This is the newsletter than went out for September. If you'd like to sign up just enter your email on the main page of the site. I just wanted to share this with all of you :)
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Hi there everyone!
It’s been a very long time since I last contacted this newsletter. I am really sorry for the delay, as I’ve been a little busy … Life has taken me crazy places since we last spoke, and if you asked me a few years ago I never would have thought I’d be sharing my heart through music quite like this again. I had given it up, but somehow it found me again. Life can often find ways to take us away from what we love. What I didn’t realize was that it was my very own choices that had taken something from me that I had once lived for. I had lost this very special way I had possessed to give and connect with others. When I realized this, I had to get it back… I just had to.
Aww! So where have you been!?!? .. you ask? Well I spent a lot of time the last 3 years doing jobs I didn’t like. This shouldn’t be something new for most people, a lot of Americans will tell you that “it’s work, you’re not supposed to like it.” I guess to a point that’s fair. But if you were to phrase it, “you a human being, have to do something you hate that also makes you feel depressed for 40 hours a week for the rest of your life”… Could we ever really wish that fate upon anyone? Our time on this planet, it is non-renewable, once it is used it is gone forever. So it is the most valuable asset of all.
I truly believe that I was put on this planet to make a difference somehow, to make others live better, and to spread a positive message. I simply don’t believe we are on this earth to work our entire lives for material possessions and then simply to… for lack of a more succinct word… “die.”
To me… Life is about love, hope, belief, and most importantly, giving life meaning.
So right now, I am in the United Kingdom… and have been back here for a couple of months. I’m doing what I love and sharing my heart as much as I can. And I feel like I am for the moment, truly living the way I have always hoped.
If you are American and have never been over here.. this country has blown me away with its passion, talent, and love for art. During my time here spread over the last two years, I have met some truly amazing people whom I can call friends for life. And with these experiences, I’ve written some songs that will always encapsulate those feelings. It is like I was lost and but then… finally found. Special thanks to all of my friends both in the U.K. and the U.S. who have been there for me. Without you there is no way I would be what I am, and I am truly grateful for that.
Finally, since we’ve last spoken I have released a new album called The End Before The Beginning (2016) and two new live singles. You can check out my latest live single “My Light In The Dark.” and everything else I’ve been doing by visiting: www.joeym.co.uk
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am so glad to be able to share my heart with you again, and I wish you the best until we hear from each other again. Feel free to respond to this mail, I will gladly respond to as many replies as I can. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you so much again. Your friend.
Joey