It wasn't an overnight change. A couple of months ago, when I hit 30, I wasn't sure I believed all those people who said it's the best decade. But in these past few weeks, I've finally hit my stride. My drive is renewed, my purpose refined. If 3 is the magic number, ten times the magic feels like just that, as though years of potential are taking form. Or better yet, like I'm moulding them into the shape of the man I'm supposed to be.
Anyone that's asked me about my music in the past 5 years has heard a variation of the same story - a concept album, Greek mythology, my first real offering as an artist. For all that time, me and my stellar band, Jimmy K & the Collectibles, have been itching to share this project, Helen & I, with you. I won't go into details yet, but it's been a long and difficult journey - not quite an Odyssey, but not far off. At times, literal oceans have stood in the way, slowing the process.
Poseidon may not be a fan, but the Muses at least have been on our side. With their help, quietly, in the background, we've been plugging away, note by note, bar by bar, even when it's felt like the whole world is against us. And now, the release date, the end of the journey, the peaks of Olympus, are in sight. How long, you say? 30 days. As if by magic.
I have a lot more news for you, but I'm going to keep you on the hook for a bit. After all, we've got 30 days to get to know each other again (I promise the next posts will be shorter). And when, on the 25th of November 2016, only 3 1/2 years after I graduated, I and some of the greatest humans I know deliver this labour of love into the world, I believe, with as much strength as my heart can yet muster, that it will have been worth the wait. I hope you'll stick with me. It's gonna be a magical month.