I can never really make a commitment to a certain tone with this blog. Sometimes I want to be lighthearted, other times I'm very serious. Just as much, I waver between vagueness and openness, and I have arguably made the wrong choice at least a few times.
It's the lack of audience and the reason for that lack of audience that makes these decisions difficult. If I don't draw attention to this blog, I don't have readers, and by that logic I muster the gumption to post those most serious and personal things that you find. But every once in a while, I get concerned about the slim chance that someone will come across this blog, intent on learning about my life, so I'll edit some of the less flattering details from my posts. I did say in an earlier post that I would treat this blog as a journal, but now that seems like a bad idea.
I am a marketing major, but even before I declared that major I was told that the most important thing I would ever market is myself. This blog in its entirety does a lot in the way of potentially damaging my personal brand. The optimal marketing decision would be to delete all previous posts and commit myself to positivity, but I feel like that would be unethical. I do think that now is the time for me to build a positive image, and this blog should be a part of it, but I also think that the old stuff should be fair game to anyone who is concerned. I did write those blogs. I did chose to publish them publicly. To delete them is to deny that truth, and I try not to make too much of a liar of myself.
I could make some grandiose claim about how this blog will be "from now on," but without checking, I can remember doing that at least two times before, and being wrong. However, I will venture so much as to say at some point this blog should include some documentation of three musical projects I want to get done within the next two years. I would like to record an acoustic EP and two band EPs. The acoustic EP is self-explanatory, just me playing The Lady, Gail, and recording it with my USB mic. One band EP I want to do is of me as a one-man band called "Original.Alter.Other" playing songs spanning a few genres. The second band EP I want to record would be of the band I want to name "Bossness", which would involve my drummer friend and a yet-to-be-discovered bassist.
So, when any of those aforementioned projects gets off the ground, or I run into some more personal stuff I feel is worth an embarrassing blog post, I'll be back.
You can have 50 points for reading this. +100 if you don't care that I've done this before. +1000 if you're going to be part of or support my projects.
JOSH, THE SHERM.
