I’ve been dreading writing my farewell to 2007… but here goes.

2007 started off on a high note. I guess I was still flying high from the good stuff that went on in 2006. In the beginning of the year[January], I played a show at the Key Club opening up for the band Great White. This was a fun event…lotza crazy Hollywood stuff but more importantly, i remember us sounding pretty damn good that night. Some shows feel better than others …this one felt pretty nice =)

The following month, I started a T-shirt contest and gave away a chunk of cash to the winning design that everyone voted on. Since then, I’ve worn my own t-shirt out places and I’m finding that the shirt DOES attracts attention… I usually get people asking me “Who is this Bob Gentry guy?”…or the fun ones are the ones who say “I’m a Bob Gentry Fan too”… Those give me a smile…I guess i don’t really look like the image of myself on the t-shirt unless i turn my head sideways. Of course, i probably wouldn’t wear it myself if the image was that easy to make out A good conversation starter though.

My new Yamaha Guitar arrived back in March. It still has that new guitar smell. I guess that just means i need to be taking it to more dingy clubs. It sure came in handy for recording we did in May. I cemented new tracks for the upcoming CD that I’m happy with and can’t wait to let people hear. This CD is taking longer than I thought it would. Hopefully, it’s worth the wait.

By April, my videos finally made it to Comcast ON DEMAND. I got the news in 2006 that the clips were going to be posted but as i look back i see that this really didn’t happen until 2007.

Somewhere in the year, I stepped on the scale and realized I gained a bunch of weight. Getting older makes it harder… This was my 1st diet ever and I started obsessing over counting calories. Before it was over I ended up losing about 30 lbs. Of course, I DID have a little help when the doctor removed my appendix.

Being rushed to the hospital and having someone put you to sleep for emergency surgery is one of the worst experiences I’ve ever gone through…and the most expensive. While I was recovering, I entered into another one of those voting contests[Rockstar 98.7]. Ya know…the kind that require begging friends and fans for votes… I was too busy begging for a normal digestive system so I’m pretty sure that killed any contest chance …. however, the one major New Years Resolution i’m making for 2008 is… NO MORE FUCKING ONLINE VOTING CONTESTS. Perhaps, if it were a national TV show, I’d reconsider but Online Contests that only care about web traffic suck donkey balls.

Something I DIDN’T blog about but what also happened in 2007 was that I moved…only 6 miles away from where i was before but so far the move has been dandy.

By September… I went back to Michigan for a long visit. Almost a month. This was good trip getting to see friends and family but something about this particular trip made me do some reflecting on my life and question and 2nd guess everything. It was just a combination of everything that happened during the year. It didn’t help that I was dealing with a High School Reunion that made me feel old as dirt.

October brought a job opportunity that didn’t have anything to do with music. Paychecks that come from music come in chunks…the trick is, getting those chunks closer to each other. Sadly, that hasn’t happened so I took this job thinking it would be short-term until music picked back up.

This pretty much takes me up to NOW. The last few months, my attention has been sucked away to “steady paychecks” doing something that I really don’t want to do. This is pretty much everyone’s life right?

So the plan for the upcoming year? It’s hard to say. I just know that I’m tired of the battle, teeth pulling, and basic struggle of wondering where or when the next cent is gonna come from. I’m not giving up just yet… I’ll always write songs and record. For now, I just need to sort some things out…take a breather(even if the “breather” is 9 to 5).

To end on an optimistic word…

I’ve been doing the whole “starving artist” stuff long enough to know that The Good Stuff has a way of circling back around… just as long as ya stick with it. The trick is going to be… not getting sucked into another life before that happens.

Wishing you all the best 2008!

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