
33. Bow and arrows ( I think Jon knows how to use one)
34. Golden Tee machine
35. Golf Clubs
36. Laptop (with a speedy wireless conection)
37. A big ass house with a pool, hot tub , stocked fridge, 50 in LCD Tv with cable and DVR. Cant miss LOST love that show!!

As we can all see I would be up shit creek if ever stranded on a Desert island..

New Seasons

To those faitful readers that cant wait to see whats going on in the zaney life of the Music Janitor I appologise that I have been slacking.. Now that crap is out of the way on to more important things like whats going on in my world (man i sound like a total ass! but it is my blog).
Recently I have made yet another job change well more of a employer change. The company I was working for and I just couldn't see eye to eye on certain bussiness matters so we agreed to part ways (this is the nice way of saying I got fired) anyway it ened up being a good deal cause it put me in a postion to be a part of a new company starting up. I am really excited about this new company and the chance to get to work with some really great people. It has been a great move so far and all of my artists followed me over here so that to is great feeling. Other than that life has been pretty darn good. I enjoy getting up in the morning and going to work which is a pretty amazing thing for me cause I love to sleep. Anyway I will get back to writing more regular again. Until then.............

"Life Comes At You Fast"

Thank you Nationwide for letting me know that life indeed comes at me fast.. So thankful that you are there for me when "Life" comes at me fast.. Anyway enough about stupid advertizing.. So its been awhile and I dont even really know where to start. The last post leaves the dynamic boy wonder (i.e. me) on his 3 year aniversary with his special lady friend (no she is not handicaped. Since then I have been working a shit ton, spent a night in jail, and have been trying to make more me time. Me time is a really funny thing you dont really realize how much you need till you are at the end of your rope! Luckily I didnt get quite there this time before I realized I need to start doing something different. The down side to this is I am not sure what or how to make more time for myself. I have been so wired the past few years to work work work and meet my clients needs that I have neglected taking time to just be... So this brings me to my opening line of "Life Comes At You Fast" I agree that it does indeed but inssurance is not the answer for me at this point. So Nationwide if you really are "on my side" please give me another solution to the pace that life happens.. More to come on jail and what not later...

Easterversiry!!!

  Ah yes just the way it rolls of my tongue.. "Easter verseary" .... Its magical. Most of you are prob thinking "Wes has lost his damned mind. What is Easterversary?" Well I will tell you. Its a magical super Holiday I invented this year that combined the 3 year anniversary of my special lady friend and I's "special relationship" and the hunting of easter eggs and all that other hokey shit people do on the day Jesus was risen from the grave.. Needless to say this day was pretty awesome.. I am not going to go into any details mainly cause they are none of your business other than there where the following things involved.. 

1. Raw Fish

2. Flowers

3. iTunes (how old Steve Jobs managed to get to be apart of my super holiday is a mystery to me!)

4. Owen Wilson

5. Japanese beer

6. A 9 iron

7. A stuffed buffalo

8. Pop Corn

9. A controled substance

10. Money

I bet you you cant guess what we did.... Oh and I spelled Eastervsary different every time I wrote it cause its my super holiday and I can spell it how I want to and by my I mean our sweetie! 

Subway

  Do people really like Subway sandwiches? Or better yet the quality of said sandwich? Or even the manor that said sandwich is prepared and served?? Well, let me tell you I sure as hell don't... This all comes up because yesterday I thought it would be a good idea to have lunch at Subway. Boy oh boy was that a mistake. It seems every time I go to Subway when I leave I say to myself "I am never going back there!" Once again yesterday I left with the same thought. Let me share a lil insight into this Subway visit. So I walk in mosey up to the counter order my sandwich and they ask me if I would like it toasted? So like  the silly grey house mouse falls for the cheese in a trap I say "sure" toasted sounds great.  Less than 30 seconds later my sandwich comes out on fire! I shit you not people on FIRE! Following this the young lady behind the counter not seeming to really care (like sandwiches catch on fire all the time on her shift) asks me to join the line and she will "get me again in a sec".. So I was a bit confused by this whole process. I mean she caught my sandwich on fire and I have to go to the end of the line...?? Really?! So I wait in line till it comes my turn again. When I arrive at the counter again the girl behind the counter asks "what did you have again?" I almost loose my shit at this point! So I tell her the Club she asks "would you like it toasted?" So I think there is no way this will happen again. Luckily it didn't.. So we get to move on to the next portion of the Subway fun which is where they ask you what you would like on your sandwich. So we go through the process I am like"lettuce, tomato, cocaine, pickles blah blah blah" and I have to tell the girl Don't get cheap on the lettuce now I mean she was treating the iceberg lettuce like it was some sort of currency.. After that comes the condiments. So I am asked "mayo, mustard?" I respond a lil honey mustard.. Apparently a lil honey mustard means I am gonna pour honey mustard on this sandwich like its on fire and I need to put it out. Oh wait! After all of this I finally sit down to enjoy my honey mustard sandwich and vowed once again never to set foot in a damn subway for as long as I get to roam this earth... Stay tuned for tomorrow when I will go back to the regularly scheduled program of bitching about the music business. Until then please feel free to share with me your subway stories.

SXSW

  So SXSW has once again come and gone. I think this one has wore me out more then any other in my short time of being in Austin. This year I didn't have a badge nor did I participate in many of the festivities. This year I totally whored myself out to a couple of production companies which where throwing big after parties. I had no idea how hard I would be working and how long. The first one I worked was pretty organized for the most part and I really didn't have any big responsablity so it was a piece of cake.. The second night however was a showcase/party that a pretty famous blogger threw. Man was this ever a night to remember! I was hired to stage manage this night which meant I was pretty much in charge for making sure everything happened on time throughout the night.. Let me tell you that never lasted! So too make a long story short the night was chaos.. It was fun  chaos  but chaos all the same. At one point the lady friend informed me that I told Joe Simpson "You are going to have to get the fuck out of my way" I had no idea who he was nor did I care at the moment. So my sincere apologies go out to any "celebrities" I might have told to get the fuck out of my way..  So all and all it was a fun and profitable SXSW. I think next year I am going to Cabo though.... 

Lunch with Luke Wilson/SXSW=Busy

So last week a co-worker and myself decided to go to homeslice to have some lunch. Well to our dismay it was slam packed and a lil to chilly out to eat outside. So we decided to head across the St. to Gureo's. Well of course it was busy to with SXSW film starting and what not so we pull up some chairs in the bar. Few minutes later I look over and we are having lunch with Luke Wilson. By having lunch with I mean he was a few tables over and we didnt speak. It was really funny though. I was not sure if it was him so I kept gawking at him making him uncomfortable by the sec. Anyway just a fun lil story since I rarely see "Movie Stars" around town.
This week starts SXSW music so I will be really busy starting tomorrow. Between going to showcases my artists are playing and whoring myself out to various production companies I am going to be swamped. Hopefully I can get back to my normal writing schedule next week. Until then happy SXSW folks!

Out Of Commission...

  Just wanted to let everyone know that I have been ill. I am on the up and up though and will be back to my normal antics soon. However there is not much to report since I have not really done anything in days. I guess I will share about all the movies I have watched in the past few days and how the kind folks at the neighborhood Blockbuster know me by name. Oh well I will figure something out. Don't touch that dial!

The Hardest Part.....A Break Up Story..

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

The Break up I am refering to is not with my lovely lady friend but with a band that I truly love and belive in.. See in this world that I work in there is always something bigger and better and that kids is "NASHVILLE".. Even though i work for one of the largest companies in the S.E there is always the promise of something bigger and better when you go to "NASHVILLE". I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression here. I have no problems with "music city" I think it is a lovely place and I have some dear friends there. It is just hard when you work your ass off for a client and are a part in building them up and then they leave for greener pasture's. The whole situation is very bitter sweet and a total catch 22. When you truly have put your heart and soul into a project you want the best for it. It is just sometimes hard to watch it go or realize that you are no longer the best man for the job. It was a sad day for me! The quote above is so true yet so false. On one hand it give me comfort, but on the other it makes me anxious and uneasy. I really hope no one takes this as anything negative, but for just how I feel. I really do wish the guys the best of luck and I know they will go far, just sad I am not along for the ride..

The Road/Crazy Week

 Hello blog. Did you miss me? Yeah I missed you too! So I left off that I would be heading out on the road with one of the bands I work with for the weekend. It was a rather short weekend for the most part just two shows one at Billy Bobs Tx in Ft. Worth and the other at Blaine's Pub in San Angelo. Ft. Worth and Billy Bobs is always a blast. The folks there just treat you great and by great I mean you have the worst headache known to man the next day.. Other than that had a fun weekend out with the guys. Both shows were really good! However I was so tired when I got home it has been hard to catch up on sleep this week hence no time to write. Although I have been exhausted all week and have not had much time to do anything but work I did find the time to organize my room. I moved into my apt almost a year ago since then I have done nothing to my room. The living room and common areas of my apt look great my room however has looked like a giant laundry hamper since day one.. So finally after almost a year I got sick of it! I cleaned every thing up jumped on good ole craigslist found a desk and chair for next to nothing and now my room feels great! I can actually do things other than sleep in it now.. Like for instance sit at my new desk and write about nothing. Other than that my week was busy but pretty normal. I worked every day and went out and saw bands every night. I guess the best part of the week came on Thursday night. I went to San Marcos to see one our clients open for the Eli Young Band. For those of you who don't know San Marcos is mostly a college town. So I show up to the venue with some of my co-workers go up to the bar and order a beer. The bartender hands me my beer and it is warm. Having had a long day I look at her and say "this isn't going to work. This beer is warm I am not a college kid I like cold beer". She then looks at me and responds "no shit you must be like 30 here is a cold one" WOW!! I was lost for words and this rarely happens to me. I mean come on I know I don't look 20 but for crying out loud I don't look "old"... By no means am I saying 30 is old or anything but I am not there yet so would like to think I still look like I am in my 20's. So anyway that was the total highlight of my week. I guess I should start getting more sleep or something. 

Music Writers/Critics

I am curious to know what it takes these days to be a music writer/critic? I mean do you need a strong jounalism background? Or do you need to be the grown up version of the kid that got slapped around and was never "good with the ladies" and played dungeons and dragons thoughout middle school and high school? Maybe its both! I ask this question because I read a review today about a record that I think is great. Granted its not some new great sound by any means, its just a good soild record with great songwriting. I am going to do my best thoughout this not to mention the names of artist's or writers. I will say that there is a weekly "publication" here in Austin, Tx that should stongly consider hiring a more tasteful writer. I mean honestly I dont know the first thing about writing (hence the ramblings you read here), I just think that if you're going to reveiw something that it should be throughly reviewed! By this, I mean find the good and bad qualities in the artist/record. I think anyone could sit down listen to a record once and tell you why they think the record sucks. However I find that if I give something a second listen I can normally find positive qualities whether its production or songwriting or great guitar tone.. I dunno I could be way off on this.. I just can't help but think these afformentioned music writer types are just in a position "power" so they write bad reviews on bands that don't kiss their ass or help them climb the social ladder. Thoughts?

The Lurking Hangover!! (DISCLAIMER!)

 No baby whales were injured, killed or or forced to imbibe alcohol in the writing of the previous post!!! 

The Lurking Hangover......

Has anyone ever had a hangover hit them about 4 hours after they woke up after a night of drinking? I know crazy! So last night I went out with some friends, clients and co-workers for dinner then to go see a show. At dinner I had a beer with my steak and a couple glasses of water. From there we proceeded to a new venue off I-35 and 2222 called Rock City Ice House. Normally I don't venture across the river very often as like the comfort of my S.Austin hangouts but one of our clients was playing a show. So there I have a couple large draft beers over the course of about a hour and a half no biggie. After that we venture back across the river to the Stardust.. If you have never been to the Stardust boy are you in for a treat.. I dont think the Stardust ever not even for a second paid attention to the smoking ban. Hell they may have not even ever known there was one. This place just smells like a ashtray. Don't get me wrong I enjoy an occasional smoke from time to time but one hour at the Stardust and you are a prime canidate for lung cancer. So back to the story. At the Stardust I drink about 3 bottled beers in about 2 hours while shooting a few games of pool (tue night is free pool at Stardust). So you may wonder why I have given you in detail what I drank and how long it took me. The reason is that around noon today I got a horrible hangover!!! I don't get it! I got up at 9 a.m came to work and felt fine.. Then I leave to go to lunch and just start feeling like shit.. I mean even though I did not drink very much I took all the "proper precautions"that I would had I drank enough to kill a baby whale like I do in most case's. Self contol and I have issues. By "proper precautions" I mean I took some advil and drank a gallon of water.. So I am at a total loss at to how/why this mystery hangover came about. If anyone has any thoughts or scientifc reasoning on why this happend please let me know. Untill then I will just sit here and wish I was laying on my couch drinking fresca and watching Tyra or People's court or whatever people watch at 2:30 on a week day afternoon. Until something cool happens or I get bored. Keep it real!

iphone continued... With Other Stuff!

Ok I am over the whole iphone thing. At the time I wrote it I just couldn't handle it anymore. I have since calmed down and found other things to be stressed out about. Sometimes during the day in the hustle and bustle of phone calls , emails and "meetings" I get so stressed out I think I will internally combust! I think I was having one of those moments when I posted about the iPhones.. So this leads me to this upcoming week and the beloved "Holiday" that is Valentines day. Over the years I have really hated this faux "Holiday". I am still not the biggest fan of it... However when you find yourself wrapped in the whirlwind known as love you learn to tolerate this scam of a "Holiday"... Don't get the wrong idea here. The one  I speak of being in love with is not a super fan of the day either. At the same time  though I would totally be that guy as far as society is concerned if I did nothing and by that I mean I would hate for the love of my live to tell the work friends and what not we did nothing.. That does not mean there will be the cliche roses and chocolates sent to work. What it means is a small thoughtful gift, dinner, and U2 3D at the IMAX! I think this will be a fun lil date since my lovely lady friend will be leaving at the crack Friday morning to head to NYC on business and will be gone for a few days. I myself will be heading out of town to go on the road with one of the bands I represent for a few days for some much needed "work" and by work I mean late nights lots of brown liquor and tons of windshield time.. I am really excited to get out on the road for a few days. Before I was a desk monkey I tour managed a few bands and was on the road quite a bit. However I quit the life on the road for a more stable schedule and to get to be home more. So its really nice to go out every once and awhile but I always remember why I left the road day 3 or so in when I look in the mirror and look like warmed over death! Hopefully I will get something good to write about this weekend.. Not that it will stop me from writing the "senseless dribble" that I already write about.... Until next time. Miss me!

ATTENTION!!! IPhones are still PHONES!!!

  I am going to keep this short and sweet.. People please stop calling your IPhone your IPhone... I know you may be confused by this. What I mean by this is when you lets say are looking for your IPhone you say out loud "Has anyone seen my IPhone" or when someone asks "I wonder how cold it is outside" you say "Not sure. Let me check my Iphone" christ people we get it.... You have a IPhone. You may think to yourself "Wes is just bitter cause he does not have one" Well that's not quite true. Granted I am a firm believer in Apple. Just got a new MacBook myself.. That does not mean I go around saying "well let me grab my Macbook and do some word processing" I still say "I am gonna grab my computer and type some shit" like a normal person.. TO BE CONTINUED!!!!

Life,Golf and the persuit of happiness..

Last night was good time's at MoMo's. Dan Dyer put on a great show. I am really starting to like his stuff more and more. Now that you know how last night went on to bigger and better things. So I have been thinking about this for quite sometime... I think I am going to quit my job and do nothing but play golf! You may ask yourself how the heck is he going to pull that off when he has bills to pay and no way in Hell to ever make a "tour" of any kind... Well friends drum roll please...... I am going to start my own "tour".... I am still uncertain of the name and who the sponsers will be or any other logistics. What I do know is that it is going to be AWESOME!!! I am thinking the name will be like The Ben-Gay Tour for guys who hate working and suck at golf.. Or something along those lines. The only problem I think I am facing right now is finding out who the target audience would be. I am thinking that if all the shitty golfers have there own tour.. Who the heck is gonna watch them play. Solution! The Ben-Gay Tour starts right after the PGA Tour with hope that all the pros will watch and laugh while they are in there off season. Hmm. I don't know if that will work either. Just reading my thoughts makes me think I am doomed to work a real job till I am 87 only then to still work part time as a greeter at Wal-Mart.... Jeez so much to look forward to. Kids learn from my mistakes and make 401k your friend.. Until next time!

Blood Pressure Rising!!

So in light of my previous post about "Dirt Bag Promoters" I get to work today and find that this guy who I have several dates booked with is pretty much M.I.A........... Not good! So there goes several thousands of dollars down the drain. Not to mention more work filling these dates again me yelling at my girlfriend when she calls then emailing her the second I get off the phone to appolgise for being a ass. Needless to say Daddys not happy (yes I just referred to myself as daddy.Get used to it!) but it should all be fine.. On a lighter note I think happy hour/hours will be much needed today. After that I think I will make my way over to MoMo's to catch Dan Dyer. I am usally not much into Soul/Jazzy sounding/R&B/Funk stuff , but this guy is good! I decided that in 2008 I am going to start getting out more and hearing new music. This way I can actually have a educated opinion before I say someting sucks like I normally do and I may actually find something new I like. Which would be good! So I can quit listening to the same things that I have for the last 5 years from bands that are not even together anymore. So this is all I have for today. Stay tuned for tomorrow when we talk about how I wish I could quit my job and play golf everyday!

Things that make me want to pull the trigger!

I realize the title is a bit dramatic. However some of the things I have to deal with on a daily basis with my job warrant such drama. In the course of however long I decide to keep writing you will hear my frustrations with work namely flakey people. You will also get to read all kinds of cliche "music industry" things like "Show confirmed" "I will take that offer to management" and my favorite "SHADY DIRT BAG PROMOTER'!! You see in the nature of what I get to do for a living you deal with lots of "SHADY DIRT BAG PROMOTER" types. Most recently I got a email last night from one of my artists that a show that I confirmed with one of these "PROMOTER" type gentlemen has not been confirmed and it is now too late to get him on the show (always great when one of your clients knows things before you) not good! The great part of this is that the "PROMOTER" is a family friend of said artist..... Got to find me a friend like this! So now to make a long story short I am going to get to deal with this shit storm and its gonna blow! I know it does not seem like a big deal but when you are a artist with a family banking on a considerable amount of money not to mention the date that is promised to you to preform in front of a big crowd its frustrating. So now I am going to have to scramble to try to find a show two weeks out which will be impossible. Don't get me wrong this artist will not starve to death by any means by loosing this show! Just would be nice for things to happen that are promised.

Man it really sounds like I hate my job which is not true at all. I actually love what I do. I guess as much as you can love a job at least. Well now that I have bitched it all out lets see if I can fix this debacle.......... Is is Friday yet??????????

In The Begining God created?

So this is the begining of my attempt at some sort of oulet for the crazy shit that happens not only in my life but in my mind. I am not going to tell you this is going to be the hightest caliber of writing out there cause to be quite honest I am not much of a writer. I am also not going to tell you that this will be the most co-hernt thing you will ever read because I am not very co-hernt. I will however say that this may be thing that keeps me from wearing a nice white jacket taking 30 pills a day and playing checkers with a guy named Jake that does not exsist! Or at least I hope..