Good news and mediocre news, too!

In a desperate plea for someone to take notice of my creative resume, I sent my portfolio and resume out to approximately 40 local advertising agencies. For those unaware, I graduated with my bachelor's degree in advertising design back in December, and have been hunting for a job every since. I had enormously high hopes and a glamorous idea in mind that MAYBE I'd get a job working somewhere within the first 2 months of being out of school. My time in school didn't allow me to see the severity of the decline in the local creative market. I came out to find that creatives with 4 and 5 years of experience were now competing with us entry level people for the same jobs... making it a severe uphill battle just to get in for an interview with an agency or design group. It's hard times! I'm determined though... I want to do this for a living.
In slightly more positive news, the Hepcat Hop, an event my wife and I came up with, will become a monthly event. To explain further, the Hepcat Hop is a monthly event in which I'll be playing 3 hours worth of authentic 1950's music, be it rock'n'roll, rockabilly, hillbilly, jive, rhythm and blues, doo wop, country, whatever... I'll play it if it's got a beat! It's going to be each month on the third Monday, with the next one on July 20th. The event is held at the historic Southside Preservation Hall in Fort Worth, which of course adds to the nostalgia effect. I really want this event to eventually get to the point that it's a step back in time... we're striving for authenticity. Unfortunately, the authenticity is a little off for now, seeing as I bring my iMac with me to each event so that I can access all 15,000 songs in my collection. Eventually though... eventually.

That's about all I've got for now. I'd like to schnazz my page up real soon... keep an eye out for that to happen! Take care, folks.