Comments on: Dear 1999 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/ A day in the life of a rock starlet Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:11:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carla http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Carla Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:49:09 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1466 Oh, Andrew! Your comment means a lot to me - thanks! It was a great exercise to write this letter. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it. Oh, Andrew! Your comment means a lot to me – thanks! It was a great exercise to write this letter. I’m glad you enjoyed reading it.

]]> By: Andrew Goodrich http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Andrew Goodrich Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:28:00 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1431 Hey Carla! I had this marked 'to read' and just now sat down and read this - this is really beautiful, and I feel so happy for you and all that you have accomplished in the last decade. You're spirit and energy is infectious! Hey Carla! I had this marked ‘to read’ and just now sat down and read this – this is really beautiful, and I feel so happy for you and all that you have accomplished in the last decade. You’re spirit and energy is infectious!

]]> By: Natalie Gelman http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Natalie Gelman Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:16:11 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1350 Beautiful post Carla with some great lessons... I might to this and try a slightly different approach- writing from my future self to me now. Beautiful post Carla with some great lessons… I might to this and try a slightly different approach- writing from my future self to me now.

]]> By: Samia Mounts http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Samia Mounts Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:16:28 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1349 Oh, thank you for this, Carla! You might not remember me, but I met you when our mutual friend Sierra brought you to a Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra show at the South Street Seaport last summer - I was the girl back-up singer with dark hair. I'm deeply involved in the management & publicity for the band now (just getting started with it, actually) and I'm going through a lot of heartache and frustration over whether or not I can learn this industry well enough to help us move up in it. This blog entry brought tears to my eyes! It's so inspiring to know that artists I respect and admire went through similar issues before they started figuring out how to make things work for them. The key is to never let doubt and fear rule you and to NEVER give up. Thank you so much, and I'm sorry I haven't stayed in touch better! I would love to come see one of your live shows sometime. Stay righteous in 2010, girl! Big love, Samia (a.k.a. Seoul Sistah #1 of BroJo & the LRRO) Oh, thank you for this, Carla! You might not remember me, but I met you when our mutual friend Sierra brought you to a Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra show at the South Street Seaport last summer – I was the girl back-up singer with dark hair.

I’m deeply involved in the management & publicity for the band now (just getting started with it, actually) and I’m going through a lot of heartache and frustration over whether or not I can learn this industry well enough to help us move up in it. This blog entry brought tears to my eyes! It’s so inspiring to know that artists I respect and admire went through similar issues before they started figuring out how to make things work for them. The key is to never let doubt and fear rule you and to NEVER give up. Thank you so much, and I’m sorry I haven’t stayed in touch better! I would love to come see one of your live shows sometime.

Stay righteous in 2010, girl!

Big love,
Samia
(a.k.a. Seoul Sistah #1 of BroJo & the LRRO)

]]> By: Jeffrey Paul Bobrick http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Jeffrey Paul Bobrick Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:22:44 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1348 Carla, It's true. You can SANG! Thanks for this. Never give up on your dreams!!! Great post. I have written one too. I hope you'll like it also. http://ilovejpb.wordpress.com/ Talk soon! Jeffrey Paul Bobrick Singer and Songwriter http://www.ilovejpb.com Carla,

It’s true. You can SANG!

Thanks for this. Never give up on your dreams!!! Great post.

I have written one too. I hope you’ll like it also.

http://ilovejpb.wordpress.com/

Talk soon!

Jeffrey Paul Bobrick
Singer and Songwriter
http://www.ilovejpb.com

]]> By: Michael Johnson http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Michael Johnson Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:36:42 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1347 Carla, I can see that, with some obvious exceptions, I have struggled with some similar issues. I had many older people tell me what I couldn't do, and unfortunately, I believed them. I let fear rule my career for too many years, and even now it is sometimes a struggle to keep that fear in check. I've probably said this to you before, but I think it bears repeating in public. As a professor at that same music school you are referencing, I had great admiration for you at the time! If you didn't fit in, it was only because you were out there playing gigs while most of your classmates were partying on the weekends. You already had a vision of the things you wanted to achieve as an artist, and you were actively pursuing those things, even as you were trying to better yourself as a musician. I wish all my students were like that! (BTW, I also sometimes felt out of place there, since I was more of a rock-oriented guy teaching in a very jazz-oriented program.) I am so proud of you for standing up for yourself, and continuing on your path even when people said you shouldn't! I think this is what also makes you such a great mentor to others, and I am so thankful you are willing to share these experiences. I wish you continued success in 2010, and thank you for everything you do and say! Carla, I can see that, with some obvious exceptions, I have struggled with some similar issues. I had many older people tell me what I couldn’t do, and unfortunately, I believed them. I let fear rule my career for too many years, and even now it is sometimes a struggle to keep that fear in check.

I’ve probably said this to you before, but I think it bears repeating in public. As a professor at that same music school you are referencing, I had great admiration for you at the time! If you didn’t fit in, it was only because you were out there playing gigs while most of your classmates were partying on the weekends. You already had a vision of the things you wanted to achieve as an artist, and you were actively pursuing those things, even as you were trying to better yourself as a musician. I wish all my students were like that! (BTW, I also sometimes felt out of place there, since I was more of a rock-oriented guy teaching in a very jazz-oriented program.)

I am so proud of you for standing up for yourself, and continuing on your path even when people said you shouldn’t! I think this is what also makes you such a great mentor to others, and I am so thankful you are willing to share these experiences.

I wish you continued success in 2010, and thank you for everything you do and say!

]]> By: Carla http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 Carla Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:30:25 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1346 Awww, CharLena - you are the best! Thanks for being a companion and co-conspirator on this journey! Love, Carla Awww, CharLena – you are the best! Thanks for being a companion and co-conspirator on this journey!

Love,
Carla

]]> By: CharLena http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 CharLena Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:08:08 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1345 You told 1999, now tell it through the next decade, too. We'll all be watching for the updates, as you go along and definitely in 2020. Tell it! Love ya, CharLena You told 1999, now tell it through the next decade, too. We’ll all be watching for the updates, as you go along and definitely in 2020. Tell it!

Love ya,

CharLena

]]> By: Carla http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 Carla Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:47:40 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1344 Thanks, Heather!! Thanks, Heather!!

]]> By: Heather http://rockstarlifelessons.com/929/dear-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 Heather Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:02:27 +0000 http://rockstarlifelessons.com/?p=929#comment-1342 Love this! These are all so inspiring! Love this! These are all so inspiring!

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