I'm here at my empty desk listening to my own music, some new some old, pondering the past few years of my career (including a portion of my college career). I am about to move on to learning a whole ton of new geeky IT goodness. I am excited to be moving away from Application Support into a System Administration role. My stress levels will inherently drop as will the amount of hours I spend firefighting in my off-hours. This is a great opportunity I managed to seize for my career skill set, pay, benefits... you name it.. the whole package has been bumped up to a new level.
I'm very fortunate to have been going down the path I am. I still wonder where the next big thing is for me though. Working IT is going to get consistently better the longer I stay in it. I can now see myself moving towards the upper echelon of employees here in the long haul. While I can envision myself having a long term and successful career with my current company, I still have a part of me that is smoldering with desire for turning my hobbies into more lucrative business opportunities. I think with the new position I am moving into I will have a lot more brain power and idle time available to me to work on my (currently hobby status) projects and perhaps set some serious long term goals with my music, my business ideas, etc. I haven't arrived at the next big thing yet, but I am well on my way.
I have completed another trance-like song that I am very fond of. There are a few things to iron out before I make it available to download (not to mention I still have to get my website posted properly on sliptide.com so I can begin promoting the music).
I signed up for a Garageband.com account since they are now putting music onto Facebook. That is an invaluable marketing tool that should come in handy next year.
Alrighty, time to get ready for my last meeting of the day. After that, it's a free lunch in celebration of my departure from this department (and partly in honor of my birthday), then some afternoon beer and pool action at the bar across the street from work... then tonight Matt and I are going to see Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (Roger used to be the front man for The Refreshments).
Latah.
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yeah buddy, Garageband is great promotion device for musicians and wanna-be musicians... and when i used it to promote my friends bands, it definitely helped define the difference between someone who was good, and someone who was just trying to be "cool." Let me know if you need any help promoting your stuff! I would be glad to donate some time and work toward your music!
Good luck with your Garageband, and your career. I am still stuck at the bottom of the totem pole here at my job because i forgot to finish college! I thought i got promoted, but really apparently i volunteered because my pay checks never increased.
But then again, something new is exploding with my photography, so hopefully that will take off, and i will be able to eventually support myself with that business opportunity! So, if you ever want to do some publicity shots for your music, I'm your man, it would be good to hang out as well. And i need an excuses to go up and visit Seattle! :)
When does mariners season start? April or something? dang... so far away... i hope they start playing good soon... at least they kept Ichiro! :)
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