Starting to feel like I get this again…May need to go back and clean up some of my socials, I can see where they saren’t particularly following any kind of focus. I mean, I can’t say focus has been a trait I embody, but at least I could make things not be duplicated over and over. And now that I have a website, it seems a good idea to try and make a clear message…

So what is it I want this to be?

Currently I am thinking I want to document as much of the process of making music, sharing that music, and seeing what happens. I don’t know if theree is an audience for what I do that would actually want to see this happen live. I suppose I could tfry streaming on Twitch again. That was fun, but I would want an audience if that’s where I am going. I have a SoundCloud, and I have put out a few EPs & singles there. But the name of the band has changed a few times and the ideas behind each album can dramatically change the sound. I think I am going to stick with Katharsys Industries for a bit, just because I like the name and feel good about it.

But what about the mental wealth stuff?

I have been giving presentation for NAMI and CITfor the last seven years about what it is like to be arrested while mentally ill. I love doing those. I love the people I meet doing them and I love the feeling of giving back to the community. I also did a presentation about my experience with mental illness while being on the sidelines of the entertainment industry. That was a real blast, because I got to be interviewed (more or less) by one of my heroes in the industry, Martin Atkins. I would love to do more presentations about the normalization of mental illness. I have a YouTube channel but it seems like I keep starting and stopping on that one. It’s very difficult to maintain a subject on that one because I keep changing my mind on what I want to do with it

Lovely, what else?

I don’t want to be one of those middle aged men who know they are meant for something more important, but just keep banging against the same wall. I’m trying, and my hope for ythis blog is to give me focus and get me where I want to go. My father died in the beginning of April, and I just want to make him proud. But the grief is real and I try to let it out where appropriate. I miss him, and I think he would be happy to know that I am trying to show his corpse that I will make something of myself, come hell or high water. I will do something with this life I have been given. But that’s another story for another day.