Lord and the Past

Lord - Julian Ravage

There are a few subjects I want to talk about. One of them is the past. About 5 years ago I got a hold of a few programs and wanted to make some music. I pretty much spent hours, days and weeks creating music. As long as I liked it, it was good. I even created a whole album. I burned some CD's with a few tracks and pushed them all over the place. It was one of my favorite moments in life because I just wanted to put something out there to change the world.
The track "Lord" was one of my favorites and managed to get it played at a few club nights due to some DJ friends. I thought I was on my way to the big time and was having fun all the way.

Then everything changed.

Trying to create music and finding a real audience was harder then I thought. Things started to fall apart. I grew frustrated and let everything sit on my external hard drive and dive into something else.

The reason I became frustrated was because I wasn't learning, sharing and growing. It would seem I was more impulsive 5 years ago then I am now. Maybe I mellowed? I dont really know.

I have taken a real hard look at myself lately and told myself I needed to do things different. I need to look at things and make smarter choices. With all the projects I have been working on, I feel I am getting better at shaping things the way I want them.

The one thing I haven't learned was sharing.

I need to share what and how I am doing things. This journal is not just a place to put my projects forward, this is a place where I can document the changes in me. A stage where my victories and defeats go hand in hand. I can help push fellow dreamers into expressing themselves. Where I can help push myself and lift up little dreams into the sky.

Lately I have been doing research on many subjects from promotion to YouTube tutorials on FL Studio and AcidPro. It is turning into a lot of work but It feels worth it and best of all, fun.

No matter what I do, I want to share the creative process. I have no inside track to getting ahead or anything like that. Just doing this for fun and the challenge of it.

I plan on this year turning into a bit of a wild ride. I have been working on new tracks and plan to post my "older" stuff. I still have other projects besides music on the horizon. I will share other dreamer's works whenever I come across them and do what I can to help.

I have been thinking about this for a few days. I guess I just had to share it.

~Julian