03/20/2024
I was told in 2005, when I was doing well and on the rise here as a music artist in the beautiful Bay Area that I need to go elsewhere in the world to make it happen better. I started making plans but among other things didn’t want to leave my son like that.
A few years later I was told by a well known and highly regarded that I need to go elsewhere in the world to make a good go at my career. He said a lot of well known artists live in the Bay Area but rarely work here.
I still wasn’t ready.
There are finally 2-1/2 months before I put that advice into action. Thanks to my wife’s dream of going back to her home country, I’m finally getting the opportunity to build my career and life elsewhere. Will I be missed? I doubt it, artistically speaking.
I’ve able to do some really amazing things here in the Bay Area. Consistent growth as an artist, hire and work with some world class musicians, play many, many great shows over the years, watch my son Zach become a really great artist and monster keyboardist before his passing at the end of 2020.
The most important thing is that I have been able to stay healthy, and not necessarily “road worn” physically. That will serve me well as I move forward. Life has hit me hard in other ways as it does to all of us. I’m going to Europe as a more “complete” package than I would have earlier in life, plus I actually officially have a home to grow from!
But I have some good thing’s to do first before I go:
1) Zach Fest '24 Community Benefit Concert to raise money for two nonprofit charities and play music in the beautiful old Fox Theatre RWC. April 27, 2024
2) Finish a new body of music work I am calling - “The Dignity Project”. I hope you all will stay tuned on this process and the story behind it of which I will attempt to publish a brief book about the songs, sort of a “World Blues” philosophy. Why not? I’m starting to love writing anyway!
Watch the Reel below:
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