Doing it With Intent

Back in my college days a looonnng time ago, I had a philosophy class taught by a man named John Connelly. I think he may still be teaching, I don't know, but I digress. Anyway, his class wasn't the classic philosophy class that taught you about Plato and such, but he taught I guess some kind of Eastern philosophy. The core of his teachings was that everything that happens to you is because of your intentions. So if something bad happens to you, then you intended for it to happen to you. Likewise, if something good happened to you, then you intended that to happen to you too. The gist of his message was that if you think positively as much as possible, then you intend good things will happen to you and indeed it will.

The band I'm currently playing with is "With Intent". Currently a duo (we're looking for a drummer) we play rock tunes from the 60's to current, along with original music. The heart and soul (and the guy who started it) is my good friend Ed De Caro. Ed and I have known each other for about 16 years from working together at a corporation in San Diego, give or take a few months. It's funny, all those years we knew each other, yet we only started jamming back in 2001 in our old band CenterAisle. Ed, who is a fabulous singer with a unique voice and a very good guitar player to boot, was the drummer. But it was obvious from the start that he had the goods to step out in front.

He has a voice that can carry a group and give it an identity. But he also has something that I have rarely seen in anyone, and that is absolute belief in himself. He expects good things to come his way, and they do. I've witnessed it at work - time and time again he just sets out to accomplish something big and worthwhile, and he pulls it off. And with this music thing, he's doing it again. When CenterAisle ended, he just pulled up the bootstraps, and decided it was time he step out in front. And he did. And he did it great. Fortunately for me, he asked me to join him in his little endeavor, and I have to say I am glad that I said yes - even a fool like me gets lucky sometimes. I truly feel we have a good thing going, and Ed is leading the way.

So, I am going to take a cue from Ed, and steal a phrase from him as well (since it's his band and he thought of the name) - I am going to do it With Intent. Intent to make good music. Intent to check the ego at the door for good of the whole. Intent to be able to create from a blank sketchpad and mold it into something good. Intent that good things will happen if we keep positive.

http://geocities.com/rocku_with_intent
rocku_with_intent@yahoo.com - tell Ed that Mike sent 'ya.

Good night now.