Rainy Days and Mondays...

can't let them get me down. We are in the midst of a torrential downpour in NYC, and I have never been so grateful for my quite un-stylish pair of rain boots.

I suppose this blog is meant to update the musical aspect of my life, so that is what I will do for you now...

On April 26th of this year, I finally figured out what I wanted to do with my life. And so I'm counting down the days until October 1, which is when I will kiss my 50-hour work week goodbye to pursue this music thing of mine full time. Since April I've accomplished a lot, I think - I've recorded some new music, albeit amateurly, I had my website made the way I've always wanted it, I'm working my way toward the 1000 friend mark on myspace (I don't really know what difference it makes at the end of the day, but I'm trying to will that break before October, along with the 10,000 play barrier)...I've played mulitple open mics, created a YouTube channel, and have ten new songs. I guess you could say that finally figuring it all out started a fire under my ass - in part because I've got a long journey ahead of me, and also because I'm scared shitless.

I've got lists and lists of other goals to accomplish ASAP, but I think for now I am going to concentrate on writing and rehearsing as much material as possible before I head out to LA to record in October. At this point I'm afraid I won't be ready, and I simply cannot let that happen.

Hopefully these things won't be so long and boring in the future.

Feat of the day: I created my own banner! It's so not as cool as they could be, but it's what you get. It's at the top of this blog, and it's at the bottom of this post :)

Love Lauren