When I wrote this title I wasn’t really sure what was going to follow, but lately I’ve just had a lot of thoughts going through my mind centered on the importance of just being content, so I’ll write about that. Here in the states we just loooooove to complain and feel like the victim, and on top of that, love to be told how great we are at everything. Growing up here, it’s actually quite hard to avoid and it takes constant effort to root out that kind of thinking. I find myself feeling very attached sometimes to the way people respond to our music. I’ve heard all types of responses, from “Awesome” to “Don’t like it.” The worst is actually when people tell you “It’s good,” in a very unenthusiastic way that you know really means: “Man, this bites.” But one way or the other, it shouldn’t really matter how people respond, cause it’s art that comes through us, and if we feel good about it, then attachments to people’s responses just become an obstacle to humility and progress. I remember my good friend Ra Scion from Common Market telling me about a show that he did for nobody. Yeah, you heard right, NOBODY showed up. He was promised a crowd of 300, but not one soul was in attendance (turns out it was in a college town during winter break, hehe). But instead of just going home dejected, he did the show with as much enthusiasm as if those 300 had been there. For me that says it all. Music for music’s sake. Thanks for listenin!’

-eak

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