I've been grinding pretty hard the last couple of weeks getting ready to head into the studio to start recording my next record. It's just so much to do when you're producing yourself and you also want to make a record that's worth the plastic it's printed on. I've been getting so into it that at times I legitimately forget that I am also in graduate school and this is basically my dissertation. It's even bizarre to me. The thing is, it's only bizarre to me because after 20 years of being educated for one damn thing after another, when I sit down to work on music it's finally what I'm supposed to be doing. I've had more people than I can count ask me what I plan to do with an MA in Songwriting after I graduate. I've even had some good friends treat me pretty funny for making such a huge commitment for something that in all likelihood may never land me a job. I guess that's what I love about all this though. I really have no "plan" for my degree. I don't really think it will "do" anything. And I'm totally fine with that. Yes it was a lot of personal and financial investment to uproot and come to Bath, UK to study Songwriting and yes I'm definitely going to be paying it off for a while. But for the first time in those 20 years I have found a situation that is not a means to an end. It's just about taking one reach out for excellence at something you're good at and you love. Hell, I'd buy that for a buck . . .
See more about MA Songwriting at Bath Spa University in Bath, UK at www.masongwriting.com.