Blue Bird Cafe

Matt Duane Griffin encouraged me to take a week down in Nashville and hang at the Blue Bird Cafe, an all-night open mic. He said I could really learn the music biz there just by talking to people and asking them what they do. Maybe I'll do this in the spring right around when Phantom Heart comes out.

I feel like I've slowly broken through a limitation in my mind about my music - as if I really do see my work's quality on the highest level. I've now realized that, although it's different, it's equal to some of the best stuff out there.

Spoke to Seiki last night over dinner about success in music. Success for me is really that I have not given up - that's a total victory. Success in my music "career" is slower than I'd like, but success in my artistic development is way beyond where I've dreamed.

Need to keep performing live and receive confirmation of my music - this helps build my own confidence.