The Dead Sea......Businessman?

When I decided to stay here in Amsterdam, it became a second thought to bring my label with me.  I thought I could build it here, it is a rich city with an unsaturated music scene.  Whereas Liverpool is a poor city with a saturated music scene.  I felt, yeah I could do something with Lost at Sea here.  But things became a lot clearer after a good chat my good friend Jasper.

It is two conflicting personalities he told me, you can't be this travelling busking Dead Sea Captain, and at the same time be a business man.  It is two different hats to wear.  I looked at the hat I always wear for busking and  it hit me clearly.  I set out on this adventure to build myself as a musician, not be a business man.  Why should I focus energies on building a label with this suitcase full of old music I produced and wrote.  When in fact I should keep building the Dead Sea Captain and get in touch with already established labels here.  I set out for a fresh start, and the label is part of my old life.

Perhaps I feel obliged to carry the label on, as it holds some great music and ideas, but just not yet.  The goal is to get a strong web presence and live presence for the Dead Sea Captain.  Some busking videos, Jasper is planning a bike tour on the bak fiets where we would ride with a group of people of bikes, and then start playing in random spots from the bak fiets.  Capturing it on video, and getting festival bookings along the line.

When I decided I was going to build Lost at Sea in Amsterdam, I had this niggling doubt that it wasn't right.  I buried it though and thought.  No, Let's build a great bond and connection with Liverpool and Amsterdam.  Which I believe I will.  But just not yet.  The focus is to become a great acoustic songsmith, and I don't get that by sitting on a computer, networking as a booking agency and publishing contracts.  Nah, I get that by getting out and busking and playing wherever I can.  And that is what I will continue to do for the future. 

Jasper has this great place on the outskirts of Amsterdam.  It's where I recorded that little 'When Autumn Leaves' E.P.  Over the next ten days I am there again, to start recording some more songs I have been writing.  He is a cool guy Jasper with a golden heart, and I look forward to getting involved in a few of his plans for the spring and summer.  I enjoy the way our talks evolve, he offers a great different perspective to my sometime blind enthusiasm, and that talk we had over a few joints and some watered down sharp white wine made the future a lot clearer for me.

I need to accept that I make a million different plans sometimes and am always thinking of new directions to head to, but I forget that I already have a plan, and that is my own journey to become a great acoustic songsmith and player, and build a great musical chapter of The Dead Sea Captain.  I should have another acoustic e.p recorded and up for download in the next few weeks.  I still feel I have a lot to write about, and will be doing a lot more chapters on this blog.

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