This Losing

I’ve been thinking about people back home in Maryland a lot lately. I miss my friends and being able to hang it with them. It is not that I have not made friends here or anything, it is just weird being away from the people you have gotten so used to being around. I especially miss my fellow band members. Being in a band was the best part of high school for me. I met so many new people and made so many friends (and fans). It was a great experience. Over winter break we plan to get back together and play a show. Hopefully over the summer we will also be able to play some more shows and at some different venues than the ones we usually play at. Im even thinking of trying to go on a little mini tour or something. Travel out of state some and hopefully give our fan base a chance to grow. It would be very expensive however. We would have to pay for gas, food, and merchandise to sell at the shows. Not to mention it would be difficult to actual book the shows. None of us have any experience with touring though. We do not know how to book shows or how to find places to stay. It is a huge risk to go on tour because people may not like your band or you could lose money from not making enough off of shows and selling merchandise. Even though it might be tough I still want to try touring. I am one hundred percent sure it would be a fun, rich experience even if we lose money. Even if we gain only one fan along the way it would be worth it. Back to missing my friends I really do miss them a lot. I really felt myself around them. I am glad that I am still able to communicate with them however through the power of the internet. We play games like Left 4 Dead 2 and World of Warcraft together whenever we get the chance. Even with me twelve hours away it still feels like I never left when we talk and play games. We give each other a hard time just like we always did and occasionally they say the miss me, but not very often. I can not wait to go home and visit them all. I even feel like I have become closer to people I was not very good friends with in high school. It is nice being able to talk to them about random things that do not really matter. I find it is a good way to relax. At least when I am not playing games or guitar. Losing this band was the hardest thing though. It was hard to willingly give it up, but I needed to so that I could get a good education. I hope everything works out though. Playing in a band as a career is my dream and I really hope it comes true.