New Year, New Goals, New Gigs, New Shows!

So, I started this whole thing out last year pretty well. However, after all the stuff with my band Aurorae taking off, numerous gigs, travels with the wife, I just didn't have time. That's my fault. I plan to better manage my time this year, or I should say, make time this year, for this blog.

Looking back at the stats for this blog, it does appear to have a decent amount of views, so I would like to renew my efforts. As well, I would like to get better engagement with this. So, I will pose this question, is there anything specific that any of you would like to see?

I can tell you the shows that I already have plans to see this year, as I either already have tickets, have a gig booked to open for the show, or will make best effort to attend.

• Kaleido/Doll Skin - January 28th (Aurorae opening)
• Anthrax/Killswitch Engage/Havok - January 30th
• Intervals/Jason Richardson/Nick Johnston/Night Verses - February 15th (Aurorae opening)
• Heavy Hitters Series - February 23rd-March 23rd
•  Psykotribe/Three Knuckles Deep/Kadaver Dolls/Shattered - February 23rd
• Cypher Machine/Warlab/The Dood/Fallen Shall Prevail - March 2nd
• Drastic Fall/The Rosewoods/Dead End River/Oxmoore - March 9th
• Together in Exile/Dark Summer/Otherworld/Aurorae - March 16th
• Aegea/Murder the Crow/From This Fire/Shattered Souls - March 23rd
• Kreator/Sabaton/Cyhra - March 10th
• Slayer/Lamb of God/Anthrax/Behemoth/Testament - June 15th
• Insomnium - June 16th

Very excited for these shows, as well, as my band books gigs this year, this list will grow. I will review and snap only a few pics at each, as I do not intend to be that guy with his phone in the air the entire show. I plan to enjoy it for myself and share what I experienced.

Lastly, this year wont be any different than last, from a level of being busy. Aurorae is actively writing new songs and will start recording later in the year. 2018 is certainly going to be very exciting all around.