ON MY WAY HOME

It's been an entire year since I've last written the world w/my thoughts. & it would b befit'n that I'd get the notion 2 begin write'n again, after my short stint n Japan. What's meant 4 ya, no 1 other than u'rself, can detour u from it.

STORY:

N November I put a bid n 4 a gig @ Misawa base 4 my band, K.D. Brosia & Ambros, 2 perform dur'n the New Years eve program. Due 2 airfare cost, from MS 2 Japan, we were not selected 2 perform @ the party. Needless 2 say, I knew my band mates would b slightly disappointed & so was I. We're a newly formed group, less than a year old. Land'n this gig would've put us n a great light 4 the new year.

Upon receive'n the disappoint'n news, I decided 2 book the first thing smoke'n 2 L.A. . .

3 days after get'n 2 L.A. I received a call @ 5:30AM from an agent ask'n me 2 fill n w/a band n Japan. This just happened 2 b the same gig that my band was rejected 4. Urns out that the lead singer canned on the gig @ the last minute. I was super x-cited 2 get the gig but I only had 1 problem; NO IMMEDIATE PASSPORT! I normally don't travel w/a passport domestically. It's a 2 hr time difference between L.A. & Ms so I immediately called my dad & had him ship my passport, that had just arrived from the Immigration office a few days b 4 I left 4 L.A. Fortunately, the passport arrived the same day by 7PM & the next day I was on a plane, headed 2 Japan.

I arrived n Japan the follow'n day. The day after, I rehearsed w/the band & hit that night. Misawa embraced Soul Cafe, the band that performed @ the gig, with open arms. Even got a little pre New Years eve snow ( www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150557420776095) .

Now that the connections have been made, it's time 2 get my band across the big pond. What a great way 2 welcome n the new year. . .Time 4 me 2 head back home, I got work 2 do. Thanks 2 all the great men/women of my country. Now it's my turn 2 get what is meant 4 me. . .