sorry it's been so long....

Wow, it has been a while…sorry to those of you who read my blog on a regular basis…

Let me catch you up.

The last few weeks have been very busy in anticipation of our upcoming trip to Nashville to meet with a few of the “top dogs” of the music industry. I am excited to be there for a few days before our spring break begins.

In prep for our trip we, as artist, have been working hard to get our masters (recorded songs) done and ready for CD manufacturing. Our professor told us that last week was the last official song writing week for us artists. We were all very relieved and feel like a HUGE burden has been lifted off our shoulders. It’s one thing to write a song, it’s another thing to have to get a song done by a specific time. Many of us ran into a rut while trying to write our songs for this last week. In a way I would say we are rather burnt out…

The managers and marketing team have been working hard to get our bio’s and epk’s (electronic press kits) together. We all had photo shoots last week and are now working on the art work for the rest of the page.

We continue to practice and prepare for our last round of shows…crazy to think that we are nearing the end…this semester has flown by!

I was just thinking about my time here and where I was at the beginning of all this. Lately I have really missed home and Taylor a lot. My friends and family mean so much to me and as my brother preps for his wedding I want to be able to be home to help. There are so many things in life that I feel we take for granted. I often won’t do something because I’m not in the mood or I am too tired, but then I miss out.

For example…This weekend I had the chance to go to an independent film festival…it was something I wanted to do, but none of my close friends had the time or wanted to go. It was expensive and I was tired. I almost didn’t go…but now, I am so happy I went. It was something I won’t get the chance to do again in this setting (hopefully one day as a director myself though). When I think of things like wedding showers or just sitting down and having a good talk with a close friend I realize I often overlook those times…but now that I have not been able to go to one of Nicole’s wedding showers and talking with friends from TU and home only happens when our phones are both working I realize that I do not place a high enough value on these things that mean so much to me.

I was talking to my little sister this week and she started crying on the phone because she missed me and my older brother Kevin who lives 13 hours away in the other direction. I wanted to cry as well. To be honest I am feeling really drained lately. The constant run of shows and writing songs is starting to eat at me I think. I am continuing to learn about who I am and what I think about things.

This last week has been one of many ups and downs. Feeling stressed and happy, fights, disagreements…you name it, it has probably happened around here this week. But we have gotten through it.

On the professional side I continue to record and make changes to my songs. I am also setting up a website and a music myspace page. I’ll be sure to post the addresses to those when I get them up and running. We are also creating a “one page” which is a paper that we give out with all our info on it…picture, bio, contact info…stuff like that. I’m kinda really excited about it.

I’m hoping that this week will be a little less stressful…but we shall see. Thank you for your continued prayers and support. I love and miss you all. Please pray for our stress levels, we are all feeling a little lonely and down…spring break cannot come soon enough…

Love,

~Kelsey Mae