For the thrill of the fall.

Is it bad that when it comes to everyday life outside of Backseat Goodbye everything becomes a blur?

I tried taking a different approach to keeping up with journaling/blogging for this past week...

and I'm finding now that it really doesn't work for me.

Instead of just typing out a blog for each day (see I actually type a new text file for everyday of the week to keep up with this "Blog for every single day of 2008" resolution I've decided to keep, and usually I type out a full blog that's at least a few paragraphs) but this week I decided to save time by just making a list of notable occurances for each day.

However, like I mentioned, that doesn't work for me.

I'm sitting here trying to recollect the Wednesday through yesterday and it's not working.

See, it's always been a blur when it comes to BG, because I've been doing this pretty much on my own (it's only until the past few months that I've finally decided help from other people isn't a bad thing) ever since the beginning.

So it's me keeping up with recording, shows, merch, designs, websites, blogs, messages, emails, budgets, equipment, blah, blah, and blah....

so it's easy for that to kind of form into one big blur. 

So much so that I write enough notes to myself and reminders, and more notes on iCalendar to fill the seats at a Led Zeppelin re-union concert.

Anyways, what I'm getting at...

is that I never thought that life outside of music would become a blur.

And it's not that I'm doing so much stuff each day that it's hard for me to decrompress it all into one little nice memory package on my brain hard drive ChadSuggVersion1.0...

but I'm just having trouble keeping up with it all.

It's nothing I'm worried about at all, it's just something I've noticed.

Regardless, 

this week not much happened on the music front.

It was basically just a week of settling into my new surroundings again.

There was a celebration dinner at Benihana's,

an exhausting run up and down, up and down, up and down, and up and down one more time to start the "working out" part of my resolutions,

dive bar karaoke in downtown San Diego (just watching, not participating),

Hot Rod (STUNT IT!!!),

me being hesitant to drive around town alone simply because I don't know where anything is (and eventually getting over that fear to end up driving for a couple of hours up and down the 101 the other night),

finding my new favorite spot in the entire world,

buying hard drives for my Macbook and taking them back to get new ones because I bought the wrong one...

and that's a nice little wrap up for what actually happened.

NOW.

Onto a more important matter...

my main reason of today's blog, because I also decided in the past few days that I don't want these weekly blogs to just be me giving a show and tell of my Monday through Fridays,...

nah, that's all in good fun, but I'd also like to give a little meaning to them when possible to.

So I thought I'd bring up something I noticed in a lot of comments and messages I recieved after I announced my distribution signing, and label and everything.

Which brings me to the term used a lot in the messages, "Selling Out", usually in the form "Please don't sell out, Chad"....

In response to those of you who wrote or even had that thought that my music may end up being compromised because of the heightening potential of bigger things...

I'd just like to say the following....

First off, thanks for even being concerned about that...

it's good to know you all care enough about the music you listen to that you don't want it to be changed due to money, fame, contracts, or whatever.

I can assure you that I still (AND will always make sure I have FULL artistic control over Backseat Goodbye) have full control over every aspect of my music.

I myself am very accustomed to the phrase "selling out" simply because aside of making music I also happen to love it as well.

I am just a big of a music fan as any of you... and I used to be scared of my favorite bands "selling out" when I was younger.

BUT, then as my music started to grow, and the industry started to change (and in case you didn't know, the music industry of today IS changing, I definitely believe some people are blowing it out of proportion when they say certain things, but like I said... it is changing).... i've started to realize that as a musician after you reach a certain level your music literally becomes your job, and basically makes your band a business with the product being the actual music.

And that does in turn mean, that money is needed to keep yourself fed, pay bills, record new albums, make merchandise to sell, and so on.

Now let me point out, in defense of myself (and actually I'd say a good percentage of musicians feel the same) that making music isn't about making money to begin with, and even after success comes and you quit your day job it's not about making money, it's about being able to do what you love for a living, but it is nice to be able to pay the bills.

But the money thing isn't the point...

see, like I noticed in messages, people think bands being on MTV is the band selling out...

and well, the truth is, for me at least, I would love to have the opportunity to have my music played on MTV...

simply because one reason I make music is to spread it...

not be super famous and have my music everywhere to be noticed, but instead to be heard.

And I'm bringing all of this up to simply say this...

I will NEVER compromise my music just to gain more fans...

so no worries, I will not be a "sell out".

:)

Anyways.

I know it took me a few extra days to get this blog posted (sorry about that)...

I ended up buying the first bit of my recording equipment and spent the last two days screwing around with it and getting it all setup.

I'm SO fucking excited to start tracking songs for the new album...

and actually will be beginning that today.

And since this is such a scatterbrained post, I thought I'd mention....

THAT I TOTALLY GOT A SPIDERMAN PILLOWCASE, thanks again Target, that's just another reason why you're my favorite store.

 

(The equipment, boxed up and pretty)

(The setup, so far.)

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(The gang.)

Next week I'll be sure to have the blog posted on time...

And I'll definitely have a video up to share as well with it.

Until next time.

- Chad