Some days it feels good when work isn’t a large festival or high profile anything. It’s nice to have jobs as simple as digging up and replacing old in ground area speakers at a park. No stress just digging and simple wiring. I’ll take it.
Distant memories from my childhood jumped into focus when I visited this little general store in the NC mountains. A glass bottle soda and a fried apple hand pie sealed the deal. Happy to have the blue ridge parkway and so much to explore within reasonable distance.
Sort of deciding how casually to use this space and I’m inclined to say very. I feel like I need a place that’s low pressure. No one’s even here yet. So, that said, I love these chips, one of my fav snacks to pickup at our local Asian market.
Lockstep.
Playing records out with friends has become a real genuine joy at this point in my in my life. There is something truly joyful about people dancing together. Ironically, and other DJ’s may see fault in this but I am not so much one to be found ON a dance floor. As someone that has long struggled with social anxiety it became a way to connect with others in a public setting using music as the tie that binds us. Theres something intimate about sharing a rhythm together, lockstep.
A sort of unspoken bond and understanding can be made when sharing music and in a setting meant for audience participation there are often moments of genuine catharsis when you reach a moment in a set that brings a whole room together. I wasnt lucky enough to be that talented making my own music so it really is a gift. Like most of my creative endevors, I see no connection to celebrity through the hobbby which is why I rarley play out anywhere other than with friends of mine. Were back to having a monthly event this year and im excited for it.
I really look forward to trying to make this year a year of reconnection to a part of myself that has slipped away from me over the past several years and, like this quick post in a new space to share online, I look forward to seeing if I remember how it feels to share. Seen or unseen.
(and yes, as rare as it may be, this is a photo I didnt take, but was taken of me last month by photographer Daniel White @freedaniel on isntagram)
Tiny trip to the beach. Milla decided to have a little book break.
Creative, odd discoveries like these are what I love about Bandcamp and the ease of which artists can self release: nickkeeling.bandcamp.com/album/bla…