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[Aug. 28th, 2008|12:07 am] |
So far this week has been an epic rollercoaster. Here's the break down:
Monday: Year two of my college life started. As is always with the night prior to my first day back at school, I didn't sleep. Tried: mission failed. Pretty lame considering my first class is at 9:30 in the morning. >_<
Tuesday: Things became AWESOME! At Warped Tour, they sent around these clipboards asking if we knew of any young, unsigned bands so, I wrote down my band. =D I wasn't sure if I'd ever hear from anyone, but Tuesday morning my phone starts ringing and it's a number I don't know. The following ensues:
Nice lady on the phone: Am I speaking to Alexis from Day Dreamers Live the Night Life?
Me: Erm. . .y-yes?
Lady: Great! Alexis, I just wanted to ask a few questions about your band.
Me: *Has a mini panic attack on the inside and prays that she doesn't ask for a website where she can hear our music considering that we have only two songs and no MySpace, Pure Volume, etc. etc.* Uhh. . .kay.
Lady: How many members are in your band?
Me: F-five.
Lady: And are any of them in high school?
Me: No, but three of them just graduated.
Lady: And what is the age range of the band?
Me: 17 to 21.
Lady: Great. So how far are you from Bakersfield, CA?
Me: Uhm. . . we live in Palmdale (Side note: It's the Meth capital of the world. . . no joke.) So uhm. . . about an hour and a half to two hours away I guess.
Lady: Cool. Well, I just wanted to let you know that on November first we're having a show in Bakersfield and we would like to offer your band a half hour slot. And if you win, your band will get a free 16 hour recording session in a studio.
Me: 0_0 Really?
Lady: Yes. So, would you be interested?
Me: Uhm. . .let me call my band and see if they're up for it.
Lady: Alright. Great.
*Insert me getting a call back number and then proceeding to do my Happy Dance in my kitchen while I call the rest of the band.*
That night I was so excited I wrote two new songs. I'm not sure if we'll record them and perform them or what. The three day weekend will be spent at my drummer's house throwing ideas around, recording the two songs we do have, perfecting them, writing new songs, hopefully recording those as well, getting sick off of pizza and watching cheesy, awesomely amazing movies (Grind, She's the Man, and hopefully Accepted). I'm praying that we can also have an official MySpace up and running. When we do, I'll give you the link. I haven't been this excited since. . . uhm. . .I don't recall. (Okay, I was probably this excited when Lindsey and I got to talk to Johnson at the Dance Across the Country Tour. Me and that kid are going to be best friends one day. Lol.) I'm not sure where the venue is (or what it's called). When I called to confirm the gig today, they said they would call us at the end of September to let us know all of the nitty gritty details. Dudes (and/or Dudetts). . .this is seriously the coolest thing ever! We're so excited! (If any of you live in or around Bakersfield and can make it to the gig, please come! Saturday November 1st. Be there please! =] )
Wednesday: So Tuesday was ammmmmazing right? Right! Well, Tuesday evening I had auditions for my college's choir. Unfortunately this semester, my old high school choir conductor (who is the college conductor too) is only allowed to have 20 singers and about 52 people auditioned. I had a feeling that I wouldn't get in, which I didn't. So naturally I was upset. (I think my eyes have finally stopped burning from crying about it. . . =/ ) But then I got really pissed when I discovered that two girls that I went to high school with that were always flaking out on the choir got in. Not to mention one of them was in the college choir with me last semester and she missed so many classes that the teacher told her that he would drop her from the class soon. And she got in. . .what? Blah. Ever get the feeling that no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you improve, you just won't be good enough for someone? That's pretty much how I feel right now as far as my conductor goes. And all I can hear in my head right now is my mom saying, "All you can do is keep singing, keep building your musicianship, keep practicing and pray that it's enough." I know, but I have this feeling it won't be.
It's amazing how quickly one small thing can completely change how you felt that day. How you viewed yourself. It is also amazing how much the opinion of another person can make you feel sometimes. To say that I don't care what people think about me would be a lie. I do, but I don't. I don't care what some girl/guy on the internet that I've never met thinks of me. I don't care if some lady at the store gets offended by my tattoos and my weird hair. I do care when a friend/mentor/family member is involved though. *Sighs* Here's to hoping that tomorrow is better.
And because I don’t want to end this on a down note: Here’s one of my favorite videos on YouTube. (I hate the fact that it posted at the top, but whatever.) I wish that I was clever enough to look at my best friends and go, “You know what would be the funniest thing ever? Follow me on this. . . “
Enjoy!
<3
Lex
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