Well, What I've been doing is being busy. I've been so busy with photoshoots writing music, putting together shows and playing shows and talking to bands and promoting my music as well as just hanging out and making new friends. Life truly has been insane. I have had almost no rest since the start of this year.
First to the photography situation. I am proud to say that I have taken some spectacular photos (Not my words) at concerts and in turn, have been asked to come to quite a few shows and get PAID to go to the show and take photos. My going price is $25 plus the cost of the ticket. So I get $25 and the price of the ticket. But here is the catch, I get in for free! So I just feel like a little sneaky man, getting paid for going to a show when I should be paying a band. Hehe. But recently I have been doing some Promo work for some bands and everything like that. So ultimately, I'm doing pretty dang well with that money wise =]
As for the music stuff, writing the new music and re writing and re recording all the songs that we have done before has been so so so fun but also frustrating. Being an instrumental band, we need a substantial amount of material to make for a great song. Enough pushing emotion behind it as well. I feel we are doing that and more. We are doing a show on the 11th of February and we are so stoked for it. So ready too. First day we practiced was today. It was the first time we played through the songs with drums. Never recorded drums or had any ideas for them. It was perfect.
As for everything else. Thats all just everything else.
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-Ryan Mannie
