Decide what you want and go out there and get it!

I made it to 28 years old. An entire decade since I graduated High School. Although I am probably one of the poorest people that you will ever meet - I wouldn't change a thing. I'm so thankful that I've taken the road less traveled. My life is uniquely rich. I've made huge mistakes and learned from them - and I know that day-by-day I'm a better person.

Choosing to pursue this life as a Roving Vagabond (as I refer to myself) has provided me with experiences that are greater than I could have ever imagined. Life is amazing. The things that you can experience if you live your life on your terms is amazing. If this hasn't been your experience in life so far, so what?! It is never too late to change that. Right now decide that you will live your life as you see fit - regardless of what other people will think - because in the end no one has as much invested in yourself as you do; trust yourself the most.

Decide what you want and go out there and get it. We will all be in a much better world if you, me, and all of us, are following our inspiration. What inspires you? "You've got to jump before your parachute will ever open." And once you jump, it will.

For One Day...Just One Day!

I'm reminded that tomorrow is my Birthday - Whoot Whoot! I have never really cared how old I am - is that weird? There are a lot of things in life that I find myself just not paying attention to and age is definitely one of them. I think that it can really limit a person, to think too much about their age - because often times we use it against ourselves and not to our benefit; meaning, if there's something that we are really driven or inspired to do, oftentimes we make excuses like 'I'm too old' and 'I'm too young' or 'I'm going to miss my chance.' Yada Yada Ya.

I think those time or age-related excuses are completely bogus and there is a lot less emphasis that could be placed on how old we are (or aren't). Just be you - however young or old you feel - just be yourself...yes I know this sounds cliche and cheesy, but I don't care! So how about just for a day - to celebrate my Birthday - just on April 5th 2010, spend the entire day being yourself, whatever that may be. "Out beyond the ideas of right and wrong there is a field, I will meet you there."

I always seek out ALL of the music that my favorite artists have made

I wanted to find a way that somebody could easily own my entire catalog of music - meaning all 5 of my current albums plus any albums that I make in the future - and here is what I came up with:

For $50 I will immediately put all 5 of my current CDs in the mail to you, then anytime in the future when I release a CD, I will email you to double-check your current mailing address and then I'll put your CD in the mail for free. I always seek out all of my favorite artists complete catalog of music, and this seems like an easy, inexpensive way for me to offer this to my amazing fans.

Here is the link http://bit.ly/begWjH

I'll post again soon ;)

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It's been a long time!

Wow - As I welcome myself back to the blog-o-sphere and thank you for stopping by to check out my blog - I'm currently bunkered down in Maryland, smack-dab between Baltimore and Washington DC.

Work on Album #3 has begun and it will be quite a treat! This one will have various instruments as I'm recording it with a full band and I'm doing a lot of writing on the piano/keyboard as opposed to the guitar ;)

There is a video documentary being created about the making of the album, chuck full of interviews, inside-looks at practice sessions and studio sessions, etc, etc.

There is also a FUNdraiser at dancoyle.com that is attempting to raise $3000 by Dec 18th to fund the making of the album. Along with your donation you get a ton of really fun prizes for donating at every level (starting for as little as $1) and all the way up ;)

That's it for now, I'm going to enjoy my orange/peppermint/ginger tea and surf the web and start booking the spring 2010 tour (oh the fall tour was great and there are still 3 shows left: Dec 4 at Old Bowie Town Grille in MD, Dec 11 at Boulder Coffee in Rochester, and Dec 15 at Kenny's Castaways in NYC) -- connect with me at twitter.com/dan_coyle and http://www.facebook.com/insidethesunshinefactory and stay updated every week with my free podcast on itunes or http://www.gcast.com/user/dancoyle/podcast/www_dancoyle_com

Much Love, Many Thanks!

Dan
www.dancoyle.com
dan@dancoyle.com

Get this Train Running Again!

OK - I'm back for good now! Given all of the excitement with stalking and traveling and so on and so forth I let this go...but never shall I waiver again!

Oh sweet Jesus there has been so many things going on. Just today I created an option on my homepage (www.dancoyle.com) to purchase autographed photos...it seems like a really cool idea to me, so I hope it catches on. I also launched my "I'll come play a private show anywhere for you" campaign. Essentially, you can purchase a private show and have me come play for you with as many or as few people there to enjoy the performance as you would like. Shows are 60-90min in length and you can request songs, etc.

So we'll see where this all goes, but I hope it only keeps increasing. I've been super tired and I have a live stream tonight and Thursday this week at www.ustream.com so that should be fun; but for now I'm going to shower and try and nap before the LIVE Stream...hope to see you there!

Me & 50,000 People

So I found out yesterday that the Kansas City Riverfest where I'm playing over the 4th of July is expecting 30-50 THOUSAND people...I would say it will be my biggest show to-date.

I posted some new songs - if you have any idea what genre I should place them in, please let me know because I really don't listen to the style of music I'm playing right now...kind of strange, but that's just the way it is. Here are the links to the free demos of the songs:

http://dancoyle.com/resources/Who+I+Am+1.mp3

http://dancoyle.com/resources/Shine+Right+Through+You.mp3

http://dancoyle.com/resources/Fly$2C+Fly$2C+Fly+Away.mp3

http://dancoyle.com/resources/Alright+Now.mp3

http://dancoyle.com/resources/For+a+Long+Long+Time.mp3

there's also one more new one - if you email me at dan@dancoyle.com I can send it to you.

Hope everyone's week is going well! We're ramping up for the CD Release Party here in Chicago on June 26th. Should be good! Talk to ya soon ;)

The Songs Keep On Comin!

What a day. I was telling a friend today that I remember when I first started to play the guitar it was amazing...I couldn't stop - and it didn't matter what I was playing, it was just so much fun; and this is how I feel again doing the new music - it's so refreshing and so interesting to me to see what comes out and how different it is than anything I've done before. If you want to hear some samples email me at dan@dancoyle.com and I can send you some mp3's for you to listen to. I always appreciate feedback and input!

I launched a podcast that I'll release once per week (probably every Monday) that will chronicle the rise of the music. You can listen or subscribe to it here http://www.gcast.com/user/dancoyle/podcast/www_dancoyle_com

Great news from the guys who are putting on the Kansas City Riverfest where I'll be playing - they might have some spots for me to play on the 4th of July too! Now I just have to see if Southwest can change my flight! That reminds me, I have to call the guy who booked me...Have a good night!