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New Beginnings .. Pt I

Well, I've managed to have a little time to put together another journal update ...

Do you find that sometimes life throws a spanner into the works or on the opposite side .. pops a 'life changing' opportunity right in front of you .. which just happens to be something that you (& your partner/family) have been hoping for or thinking of doing, but it just never seems to go any further than the dream, a discussion or an idea .. 'cos life has all those other wonderfully mundane day-to-day distractions - things to get on with first .. kids, studies, the job, paying the mortgage/rent; bills to keep the roof over your head; oil for the heating to keep your toes warm; bills to keep your supply of water .. oh, & of course, not forgetting an electricity supply .. very important these days since the digital world relies so heavily on this invention ..

.. I digress ...

.. so back to the main point of this 'ere new journal .. & that was 'new beginnings', a life changing opportunity ..

This happened to a couple good friends, where an opportunity to move abroad to a new world, environs & life style to follow their dreams was laid out in front of them. They jumped at this opportunity & it looks like things are working out real well for them. I'm so chuffed for them that their new beginnings are going so, so well & it's hard to really show through words how happy I am for them both. I really wish them the best of luck in their new life & future. It's a brilliant chance for them to have such an opportunity to live for their themselves, their dreams, their music & not have to work at a job for which is just really 'a means to an end' ..

So, as a tribute .. I felt that it would be an honour to give them a mention here on dA - but since their art is music, singing & songwriting, .. they're not part of dA, thus as you might of guessed, have samples available to listen to uploaded on their MySpace Profiles. It was a little while back now, about a year & a bit, where I helped out with some photos & the design work for their profile pages .. with some of the work being design pieces for single track cd covers. Since I'm pleased with the pieces myself, I thought .. ya know, it'd be interesting to see what (if any?) feedback I might get on the designs.

Ok, so here are 4 designs .. let me know what you think ..
I've given the MySpace links to their profiles, so you can go visit, sample & enjoy their sounds ..

Jed McConkey - http://www.myspace.com/jedmcconkey