i want to thank you, for all that you are

My Morning Jacket recorded a few of their albums inside of an old grain-silo. Both for the sound and the place.

I've always wished that I could be a fly on the wall during one of their recordings. To put a song together with others must be the ultimate "all from scratch" piece of work possible. Life experiences and emotional pain onto paper, words into singing, melodies made through instruments, and finally recording it together.

It has always been my biggest regret that I didn't take band in school while growing up.

For some reason I always made it out in my mind that those were the nerdy kids that you didn't want to be. The kids who pushed farther than everyone else, when it really wasn't required. I realized a few years ago that those same kids are going to be the thinkers of the world. The ones that enlighten others the most, the ones that wrap their great ideas into great works.

With so much to choose from for careers, I guess what I'm wondering is if it's too late. I'm not much of a guitarist now and I've always pushed aside lessons out of sheer stubbornness, but I wonder.

I don't know what I want to become.

I know that I love music. I love art. I love the feeling that a piece of art can inspire others.

I just don't know where to go with that.

I just sent off an e-mail to the MMJ manager, in hopes that maybe I can get some sort of response from the MMJ camp, maybe even from Jim James himself. I simply asked, is it too late? I know that people say "it's never too late", etc. in response to questions like the above but I really want to hear it from someone who has done it. Someone who has been what I've only dreamed of becoming. Someone capable to inspiring others, like myself.

I'll keep you updated on whether or not I received a response.