Yesterday was a strange one. I woke up and started to play the bass. In about 3 sessions now, (only 2 were any real use though) i have learnt that the way i was playing with my thumbs was previously wrong. I can alternate fingers, and know all the parts to the instrument aswell. Im on track 7 of the first CD already but am still playing open notes which is a shame. I still cant master the melodys yet.. need to keep practicing. Well, yesterday i started but after about 15 mins the remote to my stereo ran out of juice. It must have been all the rewinding and fastforwarding that did it, so i decided it was a good time to start.

The rest of the day was then on football manager, just because i didnt really want to be awake. I suppose in an ideal world i would fall asleep now and wake up Monday morning, ready to go in and finalise my courses for next year. Unfortunately life doesnt work like that so i have to wait.. which basically the football manager binge was. Waiting for the end of the day.

Anyways, last night i had a dream. And i then woke up and this dream seemed more and more like it could become reality. I met Tony Wilson in my dream (the recently deceased Mr. Manchester who made Factory Records and the Hacienda) and he had a message for me. I should start a record label! It was a brilliant dream, really vivid, so i thought.. why not? This morning i have been on Wikipedia looking at how various labels started.. Transgressive, City Rockers, Dance To The Radio etc. All of them has a good story to them, and certain morals.. and i really like the appeal of a DIY organisation like that. Thinking about it, it would be the best job in the world. I love music, any future job would definitely have to involve interaction with people.. i could go to gigs looking for bands, organise club nights, gigs for my bands, put out releases... it would be an absolute dream.
It would completely be my dream job.. and its actually the first time i have seriously thought about a future career for myself. Transgressive's first release was funded by £1000, and now they're getting offered £30,000 by major record labels to release a major label's band's material so that the band can appeal to all the indie kids and still have "DIY values" which would appeal to more people than just simply the corporate robot that we have come to expect of most major label's bands.
My dream needed a dose of reality though.. record labels today are struggling.. even the major ones are having rough times. It would be the best job ever, but there is barely enough money to go round these days. Labels with people like The Futureheads are going bust, Elijah Wood's small indie label in America is losing him $100,000 per annum aparently.. (But he spends all of his time in the shire so what does he expect)
Maybe i need a dose of reality to my plans.. but it seems like a good idea to me.. i have an idea of what to do, like start off small with pre-orders etc. and Dance To The Radio operated out of a bedroom like 3 years ago.. now they have The Pigeon Detectives doing really well in the charts, Transgressive started in 2004 and now they're doing really well for themselves.
It is an unstable industry, and im not sure which direction its heading in, with the decline of the CD single maybe i should wait it out. It wouldnt start now anyways, i am 16! But its definitely a thought for the future.
Anyways, the major turning point is.. i am actually thinking ahead, potential jobs and careers.. something I've never done before.
*Pats self on back*