mind and body

THERAPY does a mind good... I have been in therapy nearly all my life, and it's done me wonders. I advocate therapy, people!

WORKING OUT feels so awesome - taking care of my body... I've found a solid gym partner in James (I'm giving him some music lessons in exchange), and I really like the Planet Fitness here in Harlem...

Also had a VOICE LESSON today..... gotta keep those vocal chords in shape :-)

Movies

Great therapy appointment...

Coaching with Breanna...I play piano for singers...get them ready for auditions etc. 

Met up with Al and we went to see Cyrus...which was really good!!

Awesome cast...John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener & Jonah Hill. Then we snuck into the first part of Inception.

Shrine show + appointments + Inception

Had an Awesome show at Shrine on Thursday.

Good turnout, good vibes, good built-in crowd. Haha they don't play around with the lights. As soon as I started, it was strobes and smoke machine lol....but alot of fun. I pretty much played keys the whole time, and was joined by Iakov, Jordan, and Jeffrey. I think we sounded great. I did a few covers, including Mariah Carey "Make it Happen," which went well, had the audience singing along at a few points, and even had some friends come up on stage to sing, including Christopher Cox, a semifinalist along with me for Making the Band. He just moved to NY and wow, he sounded amazing! Such a fun show.

Here's some pictures of Jeffrey, Iakov, and Jordan, when we were on the train on the way to the gig. I love these guys!

On Friday, I had some good appointments - long overdue dental appt. (only 1 cavity, I'll take it!), therapy, and a good meeting with Jamie Salka from Story Pirates. He emphasized improving my live show and having a gimmick, or hook, for the audience, so I've been brainstorming on what that could be. 

I went back to Shrine Friday night to check out Geoff Earley, who was in town from LA. 

Today I saw a good friend Stephanie Jaggers who I hadn't seen in a while. We went to see Inception, which was awesome! And then had some Japanese food. Yum!!

Wheeeee

Planned out my set list for next week's gig. So excited!!

Full band + 2 of my good friends dancing = awesome!

I spent some quality time in Boston with my family and nephews, and came back to the city yesterday.

Dropped off flyers tonight at Bitter End, and caught one of my favorite Olamide songs, as he was performing there tonight, with the awesome Brady Watt on bass.

Took Bikram at Yoga to the People. Had therapy. It was a good day.

I need to go to bed!!

Over & out.