The Natural High

  

  Hello people!!! Feels good to be back... Happy New Year!

I’ll be getting my Bachelor’s Degree in a few months and College Days will soon be over. My classmates are busy discussing career options – teaching, management, law, journalism… As for me, I cruised thru my college days saying “I’ll cross the river when I come to it.” Bloody Hell, the river is here now and I ain’t got no lifejacket, boat or bridge. All I have is my music- that’s the only thing I love and the only thing I want to do. People tell me to keep Plan B ready but I can’t imagine being cooped up in a cubicle 9 to 5, living the same one day for the rest of my life. It’s the most soul-destroying thing that can happen to a musician.

I guess every musician starts the same way – no money, opposition of parents, you get ditched by your girlfriend (like Billie Joe Armstrong) for being a jobless loser. Well, despite the odds and doors slammed in your face, as Oscar Wilde says, “We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.” Or a more Rock version by Jack Black –

We may fall on our faces, but if we do, we will fall with dignity! With a guitar in our hands, and rock in our hearts! And in the words of AC/DC: "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you."