Stephen here: I want freelance to get going again, yes we've failed the target of getting a song done by the end of the 6 week holidays, there are reasons for this and I'm not blaming anyone.
We started well and with good intentions we got 3 practices in and then things slowed to a halt.
Me personally?
I’m still optimistic
Because the way things look eventually we will get a definite weekly place to practice and when that happens we will be a lot more active than we’ve ever been.
Even though the jury is still out on making Amy a member of freelance or not (nothing personal I assure you) that in itself will resolve in time.
But that’s a status update. . .
Also I’d like to wish Laurie the best and hope he will be able to rejoin us as soon as he is able to. I’m not going to go into any specifics as It’s not my place to do so and I’m not sure he’d appreciate it if I did, but just know that I can speak for everyone involved when I say our thoughts are with him. He’s been a good friend to us and we thank him for all the work and effort he puts into freelance
All of that aside, future still looks bright I know I’ve lost contact recently with various members but like the majority of you I want to get the ball rolling again.
I know there’s been some tension with regards adding Amy Whetton as a member of freelance.
I’m not naming any names but the long and short of it is there are concerns over band direction and how adding another guitarist would affect group dynamics.
Me personally? 90% of me wants her to join it would add so much to the band there’s a lot of potential awesomeness that could happen through her joining \m/ I know I’m not alone here there are other members who would love to see Amy in the band
There is 10% of me that is listening and beginning to agree with arguments posted by other members of freelance. . . yes I can see where you’re coming from, things would change but I’m willing to see where that would go. . . burnout 3 suddenly springs to mind. . .”trading risk for reward”
And hey if it doesn’t work then fine I’m wrong ridicule me if you will, I won’t mind in that event.
But so far an agreement we’ve all come to is that we’re giving Amy one practice to see how things are and if it works out or not we will make a decision then.
Exactly when that practice is, is another question entirely. . . with both Russ’ house and tom’s house out of the equation the only remaining house until Stevie’s is fully sorted out is Luke’s house. . . its asking a lot from him to keep using his house, and for that I’m at least saying thanks I know other people have in the past also said thanks but I’m saying it right now.
Now I’m going to ask Luke at some point if we can use his house the first weekend after school starts for me. . . that will be Saturday 11th September 2010
If he says yes then I’ll tell everyone in the band and we will work out whose going etc whether or not this will be Amy’s trial practice or whatever. . . the fact is just like my media A2 research on soap operas it will be done later and not just yet :)
I’d like to say thanks to the 120 fans of freelance on facebook, I’ve noticed we have a lot of foreign fans from places in the world like Malaysia, Korea and other places, thanks a lot for joining us! Now I’m not sure if you all meant to join a bands facebook page, you may have us confused with freelance business ownership. . . but that’s beside the point thanks anyway for joining.
Also I know a few people on the fans page are there just to see us fail you’re there to take the Mick I know you’ve never liked us. . .so sorry to disappoint you but we’re not packing up just yet \m/
I know who I’m talking to there and I’m sure they know too I’m not naming any names as that’s just bad sportsmanship lol and it doesn’t matter what you do in life there will always be someone who doesn’t like you. If you honestly think that everyone likes you and the world revolves around you then you’re a fool who needs counselling
Anyway
Thanks for reading, I’m Stephen Wilcockson lead guitarist of this band we call freelance see you all next time \m/
