Sometimes being in a band isn't always what you think it will be. Sometimes you go along thinking that you're all working towards a common goal, and that everyone is committed to said goal the same way you are yourself.
Sometimes you're wrong.
Sometimes you find out that your band mates see things completely differently than you do. Sometimes you discover that the goals are different and that the methods to reach them are at odds with your own. Sometimes you discover you're all doing the same things for different reasons.
Sometimes you realize that the communication in the band is lacking. And sometimes you realize that you're just as guilty of the communication problems as the others. Which is probably what led to all the other problems in the first place.
Sometimes you have to fight it out. Sometimes things get a little heated and friends raise voices when they shouldn't and people take things personally. Sometimes you have to offer an apology if things got a little out of hand.
Sometimes a compromise has to be reached. Sometimes, of course, the compromise feels more like a sacrifice and a sell-out. But then sometimes that's what you have to do for the band.
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Sometimes you get tired of the idea you had to keep typing the word sometimes.
Anyway, that's where we are with the band as I see it. We had to hash out a lot of things last night, but we got through it without being too shitty to one another. I'm not happy that our CD won't be coming out and is put on indefinite hold, but we have a new plan of attack.
We are still a band, and a good one. Measures are going to be taken to raise our profile here in the next year, and we are hopeful that things will turn out for the best.
So at the end of the day a new course has been mapped out, and we're focused on making 2010 a good one for Blue Tattoo. More news to come.
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