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2010 San Diego Music Award Nomination

Kenny — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:06:33 +0000

I was blessed to find out that I have been nominated for a 2010 San Diego Music Award in the Best Acoustic category! I can’t tell you how much of a surprise it is for me and how completely floored I am. I am unbelievably honored to be even considered, especially since the category I am nominated in is filled with people that I respect and admire.

I have been awestruck by the SDMAs since I moved to San Diego in 2007. People that I’ve enjoyed listening to like Jason Mraz, Switchfoot and Blink 182 have all been a part of this celebration of San Diego music and I’ve admired them all from afar. It’s strange and surreal to suddenly find myself following in the footsteps of all of these San Diego musicians before me. I won’t go as far as to say that we are now peers, but I feel like I’m one step closer to my heroes.

I see this journey like a small-town kid’s move to a big city. I look at all of the things that I’ve done in the years leading up to the present with a childlike wonderment. Not much has been lost on me and everyday I wake up in disbelief that this is actually my life. It’s been a crazy, strange trip and I will do everything I can to keep going!

On August 1, people will be able to vote and I would love it if you took a few minutes to vote for your favorite/deserving San Diego music/musician (I’ll post a link soon). It would REALLY be icing on the cake if you decided that I was that musician! After everything you’ve given me, I would be content for the rest of my life.

Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. While awards are a wonderful way to validate my passions, nothing comes close to the love and support all my family, friends and fans give me every day.

See you soon!

****UPDATE****

Voting has begun for the San Diego Music Awards! If you have a little bit of time, please check out the wonderful music the nominees have made and vote! Hope to see you all soon!

New Hobbies

Kenny — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:34:26 +0000

So I made a pledge to myself to start living an amazing life. Not that I don’t already live an amazing life, but I just want to start taking up other extracurricular activities. I just think it’s important to be well-rounded and have life experiences. I have some friends that go on trips all the time and come back to San Diego with amazing memories and stories that I’m constantly envious of.

Here’s an incomplete list of checklist of stuff I’d like to accomplish in the next few months (in no particular order):

Nationwide tour
Skydiving
Bungee jumping (COMPLETE)
Start recording full-band album
Learn to speak Chinese (Mandarin)
Become a better cook (COMPLETE/On-going)
Take up new athletic activities like soccer, surfing, etc. (COMPLETE/On-going)
Go on more outdoor trips per year (COMPLETE/Going backpacking again in July)
Visit New York, Boston and Washington DC separately from a music tour
Travel overseas somewhere
Write one really great song
Collaborate with more people that I respect (COMPLETE/On-going)

They may not seem like much, but they are big things for me. Hopefully, I can check off more of these as the year progresses. If you’d like to partake or help with any of these activities, the more the merrier!

NaCL

Kenny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:46:23 +0000

I think salt gives me crazy dreams. Not to be confused with delusions. Life gives me those.

I was at a summer camp and our parents were coming to visit so we had to make the place look halfway decent. Unfortunately for us when we found out they were coming, we only had 20 minutes to prepare. It was like every summer camp movie ever made with a little bit of “Animal House” and “3 Ninjas”.

I think I’ll just do a line of salt every night for some inspiration!