This is the part I remember not liking much. I still have a file somewhere in the cabinet filled with rejection letters from various labels and distributors (the nice ones actually spelled my name right, others were not so on top of their form letters and forget to change the name. I hate being called Gary).
Today I received some rejection emails to add to the collection. Not unexpected, but that it all came down on the same day is disheartening. I did have one positive lead I did hear back on today, though. I made it to the short list to perform at the festival for the Western Canadian Music Awards. With any luck I'll have formal confirmation on that gig in a couple of weeks.
My mom has a good philosophy on these things. She believes the opportunities you don't win usually are not yours to win in the first place. Of course, you have no way of pre-determining that... so you do have to continue to knock on doors to find what's yours.
It's a nice thought. It'll keep the pride in tact for another day, at least. Although I am disappointed that I lost out on one opportunity in particular. When it came down to it, they went with much younger female singers. There's little I can do about that.
And so... and so... that thing about taking August off? I wasn't completely truthful about that. But I have been trying to get out and enjoy summer a little more. Seeing as I don't need to sit around and wait for the phone to ring anymore, I think I'll try to get back to summer mode here. We have another 2 - 4 weeks before the weather will change. Once the bad weather sets in again, we'll return to the studio and start working on the next project.
Yes, there's more new music on the way...
