The Way Home...

I am SO PSYCHED!

In one week, we will be releasing our first official music video!!! It's for the song "Only Way Home." All week, we'll be posting video snippets, photos and quotes having to do with the song, beginning with this short clip from a live show, talking about how the song / album concept was born...

This past week, as we've been preparing the promotional material, the song's concept has been at the forefront of my mind.

Home is referred to in the song as a place of peace, a place where we all strive to be. We don't always know how to get there, but with faith, if we keep pushing forward, we will find it.

So many things fit this theme over the last week. Whether it was friends traveling to their hometowns for family reunions, heartwarming conversations with loved ones, the sense of celebration and pride that filled so many hearts after the Supreme Court decision on Friday, the magic of sharing the stage with a special family of musicians, the glow in the eyes of a newly married couple, the young couple I know who purchased their first house together, or challenges overcome in the relentless pursuit of health and happiness; there seemed to be a feeling of "home" everywhere I looked. (How cool is THAT?)

The song says that the way to get home is by moving forward - as opposed to giving up or retreating into fear. It says that the way to get back home is by persevering in our dreams and hearts' desires, and pushing through in challenging or uncertain times. If we keep going, we will eventually get home to that sense of peace, that place where we truly belong, that place where happiness lives.

At "Home" on the gig - with Russ and Apollo Joe

As I post about "Only Way Home" this week, I'll continue to think about all the wonderful people, places and things that feel like home - and I'll be grateful for them.  :)

Namaste,
T

True Friends...

A relative and I had a saying...

"I love you like you're not related."

We intended it as a compliment because it meant we would be polite. As time passed however, the saying changed. It became:

"I love you like you're related."

THAT was an even bigger compliment because it meant that we wouldn't be afraid to be honest - polite or not.

This week, I had just spent over an hour trying to decide how to respond to a friend when I came across the Oscar Wilde quote above. So I asked myself how good a friend they were. In the end, I decided they were a great friend and that I should be honest, so I went ahead and called them a jackass.  ;)

(pause for laughter)

I'm NOT SAYING that it's ok to hurl insults. THAT honor should be reserved for only the truest and very best of friends - lol. (No, insults are wrong - I know.) I'm also NOT SAYING that I want to run around hurting everyone's feelings with blunt force honesty, but I like to think that a true friend wouldn't really mind if I told them the truth about how I feel. Those friends are the best - the ones that stay and allow you to be yourself. I hope I can speak my mind to my closest friends and that they feel like they can do the same with me.

Namaste,

T

P.S.

A short skit (and true story) about the editing of this blog:

(While debating use of the word "jackass" and its references)

TAN: I don't know. Kids might look at this and call their friend a jackass and never speak to them again. (pause)

RUSS: And you can be proud of your contribution to society. (pause)

RUSS: Jackass.

(Tan erupts in laughter)

Moral of the story: What goes around comes around.