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Last month I underwent surgery for the first time in my life to remove a tumor, and as it turned out, my entire thyroid.  Even though I was assured it was not life-threatening… you can’t stop asking yourself- “is this the end of my run?” I was lucky. It wasn’t. Plus I probably feel better now that I’ve adjusted to the hormone treatment. So now I’m trying to get started on all those projects I had put aside; you know the usual excuses…. the projects I’ll do when I have more money, when I don’t have as much work, once the kids graduate, etc.

But now I’ve decided to go forward and do it. We’ve all been affected by someone dying of cancer or some unexpected accident, and to be honest, there are no guarantees… we’ve been given this life as a gift and we need to do something with it. I hope I can live up to my promise to LIVE not just exist. For me, that means expressing myself musically and in words and by enjoying the gift of life and sharing it with others. I am thankful for all my friends and family… and even though we don’t agree on everything (in some cases, nothing) I still love you all.

So… the rest of this year I’ll be working on trying to fulfil my promise and finish all those projects and also live life in the process. I hope all of you don’t wait until it’s too late to follow your dreams… and they don’t always lead you where you think they will, but if we follow, I think our dreams will eventually lead us to the right place.

Coming soon: An Independent Man- the musical, Second Glances (an instrumental album of songs I’ve written between 1978 and now), a singer-songwriter album and hopefully more short stories and if I can pull it out of me, a novel. OK, now I’ve said it and it’s out there in cyberspace- I have to do it.

Hi everyone. Thanks for stopping by. I’m so excited to have a new site up and running. Major thanks to my friends Tapani Rauha and Sami Vesamo for helping out!

2009 has been a productive year. My company, Eidolon Productions, released Andreas Aleman’s album, THIS IS LIFE, (I was co-writer on almost all the songs and executive producer) in January. The album was very well received and we are working on a follow-up right now. Later in January, Andreas and Peter Getz (another friend and co-writer) had a sold-out show at Fasching Jazz Club here in Stockholm.

I reached another milestone in my life in May when one of my short stories, The Taste of Fruit Stripe Gum, was published in the Sierra Nevada Review.

I’m also working on a new musical about the life and writings of the controversial, North Carolina newspaper editor, W. O. Saunders. Read more about that under – Music – The musical – The Independent man.

This site has many more features than the old one and I hope to share more of my writing, music and thoughts about the creative process, the music business, and life in general.

And please check out some of my songs in the player to the right. It features some of my favorite songs sung by artists such as Andreas Aleman, Johan Becker, Mia Löfgren, Björn Skifs, Monica Silverstrand, Peter Getz and others. You might even hear the ocassional instrumental piece by me.

I always love hearing from you so please shoot me an e-mail at brian@brianhobbsmusic.com or brian@eidolon.se and let me know what you think.

I’d also love to connect with you on FACEBOOK

Best,

Brian