It’s amazing how things change and how life unfolds.
I watched my savings account dwindle since leaving AOL Music earlier this year. Almost six months ago. I came back to NYC and started working with Brooklyn Taco. I started with them at an outdoor market, and watched as they set up an permanent place within an indoor market. They were already included in TimeOutNY’s 26 best tacos. And now we’ve been mentioned in the NYTimes Diner’s Journal. And we were in the actual print paper today, as part of the openings.
My day job used to be coordinating interviews with metal bands. Now I make tacos and pour-over coffee and chop onions.
I was a blogger, online producer and editor for 10 years. Then I watched the market flood with kids eager to work for peanuts just so they can say they met their favorite bands or movie stars. That used to be my dream, but it became difficult to pay the rent with “I met Rob Halford” on my check to the landlord. Well, that, and I’m not 24 anymore.
Making stuff is hard work. Feeding people is high pressure. The smiles, the amazing people you meet, the laughter, the thrills, the mistakes. Quite different than working for days on securing a song premiere that the internet forgets in 3.5 seconds after it’s posted.
