What I've been waiting to say

Hey bloggers, i figured that this blog would come some time or another. It had been riding on my mind when exactly to write this blog, but i knew it would definitely have to be written. Where to start, where to start...

This blog is basically an expression of my experiences within this past year as it relates to me making some changes in my life. I had never ever known if i was the type with the balls to make a big move or radical decision, but i did know i was the type that would always seek happiness and honesty. And these qualities have created my journey. A journey of passion, maybe fate and hopefully destiny. This chain of events has again proven to me that many things in life work on a higher level than we can even appreciate.

Experience 1: My bredrin Rocky tells me about this band he's formed and i tell him i sing, and he says he'll link me about dat. Dec 2005 - Rocky links me to sing backup. I have now become a member of Rocky 5.
I tell Rocky that there is an audition to perform on the Ocean Spray stage at Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival. Deadline is in 2 days. Rocky gets everything together and we audition.
Rocky 5 is selected to perform! We perform on the Saturday show in a prime slot, just after Kem rocks the place. We get extra time as the next main stage act is not ready. We can't believe we've just did this.

Experience 2: I decide to stop working at the end of Dec 2005 to take a break, study for some exams and figure out what i want out of life. I decide to take 3 months and start working again in April, but this time wid kids...gotta love em'. I apply for my new job starting at the beginning of April...who knows if i'll get work.

Experience 3: I decide i want to pursue music on a higher level and do some voice lessions locally. I'm inspired to take this to a higher height. This has always been something i've dreamed of, being an entertainer...making people happy through performance. I apply for Ithaca College to do theatre arts. My vocal coach suggests Berklee College of Music. I apply to both. Ithaca rejects me....Berklee offers me an audition in Boston.

Experience 4: I travel to Boston alone and audition. I think they like me. Mar 30 - I get accepted to Berklee College of Music. Oh i also got the job, i start working in a few days. I continue to sing backup. I'm happy that my plan is working...i'm confused, i'm not sure if i'm doing the right thing.

Experience 5: I follow my friend to a rehearsal wid Benjy Myaz. He needs another backup singer, and i jus happen to be sitting in the room, greasy and sweaty jus there to observe. A guy comes dressed up to audition. He doesn't get the material quick enough. I start to sing. I get the gig. Have Smile Ja at 6am. He wants to know if i can do it. I say yes. We learn the material in a few hours. We perform in a few hours. I now sing backup for Benjy. He like Nats and I as a combo. He wants to do more work wid us.

Experience 6: Alaine need s backup singer. Her mom says ask Mario, he can sing. She asks. I accept. I now sing backup for Alaine. Only did 2 gigs, but it was great while it lasted. Alaine is a great person and performer...wish her all of what she deserves...MAD SUCCESS!

Experience 7: Camar pka Flava Unit proposes that i sing backup for him as well. I accept. I now sing backup for Camar, along with 2 of Jamaica's most talented male singers, Steven and Danhue. Keep in mind, Camar met me seeing me singing backup. He's another good and blessed soul, and it had been a great pleasure singing wid him and the other guys. Apart from my Choir Boyz i've never sang wid a group a guys dat can sing so damn good! Is this fate or is it just being at the right place at the right time...fate vs the performance dominoe effect. Whatever it is i'm liking it. And Camar, yu ago buss big big BIG...memba mi tole yu so! (And heah, keep me as backup lol...dat is if i don't buss too :)

Experience 8: I decide to put on a fundraising concert...my own production - This has always been a dream. I think of putting live music on the theatre stage...something i saw done before and i quite enjoyed it, plus quite different...I call it "Live on Stage". Damn, the theatre needs to be booked about 1 year in advance. Heah lemme ask anyway. There is an opening for the weekend of Nov 25/26. But i have no sponsors, how will i pull it off...i can always cancel..."Book it, i want that weekend!" I have under 2 months to plan a production with live music. It's now November, i know who i want to perform. Got no sponsors. Show is next week, we've only had 1 rehearsal. Show is tomorrow, our tech rehearsal starts 2 hrs late. This is our 3rd rehearsal. The band is not as tight as it could be. Not sure who my guest artistes will be for each night. Haven't gotten enough tickets out. What was i thinking. I've done everything almost on my own. It's showtime...the show is good, but it rained and there are a gazillion and 1 events this weekend...the Saturdayturnout is poor. It's showtime again...yesterday's show was superb, but long. Today the house is >half capacity. The show is a hit. Bertie donates a set. The tickets are printed by a printer on cardstock paper. The artiste and MC help for free. Profits measly but at least not in the red.

The audience is now aware i am going to pursue music in the USA. Yeah, is he a doctor? Why would he go an do music now? His parents must be disappointed. What's gonna happen to the medicine? But he's just an OK singer, will he make it anywhere? Why go to music school anyway? Wonder who's going to pay for it?

All these questions i need not answer for you, but now you see my events of passion and fate. This is what i want for myself. This is what i think God wants for me. I have plans to do som much with all i've learned and will learn. This story has many more acts of God that i cannot go into, but this is the general gist. At the end of the day i am so grateful and feel so blessed.

I wish for you all to follow your dreams and passions and don't be limited by age, or discouragement. You will only answer to one at the end of this life, and while you're here might as well you give back happily.

Thanks to everyone who has always supported me and made me feel like my desire to follow my dreams is well worth it. And thanks to all the haters who fueled my passion and still continue to fuel my passion even more.

Thanks for your time. Bless!