For the Beoir and such

Well in a dramatic series of events on Friday, a miracle happend. We are still in buisness and look to be stronger then ever. It was a week of ever changing emotions and the outlook looked bleek. When in the 11th hour we pulled together and got someone to come through and give us some time to figure out our future. This whole processes has brought me to the point that I do love my job and it is something I am willing to fight for. If change was to happen then I know I would have made it through just fine with the help of my wife and friends. I am glad that I can still do what I came here to do and I feel God still has work for me to do at this job. So I now wait to see what his great plan is.

Many of you who know me, know I work in the Music Industry at The Sound Kitchen recording studios. I have worked there pretty much my entrie professional career. In the past 14 years I have seen many things and met such wonderful people. Well It seems that the owner of the studio has decided that its not in his business plan to own a studio. This point is for another post! and how it came to this is also for that same post. What is relavent is that the bank now owns us and if we can’t find another owner by Friday, they will have to close us down until they find another owner.

I can’t began to tell you the mass emotions that run through my head. In 14 years I have devoted my life to a place, an idea, a concept, a life style and to relationships that mean more to me then losing a job. I moved to Nashville because of this studio. I soon found this place to be more then a job site, but a family. Maybe it was the endless hours spent as an intern there and then eventually a staff assistant, or maybe it was seeing it grow to be one of the biggest studios in Nashville. I don’t know how or when but it has become my home, my life, my family. Not the building or the name, but the countless faces that run through my head now and give me plenty to be thankful for .If it was not for my time here I would not have met my wife. My good friend Crystal introduced me to Kelly some three years ago, and without whom I could not get through this. I guess for me this place has never been a job, its been my life, my hobby, my love. I know business is business and life will go on, but I can’t help to look back at 14 years of my life without some sort of recognition to all those that have meant so much. To you, I say Thank You.

This business that  we are in, the Music Business, is a tough one. For some reason we seem to have lost that sence of family, that friendship, that made us want to get in the business to begin with. I guess in the end this is the most frustrating part of all of this. In the past few years that has changed and become more self-serving. I have one final plea, Save the Kitchen. If not for any of us, but for an idea that maybe we can all remember what a community, a family this town once was. 

Well this was suppose to be an easy 6 mile run according to the Hal Higdon 1/2 Marathon training. My wife got me a Garmin 305 for Christmas and I love it. It gives the opportunity to be the gear nerd that I am and post figures and nice graphs. I thought I was going out like I always did on my long runs. After mile 1 my heart rate was a lot higher then I wanted. I am not sure if heart rate monitor is messed up or what, but this seemed really high for the whole 6 mile run. I did run the course faster then I ever had, I was shooting for like a 9:20 pace/mile, and ended up doing a 9:10. I did not feel tired or felt that I was pushing myself. I guess the heart monitor hates OHB!!

I have many friends that have blogs and have enjoyed them for awhile. Its been a way to see what’s going on in their life and such. So I decided to create my own. This year I have a few goals to accomplish and thought there is no better way then share their progress with a blog. My journey begins with the Tom King 1/2 Marathon in Nashville, TN http://www.tomkingclassic.com. I consider myself a runner, although be it slow, but a runner none the less. Later in year I plan on running the Chicago Marathon. This will be my first marathon I have ever done and should be challenge for me.

This blog will be used for my training logs from various sites, thoughts on current issues, and maybe even a recipe or two. For the title, well all this working out is for two things. So I can eat what I want with out looking like I eat what I want and of course BEER!