So Much To Do

Part of me feels I should be exhausted - but right now, I'm finding reserves I never knew I had. The past couple weeks have been tiring - an endless round of correcting the CD booklet, meeting with the printer, meeting with a web designer, setting up the CD release party and, now, launching a press campaign. Did I mention episode three of the podcast should be premiering this week? It's all exciting and fun, but now I feel a certain amount of pressure setting in. In the late hours of the day, that feeling aries when you realize you're investing a huge chunk of your finances into something with no gurantees. We've set up a CD release party at a real fantastic venue, but now the responsibility lies with us to really sell a lot of tickets. Thankfully - for the party - we have a fantastic bill. Kelley Stoltz is headlining and none of us really saw it happening any other way. Stoltz produced God's Boat and it as my podcast about him that lead the band to me. The Dilettantes - lead by Joel Gion, that charismatic percussionist from the Brian Jonestown Massacre - will also be playing. That seems somewhat fitting as well, as Dig was an inspiration for the original video podcast series. Our friends the Specs will play a short set to kick the whole thing off.

All the work that must be done has clouded the fact that this could prove a major transition in my life. I feel as though, everything I've done artistically has been building up to this. Looking back at the past couple of years, namely the video and television jobs and internships that were not successful, I have absolutely no regrets.

I've written up a press release, and this week I launch our local press campaign. I feel like there's really a story someone can get behind, be it the label born out of a blog, or the unique band people didn't take seriously or maybe simply the fact that it's the first album Stoltz has produced for another artist. I'm really excited about all of this and I think a lot of doors are going to open after the show on June 8. I really want New and Used Records to be a template you can follow - to pursue artistic passions on your terms and utilize the media available to you to the fullest extent. I also hope we can establish a new and exciting business model for record companies. I never took a business class and never fancied myself a business man - thus, I've been looking at running this label as if it were a kind of installation/performance art project. I'll have to explain that further later.