The past two shows in Springfield, VA and Atlanta have been fun. The crowds certainly haven't been large by any means but the kids who were there were super stoked, making our set completely worth while. I will always perform my best even if there is one person in the audience who is passionate about music and/or our band. Not to mention it gives me the "release" I need on a day-to-day basis when on tour. The stage and performance generate a freeing feeling and anything troubling you becomes obsolete. It is this freeing feeling that allows me to realize why I do what I do and why I've chosen to extensively tour in a band with a group of my best friends. This feeling also gives me tremendous respect for anyone who tours and does not have the figurative release of playing and performing every night. I don't know how they do it but I am certainly glad they do and am certainly happy to surround myself with people like that, people who on a regular basis maintain positive attitudes and appear to be constantly happy.

Tonight we had an awesome couple come out to the show who were visiting the U.S. from Israel. They flew over two weeks ago and have another 3 weeks left before them embark home. They came here to attend shows and see the bands they would never get to see otherwise. I thought it was amazing that a couple would take the time to plan and finance a trip to that degree in order to see their favorite bands play live. Upon socializing with them we quickly learned that bands never make trips to Israel. We assumed the main reason was for safety and the other for location concerning countries on the surrounding border. We were informed that they play CD's (like our own) in our genre of music at the clubs out there in Tel Aviv and mosh, Since they don't have the opportunity to see the bands live in concert they must take out their inner mosh in other ways. Hearing this was quite an eye opening experience to say the least. These kinds of thing make give me a deeper appreciation for what I am doing with my life and how what I do impacts others on the other side of the world.