Today is Cinco De Mayo, a day of Mexican Celebration that Americans have adopted to be a celebration of their own. I have been to several Cinco, or some other Spanish number, De Mayo parties. Two years ago was the best one that I had been too. Of course because it was the day that Dana, my wife, and I got married. It was a great day for both of us. It was a day that went pretty smoothly, I feel because of the friends that we had and still have around us. We have gained new friends since then and the thought of "there would be a whole lot more people invited to the wedding comes to mind" because of those friendships.
Anyway, getting back to today. Today is going to be a busy day. I am at home working on a drawing for a project that I need to submit a quote for soon and then I am going to practice at Visio for this weeks music and then I am going to rush home so that Dana and I can go out for at least one drink tonight since we live downtown.
I look back on the past year and I would say that it has been better than the first year. We still get into little spats but the major arguments that we had in the first year did not happen this past year. Towards the end of year two, I think we made tremendous strides in our communication.
We have had some ups and downs, two major downs being 1)not getting the house that we wanted and 2)being I lost my job for no reason. However through the year we have made it. We feel like we did not get the house cause The Lord knew that I was going to lose my job soon. I lost my job cause I feel like The Lord wanted me to free up some time for me to pursue two dreams of mine, music and a business.
I feel like our lives are not at the point where I would like to be going into the third year of marriage and me being 13 days from turning 30, but I feel like we are on the same page with each other and we are working towards a common goal.
I LOVE YOU DANA AND I HOPE FOR MANY MANY MORE YEARS WITH YOU
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Silver in Charlotte
Tomorrow Silver will be in Charlotte again. This time to play a show but it is a Battle of the Bands. It is for a Charlotte radio station, www.1065.com "The End." We are currently in the semifinals of this competition. The first stage of the competition was an online voting, in which obviously we won to progress to the next round.
So, we are playing tomorrow at Wilds Wings (UNCC) as they call it. We are going up against a really good group and what looks to be a really good solo act. We are needing people there. I do not know if anyone really reads this blog that often, but if you do and happen to be in Charlotte tomorrow. Come out to Wild Wings, we will be there rocking it out and trying to make it to the finals. We are needing a lot of people there because some of the judging is based on crowd participation. So, if you read this blog sometime tomorrow and know of anyone in Charlotte, please please tell them to come out to Wild Wings UNCC.
www.silvermusiconline.com
So, we are playing tomorrow at Wilds Wings (UNCC) as they call it. We are going up against a really good group and what looks to be a really good solo act. We are needing people there. I do not know if anyone really reads this blog that often, but if you do and happen to be in Charlotte tomorrow. Come out to Wild Wings, we will be there rocking it out and trying to make it to the finals. We are needing a lot of people there because some of the judging is based on crowd participation. So, if you read this blog sometime tomorrow and know of anyone in Charlotte, please please tell them to come out to Wild Wings UNCC.
www.silvermusiconline.com
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Connected Sentiments
So, tonight Dana and I arrived home from the beach. It was a needed time for her, and I was glad to "tag along." We have both had really up and down weeks with our jobs, friends, emotions and thoughts. We are on a high at one moment and then at the next we are back down again.
I always heard growing up that being an adult, two things happen in your life. It is always a roller coaster and everyday goes by faster than the one before. There are always more and more things to do, no matter how much you accomplish the day before. I even heard my older cousin today say, "I think that people are saying that they can multi-task to cover up the fact that all of us are getting adult ADD." That is not to be a joke either. We all fill our lives with soo much stuff and things to do because we are afraid to focus on one thing for too long. I guess we are afraid that we may miss something if we focus on one thing, so we try and focus on everything.
So, thinking about all of this I thought I was right about a good close friend of mine. I have written one of these types of posts before. Talking about someone, someone that a lot of you reading my blog will know, but never mentioning who it is. I think this allows me to really get into what I am thinking about and let that person know that I care for them. I am a man so I have to have ways of covering up my emotions for a certain situation so that I can still be a "strong man."
Anyway, I came home tonight. Got the car unloaded. Went and checked the mail. Then sat down in front of the computer to check on some things; Silver, work, & friends. So I was checking my twitter people that I follow and I came across a statement, "is wondering why?" This statement pushed me to read the attached blog to this statement. After reading this blog I was reminded of an event that tore my heart apart over two years ago. You see two years ago this past Christmas, my sister-in-law was pregnant with her and my brother's first child. She was in her sixth month and she felt like something was not right. She went to the hospital only to find out that the baby, Taylor as they had named him, had no life. She, and all of us proceeded to wait the next four or five days for the doctors to deliver the baby for her. This was not a very good time for our family. Sitting at the hospital waiting for something that was not going to give us joy, not going to bring the family closer together, not going to be what it was supposed to be.
The time came and Taylor was delivered and what I thought was going to be hard, was unimaginably hard. I have tattoos, I have felt a lot of pain, I have been depressed for a bit, I have asked God why, but nothing compared to this instance and the days that followed. A few days after Taylor was "born" we laid him to rest at a private funeral, with a private burial, in a coffin no bigger than the coolers we take to football games in the fall. Up until that moment that they were about to put him in the ground I had held up strong on the outside while ripping apart on the inside. Up until that moment my dad had been the same way. Up until that moment my brother, my dad and I had been an "Enzor" man: strong willed, determined, able to handle any situation that was thrown at us. Then when the funeral director and his assistant pulled the little box out of the hearse and placed it on the ground, I was torn apart. I felt like my heart had been ripped in two. Thanks to the grace of God everything that I stated that we were waiting for did happen. This situation gave us joy in the end, as Dana saw that I was not unemotional (this was a really good thing for me.) Also, the rest of the family found joy in one another. In that joy and determination it brought us all closer together. While it was not what it was supposed to be, it lead way for what is today: My nephew. Because of the research and knowledge gained about my sister-in-law, my nephew Brayden was able to be born healthy over four months ago.
Reaching back to the reason, blog, why I started writing this one tonight. There has already been some great things to come out of this situation. Ethan was able to give back to the research and medical community. Everyday he gets stronger, every one's big strong brick walls between each other get a little weaker cause we know that there are a lot of things that are worth a whole lot more than our own lives. Our friendships and a desire to need one another and become that village based mentality we are striving to become, gets a little more closer at hand. Finally the love that we have not only for our own families, but our friends around us, grows stronger.
I will end with this. I never knew that riding the roller coaster of life you could be on a low and high point at the same time. That the good and the bad could exist at the same time. Finally, that the good will teach you much, but the bad will teach your more.
I always heard growing up that being an adult, two things happen in your life. It is always a roller coaster and everyday goes by faster than the one before. There are always more and more things to do, no matter how much you accomplish the day before. I even heard my older cousin today say, "I think that people are saying that they can multi-task to cover up the fact that all of us are getting adult ADD." That is not to be a joke either. We all fill our lives with soo much stuff and things to do because we are afraid to focus on one thing for too long. I guess we are afraid that we may miss something if we focus on one thing, so we try and focus on everything.
So, thinking about all of this I thought I was right about a good close friend of mine. I have written one of these types of posts before. Talking about someone, someone that a lot of you reading my blog will know, but never mentioning who it is. I think this allows me to really get into what I am thinking about and let that person know that I care for them. I am a man so I have to have ways of covering up my emotions for a certain situation so that I can still be a "strong man."
Anyway, I came home tonight. Got the car unloaded. Went and checked the mail. Then sat down in front of the computer to check on some things; Silver, work, & friends. So I was checking my twitter people that I follow and I came across a statement, "is wondering why?" This statement pushed me to read the attached blog to this statement. After reading this blog I was reminded of an event that tore my heart apart over two years ago. You see two years ago this past Christmas, my sister-in-law was pregnant with her and my brother's first child. She was in her sixth month and she felt like something was not right. She went to the hospital only to find out that the baby, Taylor as they had named him, had no life. She, and all of us proceeded to wait the next four or five days for the doctors to deliver the baby for her. This was not a very good time for our family. Sitting at the hospital waiting for something that was not going to give us joy, not going to bring the family closer together, not going to be what it was supposed to be.
The time came and Taylor was delivered and what I thought was going to be hard, was unimaginably hard. I have tattoos, I have felt a lot of pain, I have been depressed for a bit, I have asked God why, but nothing compared to this instance and the days that followed. A few days after Taylor was "born" we laid him to rest at a private funeral, with a private burial, in a coffin no bigger than the coolers we take to football games in the fall. Up until that moment that they were about to put him in the ground I had held up strong on the outside while ripping apart on the inside. Up until that moment my dad had been the same way. Up until that moment my brother, my dad and I had been an "Enzor" man: strong willed, determined, able to handle any situation that was thrown at us. Then when the funeral director and his assistant pulled the little box out of the hearse and placed it on the ground, I was torn apart. I felt like my heart had been ripped in two. Thanks to the grace of God everything that I stated that we were waiting for did happen. This situation gave us joy in the end, as Dana saw that I was not unemotional (this was a really good thing for me.) Also, the rest of the family found joy in one another. In that joy and determination it brought us all closer together. While it was not what it was supposed to be, it lead way for what is today: My nephew. Because of the research and knowledge gained about my sister-in-law, my nephew Brayden was able to be born healthy over four months ago.
Reaching back to the reason, blog, why I started writing this one tonight. There has already been some great things to come out of this situation. Ethan was able to give back to the research and medical community. Everyday he gets stronger, every one's big strong brick walls between each other get a little weaker cause we know that there are a lot of things that are worth a whole lot more than our own lives. Our friendships and a desire to need one another and become that village based mentality we are striving to become, gets a little more closer at hand. Finally the love that we have not only for our own families, but our friends around us, grows stronger.
I will end with this. I never knew that riding the roller coaster of life you could be on a low and high point at the same time. That the good and the bad could exist at the same time. Finally, that the good will teach you much, but the bad will teach your more.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Silver in Charlotte
This past Saturday Silver played at The Evening Muse.
We had played there before and really enjoyed the small venue feel. So, when we started communication lines with them and they asked us if we wanted to have our CD Release Show on a Saturday night. We jumped at the opportunity.
So, this past Saturday Brent and Jessie left for Charlotte. Then Dana and I left for Charlotte. Patrick was already in Charlotte having played with a friend of ours on Friday. We all got there about mid afternoon. After some hanging and driving around, Dana and I decided to stop for some dinner close to the venue and happened to run into Brent, Jessie and his parents. We at a place called "Revolution." It is a pizza joint on the corner of Davidson and 36th. It was a really good pizza.
After dinner we hang out for a while, as people started to show up that knew Brent and Patrick.
Once we got into The Evening Muse to set up and play, it was packed. We had "The Starboarders" out of Knoxville open up for us. They did a great job. They finished up and we got loaded on stage and ran through a sound check. There were a lot of old friends of Patrick's and Brent's, since they both grew up in Charlotte. At about 11:30, the sound guy introduced us and we started playing. I will have to say right before we started I was getting a little nervous. As soon as the first note was hit, the nervousness went away.
We proceeded to play our set and had a great response from the people who were there. We really enjoyed ourselves and Dana and I really enjoyed meeting a lot of Patrick's and Brent's old friends and family.
So, overall the trip to Charlotte was a great trip, and I realized several things. I really enjoy traveling with my wife, wish we could travel more. I really enjoy playing music with Patrick and Brent and hope that there are many more shows that we are able to play together. Patrick and Brent have great families and they have taken Dana and I in like they have known us for years. Finally, it is good to have good friends and great families that support us in our desires in music.
We had played there before and really enjoyed the small venue feel. So, when we started communication lines with them and they asked us if we wanted to have our CD Release Show on a Saturday night. We jumped at the opportunity.
So, this past Saturday Brent and Jessie left for Charlotte. Then Dana and I left for Charlotte. Patrick was already in Charlotte having played with a friend of ours on Friday. We all got there about mid afternoon. After some hanging and driving around, Dana and I decided to stop for some dinner close to the venue and happened to run into Brent, Jessie and his parents. We at a place called "Revolution." It is a pizza joint on the corner of Davidson and 36th. It was a really good pizza.
After dinner we hang out for a while, as people started to show up that knew Brent and Patrick.
Once we got into The Evening Muse to set up and play, it was packed. We had "The Starboarders" out of Knoxville open up for us. They did a great job. They finished up and we got loaded on stage and ran through a sound check. There were a lot of old friends of Patrick's and Brent's, since they both grew up in Charlotte. At about 11:30, the sound guy introduced us and we started playing. I will have to say right before we started I was getting a little nervous. As soon as the first note was hit, the nervousness went away.
We proceeded to play our set and had a great response from the people who were there. We really enjoyed ourselves and Dana and I really enjoyed meeting a lot of Patrick's and Brent's old friends and family.
So, overall the trip to Charlotte was a great trip, and I realized several things. I really enjoy traveling with my wife, wish we could travel more. I really enjoy playing music with Patrick and Brent and hope that there are many more shows that we are able to play together. Patrick and Brent have great families and they have taken Dana and I in like they have known us for years. Finally, it is good to have good friends and great families that support us in our desires in music.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Pour House Show
This post is for those who do not keep up with the Silver Music Online blog as much as mine.
The Pour House Show Saturday night was awesome. There were some issues with getting everything rolling but we were only 10 minutes behind schedule. We had Runaway Cab open up the show for us and they did a good job. They got everyone moving and grooving.
We took the stage about 11pm. We three were excited about finally getting to play the show that we had been promoting and preparing for the last month. We really worked hard on both fronts and I am really positive with the turnout before the show and also with the positive comments after the show.
We played everything from our new CD "+/-" and we also played some oldies but goodies. We really enjoyed playing the show at The Pour House. Now we get ready for the show in Charlotte at The Evening Muse on March 7th. We are going to be working just as hard with promotion and practicing for that one as well. So, everyone that doesn't have anything to do on March 7th, take a trip down to Charlotte and come and have some fun with us.
Thanks again for everyone that came out Saturday night and also thanks to everyone who bought a CD. You can buy a CD from our website HERE.
On another personal note. Most of you know that I and a friend started a General Contracting Company a couple of months back. I am currently in the process finallizing our first GC job and I am also currently in the process of developing a logo and a website with Brent Francese. The website will be posted here. There is not much on it now but there will be soon.
The Pour House Show Saturday night was awesome. There were some issues with getting everything rolling but we were only 10 minutes behind schedule. We had Runaway Cab open up the show for us and they did a good job. They got everyone moving and grooving.
We took the stage about 11pm. We three were excited about finally getting to play the show that we had been promoting and preparing for the last month. We really worked hard on both fronts and I am really positive with the turnout before the show and also with the positive comments after the show.
We played everything from our new CD "+/-" and we also played some oldies but goodies. We really enjoyed playing the show at The Pour House. Now we get ready for the show in Charlotte at The Evening Muse on March 7th. We are going to be working just as hard with promotion and practicing for that one as well. So, everyone that doesn't have anything to do on March 7th, take a trip down to Charlotte and come and have some fun with us.
Thanks again for everyone that came out Saturday night and also thanks to everyone who bought a CD. You can buy a CD from our website HERE.
On another personal note. Most of you know that I and a friend started a General Contracting Company a couple of months back. I am currently in the process finallizing our first GC job and I am also currently in the process of developing a logo and a website with Brent Francese. The website will be posted here. There is not much on it now but there will be soon.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
THIS SATURDAY!!!
As many of you should know, this Saturday is the day of the Silver show at The Pour House.
I am posting this last thing to remind everyone of the show.
Please remember to invite anyone and everyone that you can think of.
Thanks
Friday, February 13, 2009
Great Review...Good News
We have come into some good inspiration and we feel like everyone will like what we have come up with concerning our show. Here are a couple pieces of promo material that we have been working on for your enjoyment.
Also, we have another great opportunity that is coming up next Thursday night. Rhett and Link from, www.rhettandlink.com, will be interviewing us live on their weekly webcast show. Please everyone tune in at 9:00 to here.
Please everyone watch this video. Then you can check out a great review when we got interviewed by a staff writer at the technician "silver is golden: n.c. state graduates rock.
We are looking forward to the show at The Pour House, next Saturday night.
Please everyone try and bring one person that has not heard of Silver.
Thanks
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Time is Finally Here
Silver as most of you know, especially if you read my blog the other day, January 27th, has been recording and has now posted three of the songs to our myspace page; www.myspace.com/silvermusiconline.
So, today we are commencing a total bombardment, maybe a harsh word only meant to mean serious, of our friends, families and anyone connected with us. This is a big deal for us, cause we have worked hard, the engineers have worked hard and now we are going to work even harder.
We are going to unleash this CD on everyone and anyone who will listen. We are pushing to make this a state-wide, then national, and finally international thing.
So, if you are reading this you will get or have gotten an email from me, Brent or Patrick. We are asking, especially if you enjoy it, to pass this on to your friends, co-workers, families members and anyone else that would listen.
We are also pushing our CD release shows heavy as well. We are wanting to pack out both venues. First on February 21st at The Pour House in Raleigh and then March 7th at The Evening Muse in Charlotte.
So listen, enjoy, and pass own. That is going to be my encouragement to everyone who reads this.
Thanks again for reading and please try and make it out to at least one of the CD release parties.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The New Musics
I know a lot people who follow this blog also follow the blog of either Patrick Downing, Brent Francese and/or Silver. I wanted to chime in on Silver's new CD and let those who do not follow the previous mentioned blogs about it.
The new Silver CD, that we are calling "Plus Minus," is coming out this February. We are currently in the mastering phase and we are about to send the CD tracks and the artwork to the CD duplicator. All three of us are really stoked about the whole CD and we can't wait to let everyone listen to it. For those select people who have already heard it, we are getting great responses from it. This is very encouraging for us.
We are calling the CD "Plus Minus" because we feel like there are two types of songs on the CD. Not like drastic differences cause we wrote all of the songs. However there are some heavier songs and lighter songs. I do not think that we intended on doing this when we first started writing. It just came out like that and we were excited when we wrote the songs and now we are excited about what was produced.
We currently have two CD release parties, one in Raleigh and one in Charlotte. The one in Raleigh is going to be on February 21st at The Pour House. The one in Charlotte is going to be on March 7th at The Evening Muse. We are glad that we finally have the two shows set and also glad that we have the lineup set for The Pour House show in Raleigh.
We have worked really hard on this CD and hope that all who hear the songs will enjoy them for their own reasons.
You can always check us out at www.silvermusiconline.com if you want to find out more news and information about the CD.
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