4/23/16 So I found this draft I wrote back in April.

I'm not gonna lie, I was gonna trade sides to Wordpress for hopefully this new chapter in my life but I couldn't figure out how to customize it how I wanted. I gave up and redid this one and it came out a lot better than I hoped. I don't completely hate it so I'm gonna roll with it.

Sometimes I sit around and wonder if 31 is too old to be an aspiring music producer. I laughed a little in my head too. When I was younger I said I'd give up in my late twenties.  I still get the itch to make music every day and it eats me alive that I don't. I feel I've procrastinated the dream too long. I've watched and read countless books and videos on making music but I'd never get my feet wet. I think I'm still afraid to suck at what I love the most knowing that everyone Sucks At First. I see friends like JRob and Sndze making and mixing music and think damn I should be practicing. They inspire me every time.

Last night I thought a lot about my future and what I want to do with it. Obviously music is my number 1 choice. Whether I'm making it or behind the scenes, I know I have to be involved somehow. Aside from that I'd really really really really love to  travel the world. Especially since I've made it to 31 with no wife and kids holding me down to one location.

Last night it came to me. If you know me, you know I'm a big dreamer, I've blogged a ton of times of things I want to do but then never do. Even writing this I'm like ugh, another blog about a time I was gonna change my life and didn't. Not this time. 

Here's the dream. 

31 Bay Area - Get in shape to travel the world, make tons of music and save as much money as possible so I can fix all the financial problems I got myself into in my late 20's.

32 LA - Move back to LA, make tons of music, save save save to travel travel travel. After settling in LA, my new focus is going to be going back to school at Santa Monica College and then do either Psychology or Marketing. I love Psychology and would consider going all the way and becoming a doctor. Marketing would be the job I could do and still somehow be involved in the music business and not hate life, I think.. either way I'll be headed in one of those directions. I have between now and the Spring '17 Semester at Santa Monica College to learn as much music production as possible. Meaning dedicating all my free time to it. Once I enroll back in college, even though school will be my new focus, I'll always have music in my spare time. Music will be for me, for the love of music. It's time to finally master my art.

Travel Itinerary

May '16 Denver (Visit Greg / Disclosure)

June '16 Las Vegas (edc)

July '16 Cancun (Family Reunion)

Feb '17 Daytona (Daytona 500)

March '17 Miami (Ultra)

June '17 Nashville (CMA Music Festival)

Jan '18 Melbourne

Sept '18 Belgium / Europe (Tomorrowland)

9/8 Update: Denver, edc, and Cancun was amazing. I didn't get to 200 but I got close. I also continued to finish zero songs.