This message is for all my dreamer friends from across the sea…..For
Holland and Germany, for the REAL people there who have reached out to
me, who have somehow understood and cared so deeply for the music, for
the words, for it all….who wanted to share some nights of music….I
thought I could come right now. So many of you reached out and tried to make it happen…SO much work and creativity…Nikki and Frank and Sabine and so many amazing friends….I am so grateful for that…the dreamers did just that, but more on that later….
I thought the world was telling me this was the time. But it is not.
Truth is I’m not ready. Money, the timing with the making of the record
and also the hope that I can come next year with what I hope will be a brilliant new
creation to open new doors, new songs that matter and the kind of support one needs (business speak)
to come do it right….
This is a tough letter to write. I have lost a lot of nights sleep
consumed with my guilt and weight of disappointment I have not been able
to make this happen.
I hope you will understand. I hope you will continue to listen and
contribute to the work, to share with your friends and spread the word,
because Europe is in my heart. It always has been.
Did you know I was an exchange student in Denmark when I was 16?
Or that I backpacked the whole of the continent when I was 20 for over three months. Two
defining experiences that literally changed my life. My time there gave me
something in my heart I carry with me every day in the way I see the world and myself in it. I never would have found ART and the unending desire
to accept and figure out the world as we all see it without my travels. Thanks Mom and Dad…thanks drunk driver that almost killed me and my best friend but didn’t and we got 10,000 bucks for it to pay for the trip…
Sometimes I dream too big….don’t you? Sometimes I get ahead of myself
and reach higher than the seeds I have planted have grown…I guess if
you set an idea in motion, if you picture it and put it out there, and
the world begins to conspire and peoples hearts and imaginations are
captured, well, there is no dream too big. This is what we are meant to
think…this is what we deserve to believe and to manifest.
But dreams, like love, like Mothers….they have no destination, they
are concepts and reality all at once; they grow, they nurture your
secret self…they are everything. Some may say you must make specific
your dreams, but I have always believed that dreams are an instinct, a
collection of feelings and thoughts and the intangible “soul” of who you
are speaking a language you can not see, but simply feel…and work
towards. Because the “dream” has to be lived in every moment of chasing
it…its your life…
I’m here, across the sea, living the dream the best I can. With your help
and patience, I’ll get there…I will….in a way I never could have
imagined.
Over here or over there……. your music stays the same… Beautiful..
I believe that music is something you cannot force. You make beautiful music, and one day you will reach the goal that you aim for, it just takes more time (and money) than you hoped for. Keep dreaming and one day, you will get there.
Big hugs from Elja
as much as I was looking forward to have the pleasure seeing you performing live on stage, I know that everything has his own time. No need for guilt… and no need for sleepless nights for you (((Jake)))
*sighs*
I wasn’t paying much attention to others lately, I was caught in my own little world – and still am. And hopefully next year will work better – I will be still here, and I will continue to be a huge admirer of your work. And it is sooo worth waiting for you…
Sending much love…
Rike
Keep on believing in yourself ;o)
we do!
Time is relative dear friend what counts is that you are pursuing your dreams
“Cherish your visions and you dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” Napoleon Hill
peace love and cookies
I saw this today… thought of you, your dreams and your beautiful light… and the hope of all the dreamers that believe in you and your dreams… I always hope the light I shine for you will help you find your way…
“In that dark lonesome place
between a dream dreamed and a dream realized,
I have left a little light for you
so you will know that someone cares
and believes in your dream.
Just where it becomes the most dark
and difficult to find your way,
there is the light I left for you.
It will light your way,
through the doubt, the confusion, and the fears.
It will stay with you
all the way to the realization of your dream.
And when your dream has come true,
please go back to that darkest place
where you have been,
And set the little light there to give heart
to the next sweet soul that braves the path
to his or her dreams.
Dreamers are the architects of greatness.
There wisdom lies within their souls.
Dream long enough and hard enough
and your dream can be attained.”
— Unknown Author
Hi Jake,
I love your music, I love your song, I love you gay.
When do you come to Brazil?
Regards! Guilherme
My lovely Jake… I know how hard you work and how hard life can be to you sometimes…
But as I said earlier, we will wait hear for you! We will keep listening to your songs and keep supporting you… either way you are here or not! No need for guilt my friend! The time will come, someday and then it will be perfect!
Keep on dreaming as without you wouldn’t be you and you wouldn’t be there where you are right now!
People who loves you and your music around the globe! Your music means a lot to many of us and thats the reason we keep on dreaming and waiting for you!
We will be there, and time is irrelevant!
xxx
Nikki
Hi Jake,
Yeah I heard from my brother Frank, you should come to Amsterdam, so I was watching you on You tube to prepare myself to meet you.
So I enjoyed already some of you, and for sure there is coming another time.
It is important not to get lost, but to continue. Plans are easy made, but to grow always takes time and I am happy you take your time
I wish you all the best, wake up in the morning and be amazed that you are alive. T he gift is yours, and you are so fortunated that you love and can play music, that is already a successtory….
Love Hanneke.
We will still be here, waiting for you, supporting you while you are still over there and whenever you are ready to come over to Germany. Promise!
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