In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t written a blog post in three months. I’d love to say I’ve just been too busy, but I seem to find time to watch The Office and The Fringe, so I must not be that busy. So let’s just mark it up to distraction.

But it’s going to get busy starting next week when I start working three jobs. Yep, three.

My day gig is going to be contracting with the Tennessee Department of Transportation. I’ll be doing project management in the IT department 7.5 hours a day. We’ve been in Nashville almost a year and in that year every dollar we had invested is now worth 65 cents. Tough economic times indeed. So, like almost every artist in Nashville, I’m getting a day gig. This is how I made my living eleven years ago and I can do it in my sleep. So I’ll go in early every day and get out mid afternoon with time to do focus on the stuff I care about. The lady I’ll be working for is great and I’m looking forward to serving her.

I’ve also joined the partners at NoiseTrade, which is a major cool music marketing company. We help artists build their fanbase by targeted campaigns of giving away music. I have great partners and we have a great reputation. There’s lot’s of great music available there for free. Check it out.

I’m also starting to work part time with my church, The Village Chapel. We’re starting a college age group and I’m heading that efort. Betsy and I have commented a lot over the last year that we feel like we are doing an adult version of our first year of marriage when we lived in Gainesville and I worked with IVCF. So here I am working with college students again. I guess the circle is complete.

I’ll try to start blogging more often, but I’m making no promises. But I am starting to blog a lot on the NoiseTrade blog. It’s all geared towards the business of music, but we’re starting to build a great community over there. You might enjoy subscribing to that blog too. And I’ve turned into a Twitter nut so you can follow me there.

Joe