The Rare Personal Christmas Post: hello lovely people - some updates on life, i know some of you like to ask, i am still working hard at university and i am really pleased with the grades i am getting, it means i am paying attention and offering the right level of commitment and work ethic as well as making sure i am researching and studying to the high standard myself and the university expect of me. some of you have asked how i am since flying solo in the dating world again after nearly 10 years of marriage. well, it certainly is different isn't it? - dating apps are the thing now and i find it a little difficult to connect with people via text. i am being patient and running towards a place where i feel comfortable, happy and content with who i am. i want to trust that true love is not a dying breed and although there is going to be opposition in everything i do, i just need to compromise with myself and the world and flow like a river to the best place for me. maybe a girl will love me like a lifeguard. my ex-wife is a wonderful human being who supports me when i feel a little nervous and i am grateful for that. i am happier than i have ever been though, i feel invigorated, my mental health has improved tenfold and my physical health is the best it has been in over 13 years. i feel the rush of life pulsing through me and creative energy that i have not felt before.
as christmas approaches and we are on the heels of the divine i want to take a moment to say a huge thank you to each and every person who has listened to my music in 2020. we gave you the tricky 2nd album in 'act ii' this year and a tiny bonus christmas present in the new only you/falling small record and me and my creative team are so humbled by the response to some of the new music and art i released in 2020. 2021 has more music videos from the 2nd act for you as well as the official release of my debut film soundtrack for 'the lights of dawn' - the film is going to travel the worlds film festivals and i hope it wins the awards it deserves. it is the first time my music could also be judged for prestigious awards and that's a new experience for me and i am both vibrating with excitement and trembling with nerves. we are working really hard on 'act iii' and this 3rd act album will definitely not be available until at least 2022 as i am creating something enormously ambitious. i need the time to release a 3rd act that is genuinely a difference-maker. i am working with some incredibly talented individuals to bring this vision to life and there are many pieces to this record that will take a long time to connect together to make the record of my dreams. stay with me and we can experience it together. i am so thankful to be living my biggest childhood dream. making music that thousands of wonderful people listen to. you are all so precious and unique and i am grateful i know you through this journey.
2020 has been a sombre year of loss and hardship for so many people. the impact that the global pandemic has had on the world has been profound. i want to acknowledge the heartbreaking loss of alan merril to covid-19. alan guided me through some difficult early years as a music artist from 2009 to 2011 after my first tour in the usa. alan was and still is a divine inspiration to me and i will never forget my interactions with alan or his work ethic that i aspire to replicate. rest in power.
as we push on through the hardship we can unite and love one another as best as we can. the smallest acts can make the biggest difference in somebodies life and it can help restore any lost faith in people. kindness and love is the best to get through hard times and i ask that we look out for one another and share positivity. if anybody is feeling alone this christmas you can reach out to me through social media and i will respond to you. you do not need to feel alone unless you want to be. until 2021, peace and love to you all. long live music. long live peace and love.
