INDIE-NEGEV 2011

Things get bigger. One tiny step at a time. Yet there are always key events you find yourself anxiously waiting for.

Things that signal you and everyone around you that something has really evolved here, that there is a real leap forward here. And it is nice to feel each step of the way, especially since they happen in the real way, from the bottom up, driven by daily hard work.

It has been clear to everyone for a long time now that it is not just about creating and making music. As artists, we are required to meet so many definitions and excel in so many fields in parallel, in order to have even the slightest chance of fulfilling even just a fraction of our huge dream.

I guess all of that comes down to the word “perception” or.. maybe.. “understanding”? A “correct” perception/understanding of everything.. in all aspects of what is happening.. in the world.. today.
 Musically, visually, genre-wise, concept-wise.
To disassemble and re-assemble everything.

To always be alert, to look all around and allow yourself to acquire, absorb and learn from what happens around and what becomes successful. To understand why those things work, what makes them work. And then to try and translate that to our own world.. into our own music, our own visual style and own attitude. Everything.

And always remember to make good music too J 
of course. Quite important. But I won’t touch that this time.. as it feels a little corny to me, and obvious to write about.

If we get back to the key events I mentioned earlier, so.. one of those key events this year was performing with Lorena at the In-D-Negev festival. Of course, we had other very significant events like big shows in festivals abroad, communication with European labels and other exciting things that happen, but this show was definitely something we were really looking forward to – amazing audience that arrive and only wish to receive and to enjoy quality music, people looking for something unique and fresh.

Unfortunately, I was hospitalized due to a severe kidney infection which canceled our show there. I couldn’t be more disappointed. Why must it happen now...............

But then, a friend who came to visit me in the hospital pointed out that gradually, we do more and more things, we have more and more important events, and statistically – unexpected things always happen (illness,  etc.) so we can look at it a little differently, and be excited from the multitude of things we have going-on and it is amazing to suddenly realize how many of those we actually have. So, unexpected things will always mess something up. But we should look forward and focus on the next thing already.

And the next thing suddenly looks closer than ever J 


xx
Adi