Is there anybody out there?

And then...you come to the realization that while billions of people have the *potential* to see you......no one actually is. And your left with the deflation of your hollow existence....and the cold reminder that you are simply a grain of sand on a vast beach.

Ok....a little dry existential humor never hurt anyone.

This is actually kindof fun. It's like when you're talking to an answering machine that no one is actually going to hear.

Amazing that in this day and age...it's not good enough to just TALK to yourself....no....now we get to TYPE to ourselves. How crazy is that?

Still...there's a certain catharsis to it.

I've started training today for the Folklife festival in Seattle. I'm actually pretty stoked about it. I havn't sung professionally in over a decade, and my voice is so much more out of shape than it was back then. But I've got 15 weeks to get ready for it, so my confidence is pretty high. I feel like an experienced, but out of practice long distance runner who has almost 4 months to get back in shape for another marathon.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.....

Scott and I (Biofidelity) are just going to be there as "street performers" this time out....but if all goes well, we will submit a demo for 2008 and get a legitimate gig. It all depends. If we have fun, and if we get a semi decent reaction. I feel pretty confident that by the time we get all the kinks worked out, people will really dig what we're doing. But for now.....lots of fluids and breathing excercises.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.....

Agape
Ben

WOW!!!

I just have to say that I am SO happy with the take that Scott and I got of our new song "Safety Net". It's currently up at the Biofidelity blog, and I'm pretty stoked.

I have to confess that while I love the music we are creating, I was a mildly displeased with sections of my performance on the first two songs we posted (Blood Beneath the Skin, and Farewell (To a Rose)). But I was just so anxious to get our stuff "out there" that I just let go of the first halfway decent live performance we had of each song. Some moments were great, some made me cringe.

Not so with "Safety Net". I remember telling Scott just before he hit the record button, "Two weeks in a row we have come SO CLOSE to getting *THE* take on this song.....I've got a feeling this is going to be it." He was skeptical...but when it was over, I was convinced we had nailed it.

Hope you all enjoy.

Agape,
Ben "Jammin"