Jeez, when did I last update this?! February?! Wow. Well, for -anyone- who views/subscribes to this blog, I apologize for not updating it enough...I hope that changes now. I've rarely had a moment to myself these past 3 months, and I only have around 20/25 minutes to update, so I'll be brief.
Anyway, my immigration papers are being processed and I should have everything sorted within the next 3 weeks, I HOPE. USCIS, truthfully, have been anything but helpful, despite that being their job, to help immigrants with their process. Luckily, I have a friend here who is going through the exact same process, and is a little ahead of us by a few weeks, and she has her SSN now, which HOPEFULLY should mean I'll get mine soon enough too. But, who knows.
My wedding plans are coming on nicely, Colette and I bought our rings yesterday at a heavily reduced rate - thanks crappy economy! We're finalizing invitations right now, printing them off and sending them, and making sure we have everyone we want to include on the list. Time really is flying by now, the wedding is just a little over 2 months away! Crazy.
As for my actual musical career, well, things are picking up a little bit. I've been offered a sponsorship by Shine Drums, or should I say, an artist discount. The whole package is going to cost me a little over $800, but I feel like it would be worth it, just so I can say that I am a sponsored artist. Obviously, money is not my friend at this moment in time as I don't have a steady job yet - but once I get the money, I am taking that offer. I am still teaching, and looking for more students - the one student I have is coming on leaps and bounds, and for a 11 year old who has just started, he definitely has a bright future ahead of him if he keeps at it.
I also have an audition with an artist called Brian Willoughby at the end of this month, but the audition is about 3 hours away, so that'll be a fun road trip - and the worry I have right now is that the rehearsals will always be there - and obviously travelling 3 hours per rehearsal is not ideal; so I don't know what to do. Answers on the back of a postcard please.
Anyway, that's all I have time for right now. I really do hope to update this more often.
Iain
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Hi Iain!
I started following you on twitter as I saw you were a drummer, and stumbling upon this blog I see that you are trying to turn your passion into a career? How is it going?! I have been drumming myself for around 13 years BUT I have to admit some of the time I have not been overly committed, and since I left home 3 years ago I have been playing guitar in bands and been unable to have a kit where I've been living.
I was wondering how your journey to making it a successful career is going? Im currently an advertising student, but I hate my course and on Thursday I'm going to a drum assessment at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and if I get a place well....I might just drop sticks and take my chances once I get back from NY in september!
Would be really interested to know how your finding the career path! Good luck with the audition!
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