This is my last planned event in Indianapolis. Parting is such sweet sorrow. More sweet than sorrow though. It has been nearly 2 years since they have performed and one of the first bands in which I was a fan. I hope you will all come out and celebrate how far I have come. The funds from this event will be donated to the American Diabetes Association, spokespersons for a disease which I now suffer from.
I began Eden Promotions nearly 8 years ago, tempus fugit, and I have had a marvelous ride. Not very many people get to experience the music business the way I have, and for that I have many people to thank. There are so many people who helped me out along the way, many of whom I have become close. I began event planning and working in the music industry as an effort to raise money for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. In fact, it is only in the last 2-3 years that I became a strictly for profit entity. I have worked with some of the greatest names in music large and small. I prided myself on being the best I could be and then some. I never stopped thinking about the next phase.
Looking ahead to the future I cannot say for certain if this is a short term, long term, or permanent hiatus. I know this is certain, that I am pursuing a PhD. in Sociology. In mid July, I will be moving away from the Midwest wherever the wind takes me. If I continue with events in the future, I will more than likely be moving away from the bar scene and try to do things in "different" spaces. I plan on continuing to study community, and being outspoken about my ideas calling for change. My primary research focus for the next 4 years will involve nightclubs, the gay nightclub scene, and barriers to building community in the modern era. I am really excited about this!
Privately, this endeavor has cost me much. As anyone in the music industry can tell you the people who work in music, do so out of some bizarre passion and love for music. Indeed my project "EDEN" was about bringing people together whom otherwise would not mingle. I exposed various communities towards each other and people whom would have no other reason for mixing. Getting people to see themselves as part of a large fabric of diversity was a joy.
It was also a powerful feeling of being the instrument by which so many people were united, even if I was only an indirect means. Sadly, though there is not enough of me to go around. I have too many fires burning and something must be cut out. I hope my friendships continue to evolve, and that I am still made apart of the lives of the people who matter to me and I to them.
Veni, Vidi, Vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered)
