Boredom, I challenge you to a duel!

Unfortunately I lost the duel. Boredom won over.
I'm sick and it SUCKS. And I don't understand why that, whenever I get sick it has to affect either my throat or my ears... irony much? So its been about 5 days and I've gone to work screaming "WHAT? WHAT?" every two sentences cuz I can't really hear on my left side. Curse you sinus infections! The rest of the time I'm in my snoopy PJs either staring at the TV or my computer screen as I kick some serious rear on Starcraft II (yea, I'm a chick who likes videogames, whatcha gonna do about it :P) or asleep for 14+ hours trying to boot out this bug.

The only good I've got out of these 119 hours of nothing is we auditioned a bass player! He was good, here's to hoping he lasts it out! And I got a bit of a kick into designing the GUP t-shirt and web design. I've got an awesome feeling everyone's gonna love it! Can't wait for our band release in the Spring! Yea baby, we're gonna bring it!

Anyway, in other news, cuz my buds and I find interesting stuff all the time, the scientists' on this great big planet found an organism who doesn't rely on the 6 elements required for living! Its a bacteria that substitutes Arsenic for Phosphorus! The arsenic just reminds me a bit of Chicago. Sometimes things just defy logic!

I hope you all are enjoying the festive cheer right now! There's lots of Red and Green going around!

Cheers!

Quote of the Day.

"Without fame, he who spends his time on earth leaves only such a mark upon the world as smoke does on air or foam on water." - Dante

I plan on leaving a giant mark. It'll be a crater etched into the minds of many with only a few knowing how it  got there or who made the impact. I want my actions to echo through the future, far past when I'm breathing and far past the day anyone remembers my name. I want to change our thinking and our culture. I want people to love themselves and love their lives. I want to promote gratitude, confidence, love, acceptance, kindship, action, initiative, grace and catalyst a pursument of passion. No dream is too large and no step too small. Negativity stems from idleness and Positivity from initiative and creativity and action.

Go for everything you want to do and believe in yourself, because it won't take long until everyone believes along with you.

Life is short, so take advantage of every minute and seize every opportunity. Live your life outside instead of living someone elses life inside. Do it. Because you are the only one living your life right now and it'll never happen until you do it yourself! I believe in you and I hope thats enough to make you believe in you to.

Three Cheers to Living Life to the Fullest!

Rockstars Can Like Country Music To!

No one believes me when I say I grew up on Cher, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw (not to mention his superstar country lady Faith Hill). It wasn't until I hit high school that I realized rock music was the best of all worlds and that GIRLS COULD DO IT TO. It was a changing point in my life and I'll always remember it started with Treble Charger and Evaescence, progressed to Saliva and Aerosmith and right now it's somewhere in between Apocalytica, Breaking Benjamin and Queen (a staple in ANY rockstar's influences).

But country music still influences me! I can sing every word to every Martina McBride song on her greatist hits album. Cry by Ms. Hill is my favourite country ballad and dude, Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy? Even if you don't like country music you've got to like that song! Cheeky and catchy. There are so many more I can't name them all.

Anyway, what brings me to blogging this is I think I resparked a bit of life into my love of country music and its all Aaron Pritchett's fault. I went to the Roxy tonight for his CD release with a good couple friends of mine and found out that his song's "Hold My Beer" is amazing and "Pinch", off his new album is pretty rockin' and different. I really love that song. You should listen to it, the riff in the chorus is pretty sweet.

"Baby, it can only go up from here!"

Anyway, it's really late and I had one too many whiskey sours before my business class in the morning so... Goodnight y'all!

It's a Long Way Forward, but a Long Way Back.

As I've mentioned before. I've been doing the whole music dance for a good part of my memorable life. I've written countless songs about the journey and its trials and difficulties but I really want to write one to compose the whole party of it. The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, the fun, the boring, the mistakes, the successes... And I'm having a really hard time of it. It's not easy writing a catchy fun beat that picks you up and throws you around the room, banging your limbs into walls and your head into the ceiling but somehow causes you to crash onto the ground, laughing, your sides aching with the fun of it all. Cuz this ride has been like a rollercoaster with no seatbelt. I've held on for this long, terrified and thrilled all at once, and it wasn't until recently I realized that even if I fell, I would have been having the time of my life.

And I'd love to say thank you to all the amazing people who have made the journey thus far so awesome and memorable. You'll always know who you are.

And as in the words on P!nk! RAISE YOUR GLASS BABY... Cuz I'm just gonna get this party started! You wait world, Melody Dante is here to bring you something else!

Cheers my little fishies.

MelDante of GUP

Find me on Twitter @MelDante for all the updates on my rollercoaster journey.

P.S - My Good friend Bella Johnson of BellaJohnsonPhotography read this and totally made my day with this regurgitated quote. ""rather to fail at something you love, than suceed at something you hate". I hope you all succeed at that you love. Don't give up just because a few doors close, stay focused, work hard and use that passion. You only live once.

Post Number One!

Hey everyone!

I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Mel and I'm the singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of Grace Under Pressure, a Vancouver based, female-fronted and male-backed hard rock band who's in this to get famous.

And this is my blog in which I'll dictate anything worth knowing and a bunch of stuff that probably isn't, during our journey to rockstardom.

Two things that you should know about me? I'm passionate and I'm dedicated. So far I've been on this journey for 6 years and I'll continue in this direction until I'm old. Or maybe I'll keep going like Madonna. Who knows. I've been told a thousand times in a million words and a hundred eyerolls that 'getting famous' is like winning the lottery and it won't happen to me. It's a good thing I believe in a more positive view of the world. And I will never know until I try!

Another few things you'd probably like to know... I'm friendly (so give me a holler!), I'm open to ideas, I love impromptu parties and small-time gatherings. I watch anything from the Discovery Channel to Manswers to Dexter and Glee and I try my hardest to stay wickedly (and I've been told scarily) positive.

Some things you might like to know about the band...

Kevin's the drummer and he's been with me since the name Grace Under Pressure was thrown out into the world. I usually call him caveman cuz he likes to hit things, make lots of noise and speak improper English. He pretty much rocks.

Jesse's the lead guitarist. He joined in the summer and auditioning him was probably the best decision we've made so far. (Here's to a ton more good decisions to!) His riffs are always melodic and as a bonus, they're catchy to. We recently wrote our first song together and its definitely in our top two favourites. I can't wait for you all to hear it world! He's usually quiet but he knows everyone and quite a lot about random things and he's always got a story to tell... usually something crazy he did the last weekend.

And _________ you haven't met cuz he's the invisible bass player. As soon as he's corporeal and pokeable I'll tell you more about him!

Anyway, look forward to more updates on our journey through life!

Cheers,

-Mel Dante. Grace Under Pressure.