Ok so I did my usual drop off the face of the blogging earth thing and haven’t posted in a long time, but a lot has been going on. Big news today, more to follow.

First things first, I am finished with college. After a long sting, spanning two schools and three different majors, I finally wrapped it up and I now have a nice diploma from Indiana University sitting on my next. For me, college has been a struggle.I went to the wrong school for the wrong reasons initially and it ended up costing me a lot. When I was first deciding what I was going to do with my life, I had my heart set on being a music engineer. I thought it would be great to record different musicians while still indulging my desire for all things technical. There were a couple of programs here in Indiana that were solid programs.

As a nice coincidence, my two best friends, and band mates, were going to go to Ball State, which just happened to have a good Music Engineering program that was going to only get better with a new building and more resources. However, my dream was soon crushed when I found out that you had to audition to get into the music program. I had long given up on playing alto saxophone, and was never that good to begin with, and electric bass guitar wasn’t on the list of acceptable instruments. So I ended doing a year as a Computer Science major and hated it. I hated the math. The monotony. It didn’t excite me creatively at the time and a change had to come. So I became a Political Science major, largely because I thought it looked cool on The West Wing, which I was an avid fan. I learned quickly that poli-sci was not for me either. So, with terrible grades, and no idea what I was going to do with my life, I left Ball State and transferred to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

My roommate and drummer was transferring there and told me about their new program they had started called New Media. They had a Digital Video and Sound Production program and there was no audition requirement, so I went with the intention of picking up my dream once more, but it wasn’t to be. Instead I fell for video editing and that remained true through graduation.

One thing that did remain constant through this whole process was music. Even though I had given up on music engineering, I never gave up playing bass. There was a long stint where I wasn’t playing with anyone and would only occasionally plug in my bass but I still did. That was the best decision I have made in the past six years. Playing challenged my creatively and provided an outlet to express myself in a way nothing else could. It is truly a blessing from God that I am incredibly thankful for.

With that phase of my life complete, I get to take a breather, continuing working at the same job I have been at and get some time to focus on different creative pursuits of mine. More about that tomorrow.

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