Jimmie Nelson:  

Life I had been a Nurse's Aide, in the great state of New York 'till June of '06, and creating pieces of music in my spare time. -I guess Nursing ain't for everyone, but at least I tried... And, made it that far. (Some people wouldn't have even TRIED it.) Meanwhile, during my search for satisfying long-term work, I'm currently trying to get employed at The Guitar Center, despite a nagging back problem I don't wish to talk about here. I have two kids, (So, I hear... -And, weekly pay for...) living, somewhere south, (-Nunya business where...)with my "Ex-mistake" from years past. I have a 2nd wife now, and life is mostly as good as I guess it gets. -I haven't had great success with my musics, yet... (-Well... -Yeah, I kinda do... -Just daily, and not really monetarily. -More like spiritually 'tho. It really DOES feel good to do good deeds, every so often, and when we can.) We're really not much "in" to holidays...(Well, my Wife is..., more than I...) -I, personally, recognize Thanksgiving and Memorial day each year. All the rest are nothing more than "time + one-half" when I go in to work. (-I DO also recognize our birthdays, and we DO exchange gifts to each other around "Christmas"... But, we are NOTHING without our jobs!!!) I did my musical project(Knightraven: "Senseless Crimes") between 2005 and 2006. I'm currently trying to recreate old songs I'd written well in the past for a project I'm currently calling "Some Things I've Said". My "Domestic Violins" CD, from 2002, wasn't really as well received as I would have liked, but there WAS music I liked on it... And, I played each track as good as I could then, and sometimes now. There will be recreated recordings of songs from BOTH the "Senseless Crimes" and "Domestic Violins" CD's, and free & complete samples of these songs are posted at my Vox page. -I've ALWAYS wanted to achieve FAME and FORTUNE... But, I've only achieved a little "fame"... (-Not quite that "fifteen minutes" worth I've heard of...-Guess that's the way it goes, eh?) -But I'd kinda like to earn a better living at it than I do. Right now, I do my songs because I can, and because I enjoy doing them. -Not because they're perfectly great, or anything... My friend Al, and I had started writing for another project, then called "Virtual Kings". We have the 1st draft of one song posted on the 'net so far. It's called "See You Tonight". -Plus, there's a video version of it posted there(that I'm not really proud of, but it's there.) No matter HOW you try and slice this page up, you will find that it is NOT an ad, at all. -It IS, merely, a semi-detailed report on what it is I'm really up to..., right at this moment in time, because a handful of family and friends care to know. ...Expand for more