Accomplishment
Ahh… filling the air, the aroma of fresh-brewed coffee — Dunkin’ Donuts French Vanilla (at present, my favorite coffee). Another beautiful morning, looking forward to the 40 degree temp being called for today, give us a break on this deep freeze. As I peruse the news sites this morning, looks like the general public (media in particular, but user feedback as well) consensus is that McGwire coming clean is just not good enough. Seriously? It’s giving me a headache thinking about it… can we move on people, there are bigger issues to tackle in this world. He (McGwire) admitted, apologized, case closed — let’s get on with life. Maybe focus on more important matters… like the tiff that’s going on between NBC, Conan and Leno, or what pathetic reality show network television will come up with next, I mean Paula left and now Simon is leaving? It’s the apocalypse. [sarcasm, of course].
But on the subject of reality… it was fine when the concept was new and fresh, now every other show and every other channel is doing realty from the networks to Speed channel to Discovery to HGTV. It’s time to think outside the box and get something fresh people… here’s a novel idea, how about a sitcom with substance? There are some good new ones out there, even though I typically don’t watch network TV… The Middle (which is hit or miss), Modern Family and Cougar Town on ABC are good!
…and now for something completely different.
After a seven month process of recording, mixing, re-recording, mixing and auto-punching, the Rutherford Rock Project’s first album has been marked as complete! I finished up the final mastering last night and we all gave it the stamp of approval! The official release date is February 1st, but we’re going to get it moved up to several online retailers (iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.) very soon. So make sure you buy a copy of Quit Wasting Tape!
Quit Wasting Tape
So it is with this, a sense of accomplishment… we set out to complete an album and get it sold on iTunes (of course now we need to work on getting a couple million people to buy it), but we’ve reached the goal that we set out to do! Moving forward for 2010, our goals are to play more shows (live) and begin the creative process on writing new material which will lead us to album number two (which is not targeted for 2010)!
When we think small, with narrow focus, we limit our capabilities and our options. By setting our sites big, our thinking big and our goals big our mind helps us to move in the direction of accomplishment, and to me, accomplishment is success. Do big things!!! I highly recommend reading the book “The Magic of Thinking Big” by Dr. David Schwartz… originally published in 1959, but I believe the latest edition was reprinted in 2007. It all still holds true 50 years later, excellent read.
~kd