Change can be a fucking scary thing! Scary but sometimes necessary in order to be where you want and need to be in life. Tonite I turned in my resignation to Shades of Winter. After September 29th, I will no longer be performing with them. Why? Change. I needed something else. Something new and something that I could throw everything I have into and know that I was going to get it back. No fault of the band... This is just what I need and what I want to do with music. I have so many expectations of where I wanna be, what I wanna do, how I wanna do it. It could prove to be successful and make me happy, it could crash and burn. But this is something I need to know.
For the first time in all my years of doing this as a solo act, I feel FINALLY ready to take this to the next level. To put a band together. A band of people that can dedicate themselves to this and give to me as much as I want and need to give. Shades of Winter was a casual band. A project of sorts that gradually grew into something that it just couldn't be for me. By leaving, I am now going to able to focus and dedicate my energy to my vision and my direction. Again, i'm not shooting for the big time. I'm not shooting for fame and fortune. I'm shooting for that level of happiness and achievement as a singer and songwriter. I'm going to do the things that I only talked about but yet never felt I could do. I ready for that.
What if I crash? Well, I crash but at least I can say to myself that I gave it my all. That time is here now... Oh boy... Here we go...
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I have to say, that as sad as I am that you won't be doing Shades of Winter anymore (since you guys are a great band), I'm also excited that I'll get to hear more of your solo stuff. Not only is the new CD your best yet, but that last gig was really good. I can't stress enough how good your voice sounded at that show.
Can't wait to hear "The Don Band"!
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