Change is something we can all find ourselves either excited by, terrified of, or simply neutral to as we roll along.
Last December (2007) found me realizing that I was completely burned out by a long career in feature film as an on-set assistant propertymaster. My patience, which traditionally was deep as an ocean, was now only reaching the depth of the shallowest of puddles. I felt myself turning into someone I didn't want to be.

Right, then (I say's to myself), time to move on, time to let go of this world and take all that I've learned and move in another direction.

So we came up with a plan, renovated our condo, and put it on the market just as the real estate market was starting a nose dive. Well, almost a year went by while we hovered in a limbo-like existence, with one foot in film, the other reaching towards a future which some would consider crazy.

5 days from today, with a signed sale through it's "removal of subjects" deadline, we can consider ourselves on our way.

Back in the day, before the film business reeled us in, we made our living as musicians, playing regularly in and around Vancouver, very much involved with the music scene in this city. We shared gigs with many others that are now fully in the stream. I guess I got cold feet when I met our first potential manager who was the slimiest of slimy fast-talking beachballs. The interview ended with me thinking that I didn't want my name passing through this guy's self-serving lying lips, and I painted all managers with the same brush (perhaps true, but hopefully not). I may have been naive, or stupidly proud, but the call into the film business seemed to answer most of my needs at the time, and consciously or unconsciously I let myself be led in that direction. Film gigs were quickly replacing music gigs, and the film gigs paid on average 75%to 100% more than music. This "$" thing was the straw that tipped the scales heavily towards film. But, this "$" thing allowed us to build our studio and begin to work towards mastering the craft of recording and producing our work, making us that much more self-sufficient. For this, I give great thanks to the film business.

So, what are we gonna do?

To start with, we're selling what we can sell, and the funds will be used to start filling in a new page. But before I start to elaborate on this new page, I would like to express my thanks to a number of amazing people for all of the whacky experiences I've had in the film business, which I now look upon as the equivalent of an advanced degree in film-making and life.

I've been lucky enough to work with, and to sit and chat with some incredible people over the years. People like Jackie Chan (Rumble in the Bronx), Peter O'Toole, Jared Padelecki, Richard Moll, and Ed Asner (Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas), Jon Voigt, Ellen Burstyn, Micheal Imperioli (The Five People You Meet in Heaven), Colin Firth, and Minnie Driver (Hope Springs), Amanda Peet, Steven Zahn, Jack Black, R. Lee Emery, Jason Biggs, and Neil Diamond (Saving Silverman), and Sam Jackson (Snakes on a Plane), Kurt Russell, Eddie Cahill, Patricia Clarkson, and all the hockey boys (Miracle), Jessica Alba (Good Luck Chuck), ...,  magnificent crews, DOP's, Directors, etc., thoughts and images that I carry with me, from whom I learned so much, and will never forget. I've left out so many, but I don't want this to be a "who's who" of naming names. Although not exclusively, all of the above people touched me in some way, and I know in return that I genuinely touched them back.

Underneath all the hype and whatnot, we're all just people, brilliant and fallible, all of us in various states of awareness.

I've had the immense fortune of having many sensei along the way. Through music and life: Ted Hall and Liz Gilbert, and some other quiet ones, possibly every single one. Through film and life: Luther Fairbairn mentored me through the labyrinth of art vs politics vs get 'r done with integrity. With that said, I'll leave the past in the past, and the future to the future.

What's this plan for right now?

Wow, the future. THE FUTURE!...

Gimme a minute...