Going gets tough, FUCK the rest!

So yeah, I'm at the studio today, and Rich our producer starts telling me about this band he was mixing a CD for and was awaiting payment. Apparently, they were referred by a friend of his who happens to be Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' manager. I got excited, and realizing he had this connection, immediately asked if he would send our demo to the guy.

Keep in mind, this has been the situation a million times in my life: Somebody, somewhere, somehow, thinks they know somebody. In an industry dominated by the truth "it's all who you know", it's exciting to hear somebody is friends with someone in the position of power, but you must take it with a grain of salt: most people don't know anybody!

Rich answered that he already had given the guy a demo of ours. I asked "What did he think?"

"He said he's heard it a million times before."

I laughed a bit. And then considered how incredibly cocky and pretentious I have been about this whole band. I expect when people hear us to be blown away as if they've never heard anything like it before! Clearly, it's not always the case.

So what do I do when I hear someone that high up considers us in the "diurnal" category? Of course, part of me is a little pissed. Part of me says "fucking seriously?" after all the blood, sweat, tears I've put into this. Is my dream wrong? Is my vision incorrect?

Hell no! Of course not! I step back, tell myself "I'm going to make this fucking manager regret saying that about us, and get fucking huge by ourselves!" And I'm not playing. I'm going to make that asshole come knocking on our door begging us to be a part of his team.

We also were incredibly blessed today: There is a monthly rehearsal studio available 5 minutes from our house! The one we're at now is about 25 minutes away, and this will save an incredible amount of gas mileage. It's also only $450 a month! However, we have the option to have the size doubled from 14x14 to 14x28! It's $900 a month however. But, it would be our own apartment basically, and it would simulate a live stage. We would have a HUGE amount of room to move around, practice, and prepare our live show.

I'm pretty excited. We are moving in regardless it's just a matter of 14x14 or 14x28 (I'm pushing for the $900...fiscally tougher, but it will help us get to the top faster!)

Other than that, fuck the nonbelievers, I'm gonna make this shit happen until the day I'm dead : D !