We're officially playing South by Southwest :)
Friday, March 18th, from 12pm - 10pm, at Rent Weird Realty. When we play exactly we're not sure of, buuuuut we are officially a band for SXSW and we're in a legit showcase too. I don't think words can express right now just how happy I am in terms of how everything's working out.
Live at Red Eyed Fly - March 1, 2011
photo by: the lovely Emily LaCroix
It's amazing to think how far we've come in such a short time frame. Joe and I have now played a total of 5 shows together, with the SXSW show coming up as our 6th. For whatever reason, which I'm definitely not going to question, we just "click." Our musical compatibility just seems to flow so perfectly with each other, and whenever we're practicing it's like our ideas and suggestions seems to just flow and fuse so smoothly with whatever we're trying to play or practice. I was talking to Joe yesterday about everything going on, and how a lot has seemingly happened in just a little bit of time, and in all his excitement he said, "Jardin, this may sound cheesy, but this is the type of thing that I want to tell my kids about - that I played in a SXSW showcase. We're making memories right here." At first I was all, "Awwww Joe, that's so cute, you're so right," but then really going back to think on what he said later I thought, "Wait a second..we're actually playing SXSW.. this is kind of a huuuuge deal right now. This is a huge accomplishment for the both of us, and this is definitely a memory that I get to pass down to my kids too, something I can share with them that their mom was a part of something so awesome."
We are making memories, no doubt about it. We're making ourselves into something that we can pass down to our kids and families and be able to talk about this part of our lives that we were able to take so much pride in. I can't stop smiling as I write all this.
Joe on drums (above picture), myself on guitar (bottom picture)
Emily took some badass shots from the show the other night...she's Joe's girlfriend and she's an extremely talented photographer! Her photos turned out awesome :)
We've got a long ways to go in terms of our future as a band, and as musicians in general, but we're both excited to see what the weeks, months, and possibly years ahead of us hold. There are sooo many opportunities just waiting for us to reach out to grab them.. they're everywhere! The more you network, the more people you meet, and the more shows you play, the more chances you have at becoming a more successful musician as well as developing a sense of confidence in yourself as well. If you lack confidence, then it's going to be hard to go far because you have to believe in yourself first before other people can see the talent in you too. That's one thing I've realize through this entire experience of playing music is that I have to have faith in my music and myself because otherwise it's going to be difficult to convince others to have hope in me when I can't even find that in myself first. I have confidence in our music, in that we'll be able to keep playing shows and hopefully develop ourselves as some sort of a name here in Austin.
I have no idea where music is going to take me, or Joe, or the two of us together (Page and Picture, baby!) in the world, but the future's only looking up, and I can't wait to see what the universe has in store for the both of us :)
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