Remembering to have some fun...

That's me and my oldest and dearest musical partner Johnny Demarkis on your right. Johnny and I go back almost 30 years when we were part of the almost famous duo "Demarkis & Marsden" (imagine Wham without the pretty boys...oh, and we're straight, but that's another blog...).

The point of this post you say? That picture is of me on VACATION. Ya, I mix and produce audio & video for a living - I live and breath this stuff 24/7, and yet my idea of a fun vacation is mixing my buddy's music. Sometimes, in the midst of a particularly grueling couple of weeks, I lose sight of why I do this crazy thing I do. Spending a couple of weeks mixing music that is being created for the shear enjoyment of creating is SO MUCH FUN! It also helps that Johnny is actually incredibly talented too (check out his website at www.jpskid.com). He's not a client breathing down my neck, there's no money involved, it's two creative people working together for the sake of the creative process, trying to make a better piece of art for art's sake. That's why I got into this business (actually I got into it before it was a business to me - and I did it then because it made me happy and complete as a human being and artist), and sometimes I need to be reminded of that.

So I guess what I'm saying is that whatever lights your bulb, do it! And remember to have some fun doing it!