Jigsaw Falling into place!

Hello charming things!

It's been ages since i've posted here! Mostly because life in 2010 has been non stop and this is where I settle down when I have a minute to sit back, breathe, take it all in and contemplate life.

So what exactly have I been up to that means I haven't sat back in my old armchair and written about the world...

Well January was torn between an obsession with online shopping on Korean fashion sites/ ebay, getting supplies ready for the tour of our lives, Rehearsing for that tour and of course working with my boys on tracks that will appear on our second album! Set to be recorded in a month or so in April at Outhouse studios, counting the days..

After all that tom foolery we set out on the Kerrang tour 2010! which we have just returned from. Before that though we played 2 shows that were treated as warm up/ the chance for fans to see us for a few pounds... As long as this band continues to grow I want to try and do these kinds of events... In my eyes it's a thank you very much for supporting us let's get together and celebrate good times.

When I look around at bands, rockstars, musicians whatever we call ourselves I see so much disconnection from the audience... Watching Liam watsit face gallager last night at the Brits just reinforced that for me. It's a classic example of why the world needs bands like My Passion. If fans of that band still hold any respect for that man they are idiots, fools being played, paying a man to forget about other human beings and just fuel his own ego. It doesn't matter who the hell you are, we are all human beings, there are some basic things in life and one of those is treating other people with respect and you will be given that in return. I believe Gallager has none and to me he is saying fuck you to the fans that made him. Those days are dead, acknowledge how important fans are to your success or just drop like a lead balloon. Hey maybe I'm wrong, maybe our fans just aren't the kind that would be stupid enough to support something that didn't make them feel belonging or have that mutual appreciation between us and them. Maybe it's on a deeper level. Of course you do have a power over people that follow you but what angers me is when people abuse that.

Ahem.

So yes we headed out on the kerrang tour! Obviously we are a relatively new band to many people. For me it was the kind of opportunity my passion has always thrived on. Meeting new people, many with an opinion already formed or a skeptical view of us from just seeing a picture. We expected the tour to be a great success for us with the exciting live performance and passion. But I really didn't expect such an overwhelming response, I didn't expect so many people to be open minded enough to like pop punk and my passion! But what it did was restored my faith in so many young music listeners.
The view I've always had of I don't care what it is if it excites me and does something for me, entertains, captures some emotion then i will enjoy it no matter what I may have thought or what others think, really was apparent in people! It fills me with hope for the future of music that's for sure.
My Passion has always been about impact and the love of what we do and turning some negative into a positive and that just can't be ignored live! And hey even if you don't love it always hope people have a respect for us getting out their working our asses off and doing what we love to our best abilities while at the same time staying human off the stage and being approachable.

Sitting here now feels like an important time in our lives, having just met thousands of fantastic people who i think will become part of the my passion world, whilst not forgetting those following us over these last few years and having completed the biggest tour to date i get this feeling inside that the jigsaw formed in our minds many years ago is now falling into place. It's like the work has been us collecting all the pieces and now the picture is becoming clear and its exciting. It's like we want to run out and grab all the other bits... and these are coming I assure you.

Next week we achieve a childhood dream and although i can't give anything away again my faith in the music industry has been strengthened so much in this last year! The thought that not everything you see, hear, experience in magazines and elsewhere is brought by money and nothing else. Just every so often the acknowledgement that something is real, unique and offers something individual is enough. Sometimes i also like to think that me being a genuine guy without any fake bullshit plays some part as well. I think as with everything it's a combination of all factors and that's what us guys have always believed in... Let's be the best we can be in all that we do, It can only increase your chances of succeeding in what can sometimes be a pretty tough world. When there isn't an opening in one way try another it's so easy to use an excuse for why something has or hasn't happened much harder to pick yourself back up and try and alternative.

All of this is obviously much harder without the love and connection of the people around you and to find such a family am i so very lucky. If ever I do find a time when there is more dark than light in my life then i have those people to depend on and them on me. It's a fine balance but isn't everything, in the end as long as my mind up in this head keeps the same outlook on the world that I have had so far then it'll stay bright.

love

Lx