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Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
Get well soon Roux!
I’m sad to hear that your band didn’t work out, but I’m happy to know that there’s a new opportunity coming up for music. You deserve it, and I really hope this one works out in your favor.
Take care of yourself, and treat yourself with kindness and grace. Healing takes time, and while you may not be able to afford staying home longer, I hope that work itself won’t be so taxing. Also, if you can afford to, ask a doctor about the pain in your foot and make sure it’s nothing even more serious. Hang in there, and I’m also very happy to hear from you again
Thanks for the kind words as always 🖤❤️. I go in on Tuesday and am gonna ask them about the pain. I’m a little worried about it because it’s actually getting worse.
I initially wanted to start a punk band and just play bass but I’ve also learned quite a bit of range in deathcore vocals and figured sure I’ll do vocals. But now thst I can just focus on this punk project I think it will be a better fit for me. I can’t really write metal lyrics but for some reason(lol), politically charged punk lyrics come pretty easy for me. I actually have like 3 songs written and one folksy song right now that I’m been practicing as an excuse to learn chords and how to sing while playing guitar.
I really hope this project takes off but I also hope my old band finds their sound.
Can’t imagine what that reason might be
Like I said before, I’d really love to hear what you get up to musically at some point, and I’m happy to hear you may finally get a chance to play (and sing!) politically charged punk. The folksy song sounds interesting too! Fingers crossed for the project, and I know you’ll do great!
Be gentle with your ankle, and yes, go see the doctor asap. If it’s nerve damage, it won’t get better over time <3 be careful, okay? I’m also keeping my fingers crossed that someone will reply to your mutual aid request
If it’s nerve damage, I donnno how I will go about even doing light duty at work. I’m trying to mentally navigate getting in and out of our work vans. I have a boot they gave me and I’ll be wearing that. It helps a bit with stability but it’s big and bulky and gets in the way when I have it on. I can drive with it but I have a hard time gauging how much I’m pushing the gas pedal. Part of my light duty will be riding as a passenger to help our new drivers so I’ll be mostly sitting so that’s good.
The good thing about doing this punk project is that I’m a Marxist with some AnCom tenancies and the rest are some other flavor of left. Well, I can’t vouch for the drummer yet but when I put the post out that he responded to, I did say I’d like a drummer that is left-leaning politically. But what I’m trying to say is that if we are all on the same page and we all wanna do the same genre, I think it’s already a good first step. The last band was a very mixed bag on music and politics.