michael edwards [music]

Lately I’ve been recording the Stop Don’t Stop record. It’s been sort of slow, but it should be pretty good. The first full-length that will come of a band that I have been in (thus, I am not counting The Family Album from ’05).

Aside from that, I am now in search of a job. I am torn between the loss of independence of a full-time job, but need the financial support to invest in many things in the future. Music, trips, future life, it’s all going to take that dreaded thing called money. If none of my full-time searches pan out, then I will have to resort to something less ambitious.

While a full time job will mean less music time, I haven’t been as productive as I could have been with all my free time. I am hoping to prove that I can change that, though. I’ve been meditating lately on “self-control” and how doing whatever you want at any given moment can actually mean a loss of control, because you only end up doing whatever you have an immediate desire for, and few or no longer-term goals will be worked towards. This happens with work, but also with leisure, with eating, with interacting with others, etc.