Doing It Anyway

You know, you think you have it all planned out, then keep tweaking the plans as things change and then do something completely different. I get quite excited when I think of the possibilities of what could be happening over the next twelve months. If it’s good, it’ll be really good, but if things don’t go to plan.
I’m sometimes tempted to think that I would have been wiser to keep my corporate job instead of quitting six years ago for music. I’d have the security that a working musician doesn’t have and less hassle in planning life. But then I’d be regretting not doing the one thing I felt was right to do for the rest of my life.
I’ve been reading an awful book called ‘Chicken Soup For the Soul’, one of those motivational books with nice stories about normal people who did clever or amazing things. It’s all rather twee but I read this bit about Walt Disney and Colonel Sanders. Either bankrupt or seemingly uninvestable they did it anyway, went for what they believed in and now the world has some bad films and greasy chicken!
Last weekend I was with After The Fire taking part in a show, raising cash for the Dalit people in India. We raised around £3,600 and a dozen children were sponsored. Since 2004 I’ve organised and taken part in nearly £25,000 worth of fundraising and the stories I hear from people who’ve been to gigs are amazing. So the uncertainty of the plans that have been scribbled out in pencil are probably worth it. It’s not a boast, I’d just like to prod people to take hold of what they believe in and do it anyway.
And thanks for your support over the last six years!