Focus

     I admit, it has been a few weeks since my last post.  So much has happened within those few weeks, that I am hardly even sure where to begin!  Scobra and I went on an adventure out to Montana, where we played a short set in a biker bar... HILARIOUS!!! And also a good story - 5 minutes after we pulled into Butte at my friend Emily's house, we were greeted by a stretch Hummer that took us to the Party Palace.  Busted out a song there, and checked out a few other local spots with stages before getting back into the HUGE limo and getting some shut-eye.  That was my first hummer limo experience... but not the first time I've sang in a biker bar...  Montana was a nice breath of fresh air though.  Scobra and I got both some literal fresh air out in the country, and also left a nice path of new friends of RTB along the way.  So look out Big Sky country!  We'll be back with a sweet vengeance.
     I would also like to shout out and show our appreciation to Emily and Mike Mulligan.  They were our kind and generous hosts in Montana, and Emily was, and continues to be, a great resource for booking and promotion.  I feel very lucky to have such kind and helpful friends!
     Other quick and pertinent update:  We have a show coming up this Wednesday at Contour in Seattle.  This will be our second show with Luke on stage with us, thus filling out the sounds of the set along side Brett.   I'm diggin' our ever-growing line up, and I truly enjoy the added energy and company on stage :)  I'm also very excited for everyone who is coming out to the show.  I'm excited to see and hang with folks, and to wrench it up a notch and put on the best show yet!      
     Scobra has also kicked our online interaction with folks up to 5th gear!  He has put soooo much energy into the organization of everything RTB and internet related.  What I can say about that (other than my everlasting gratitude for the painstaking work that he has done) is that now we have the ability to really reach people, have them reach back, share, etc. via the internet in both world-wide, and location specific scopes.  It has been very powerful to realize the... well... POWER, that it is giving us.  Communication is key, and Scobra has really spent some time creating that very key.  So I guess this is both a "thanks" and a "look what we are up to!" paragraph.
     We are continuing our diligent work on putting final puzzle pieces together for our album, and the launch of it as well.  Starting to get together the tour, website, merchandise, and all of those little details that can boggle the mind if you look at them all at once.  However, the boggle is becoming clearer by the day, and we are suddenly finding brilliant friends and cohorts to jump aboard at every turn.  This network is becoming a versatile and diverse dream team.
     Per usual, I suppose, I have close to a zillion things on my plate - all of which are creative.  A more recent, personal creative venture that I have undertaken is free-lance writing.  In fact, I am currently working with a writer on several screenplays, and looking to expand my professional writing prowess even further.  I have been realizing with startling clarity that I can actually create and encourage creativity as my day-job!  Now I also want to be careful about my use of the word "day-job".  When I used this label before, it generally pertained to a work situation that garnered stable pay, but not necessarily dealing in the work that I would like to be doing.... Can anyone say waiting tables... ?  But now I find that my outlook is changing.  I am beginning to believe that I can create my own job that serves me both financially and creatively... that I would do during the day time... So I am reinventing my perception of the phrase 'day-job' into being: What I do during the day to get paid.  I am not big on thinking about money all of the time, and money does not govern what I create.  However, the reality of every independent individual on this planet (that I know of...) includes some form of payment for goods (food, shelter, -the basics-), and I want to create a new way of earning my living on this planet that feeds not only my belly, but my soul!
     As I look up at that last paragraph, I feel a little funny.  It is the longest paragraph in this post, and yet I am not writing directly about RTB.  I would like to add that my ultimate vision for this is to create a platform through RTB and all of our collective creative endeavors that enables creative individuals of all formats to be able to live their lives sustained from their true work.  -True work meaning what they really love doing - something that comes from their soul.  A few weeks ago that would have seemed much more abstract and unknown to me.  As in, a nice idea that I will struggle with for a long time in order to manifest it into being.  But now I am feeling that it is a nice idea that I am engaging with, interacting with, and creating amidst the struggle the very fabric of my dreams.

-Dion Vox