Starting to take the steps

So I have been writing in notebooks and loose sheets of paper all my life and have now finally decided to actually do something with it. It's pretty scary but exciting all at the same time. My initial process of putting myself out there has been trying to contact people that I know that are in the music scene. Brandon Harris has been a friend on Facebook for a while and he did one of my tattoos and I have been following his Facebook posts about music for awhile. I finally worked up the courage a couple of days ago to reach out and ask him for help. He was nice enough to offer and I am currently going over ways that he's gonna help get me out there. This is so unreal! He personally knows a large handful of bands/artists that I follow and it's amazing! I'm hoping to get my music out there and I think this is definitely going to help.

I just wish that my family were better able to understand my passion. Maybe it's the fact that I've held it back for so long that they don't completely understand but it kinda hurts that they don't. They want me to be happy for sure but they are worried that it might not work out. And though I respect that I have to admit that it feels a little disappointing that they think it might end badly. They think I should be a doctor or something else in the medical field and as much as I enjoy science and helping people, the medical field has never been my true passion. I am tired of putting my true passions on the back burner and I have decided to finally do something about it.

I am still very new to all of this. I've only ever written things in journals and notebooks and a couple of creative school assignments so putting my stuff out to the general public is scary to me. But I feel like I have something to say and I believe that music is a way for people to connect on the deepest of levels. I want people to know that they are not alone in their thinking and that love is real.