So many things can constitute "making a living." I don't think that term relates exclusively to money. I think that its more so about what keeps you going, alive, and ambitious. Everyone has probably three or four of these things but there is always one in specific that they truly could not live without. I wish I could say I could not live without the support of my family, but that's been proven untrue, although I once again have great support from my father and stepmother. But I know what the one thing in my life that without I would struggle to find reason for continuing.
Through my life there have not been a lot of constants. However, for the last four years I have had the privilege of playing drums in a band with three people who have become three of my closest friends. One of which was already a close friend to me when we began this endeavor, the other two became such. I still remember the days I met Tyler and Erik respectively: Erik I met in the lineup to a punk show, I was actually talking about his band at the time, and we started talking. Tyler was not a proud moment for me. At a party at an old friends house I fell down the stairs, drunk, and knocked into Tyler, who was with two of my friends. Interrupting him asking if I was alright, I wanted to know if he played guitar.
So that reveals the past, to a degree. Essentially, I've gotten to spend the last four years of my life driving in a beaten up van to cities I probably would've had no motivation to visit, and meet the most amazing people alive. The amount of friendships I have forged I will never forget. I'm beginning to jump from topic to topic so I should probably rap this up. I love each of the members of my band and those who have been close to us, the bands we've played with, and everyone I've met, and I hope I can continue to do this for a long time.
-Ben Brake
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