That "What Am I Doing" Feeling
Every once in a while, say, once every couple months, I get really overwhelmed thinking about the music pursuit. My breathing gets shallower my stomach starts to churn. I find myself wanting to groan aloud as though this might relieve the psychological angst. My mind races over all the pieces to the puzzle - a website, getting press, booking gigs, pitching to radio, writing new songs, recording and how expensive it is to record, whisperings of how I should assemble a band, registering my songs with BMI and trying to get them out to those big-wig folks who pick music for movie soundtracks... and so on. There is SO MUCH to THINK ABOUT!!! Achieving my goals seems nearly impossible when I attempt to process everything in these weak moments.
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Every artist has that moment, and what seperates those who make it and those who don't is when you reach that moment and plow through. Hang on, Rachel. You are an immensely talented person, and you will make it.
But even as you're having that moment when breathing is difficult and your stomach hurts, you've got enough focus left in you to know what you're worrying about. I think that's telling -- it shows you know what you need to do, even as you're worrying about it. Just remember that you have a huge contingent of Midwesterners pulling and praying for you. And who can stand up against those salt-of-the-earth, feed-you-to-death, God-fearing and neighbor-loving folks?
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