News, Radio, Video, Music... That'll do...

Long time no see!!!

First off I wanted to share a little video with you all. I'd post it on here but don't have a straight up copy of my own so you'll have to head over to the URL to check it out. But since my record came out I've lucked out with an incredible response from people and I could have never guessed in my wildest dreams it would be running like it is. I'm honored. But I had the chance to play "Stuff Packed" and "The Moment You Get Back" on a radio station live in Az, and was fortunate enough at the same time, to have the news do a story on local music. It was very cool to sort of grab two things at once like that so if you have any interest in watching the news story and hear a clip of the songs you are more than welcome to head over to......

HERE:
http://www.azfamily.com/video/geaz-index.html?nvid=269754&shu=1

The other groups on the show were very talented and very cool kat and it was a pleasure sharing the time with all of you. :-)

Also on the music streak, I had my CD release party in Az and I don't mean to pat myself on the back but I'll be honest and say I had one of the best times on a stage that I've ever had in my entire life. I couldn't enjoy my band anymore and I couldn't be more blessed to have so many people come out to support me. The turn out was fantastic and the energy from the people in the room was incredible. We were able to play the entire record which was fantastic and then because of the audience lucked out with a one song encore. I was floored at the encore thing and too be honest a bit freaked out to play one incase it sucked big time but I think it came off alright :-) During the set I did a cover of Wonderwall by Oasis which was new and fun for me so I think I just might play it a few more times more :-)

To get a little on a personal note, and I understand I'm not your parents or grand parents or brothers and sisters, your church leader, best friend, school teacher, drama teacher or anyone else of a higher substance but I wanted to briefly say a few things. I am very lucky to hear from lots of you guys on a daily basis, why I deserve that honor I don't think I'll ever quite understand. But I am always so excited to hear from you and hear about your new shows you're in, or contests you've won, or the fact you just bought a new dog that you love to death, or even the hard time in your life with sickness, or career struggles, or school problems or whatever the case may be so thank you so much for letting me share in either a troubled time or a wonderful time in your life.
I feel like in the world especially right now, people are constantly saying NO or You could never do that, or that's not real life, or get your head out of the clouds and to be frank, I'm totally sick and tired of that crap. I also feel like somewhere down the line it got uncool to ask questions... Where the hell did that come from? So I'm here to tell all of you in the best way I know how without trying to sound like your parents or grand parents or high school counselor, you seriously can be anything you want. I swear on my heartbeat you can. It might not come immediately or even in the time you think it should but I swear if you keep it in your mind and you keep working for it, you can be anything in the entire world. I swear. And I feel like a great way to get to that place is to ask questions. If you don't understand something, ask... Who cares if you didn't know, so what... And if you get laughed at or made fun of for asking the question just know that at one point the person laughing didn't know the answer either. They were in the same boat as you at one time so they can just get over it. I think a lot of these reality shows like "Americans Most Smartest Model" and "The Real World" have made it look uncool to ask questions but when it really comes down to it, you can only talk about what you already know, so when people shut up and listen and ask questions can you imagine how much more you would learn about. And you know what, it just might be the shit you actually want to know about. So after all that I just hope you all understand no matter what age you are no matter where you are in your life no matter what kind of family life you have or don't have no matter your financial status, your looks, your smarts, your personality no matter what... you can be anything you want, and it's ok to ask questions. Go for it. Ask away. And if someone laughs at you, spit on them :-) No don't do that cause seriously thats gross but screw them, who cares if they laugh, karma's a bitch sometimes so that will come back around... maybe while they are laughing they will choke on their own tongue... Who knows...

I hope this didn't come off preachy but I think sometimes I need to say stuff to you guys just so I don't forget about it all myself. Thank you for listening and reading. Thank you for excepting me, thank you for being my friend.

Without Wax,
HJ