Hello to the people. How are you all doing today? I hope you guys are enjoying the holidays and are in the festive mood! December is my favorite time of year, not just because there is Christmas and New Years, but also my birthday :) … and more importantly being around my family. Everyone just seems to be in a better mood this time of year.  My family are not the type of people to make some kind of crazy light display on our house, in fact we don’t put up any lights! But…we are pretty dam proud of our Christmas tree, this year it’s looking dope. 

So this year, I actually will not be spending the holidays at home. By home, I mean in the States! This year I will be spending my Christmas and New Years in Sweden! I am so stoked! Of coarse I will miss my family, but it should be nice to have a white Christmas for once! I can’t wait, I know it is going to be one hell of a time. It will be nice to see some family and friends. Hopefully I will be back on the radio in Kalmar and do another live broadcast. Maybe even play an American Christmas song!

Looking back on this year, I start to remember a lot of good times, laughs, and adventures. I am glad to hold some of these fun, exciting, and just plain crazy memories. I am so grateful to have such loving and supporting people around me. I don’t think that I thank these people enough, and I really want to show them that I appreciate everything they do. So…as part of my New Years Resolution, I am going to recongnize and thank everyone more often for completing these acts of kindness. Now I just need to figure out the rest of my resolution! What is your New Years Resolution? Tell me on TWITTER!

So I need some help from you all. It has become that time of year again where 90.5 The Night (WBJB) counts down the top 100 albums of the year! I am apart of that list with my latest album Speak. YOU can help bring it to number 1!!! All you have to do is just click HERE , scroll down 1/3 of the way, and just click 4 stars under Speak by QUINCY MUMFORD & THE REASON WHY. Thank you so much for the support and your listening ears!

Happy Holidays to you all :)

Mumf

So most of you who read my blog know that I am a young musician or that guy who plays guitar. For those of you who don’t know, welcome! I am 19 years old and have been playing music since I was 9 years old.

From that very first day i picked up a guitar I realized that there is nothing else that I would rather do with my life then play this guitar. Of course this image was a little materialistic then, because I just wanted to be a rock star. Things made a lot more sense when I started to write and sing my own music. That is when it became special, real, and very exciting to me.

The more I wrote, the more I could express myself in my own cool musical style. Speeding ahead I recorded my first album, started to play live solo, put a band together, played live with them, recorded another album the following year, and began to tour even more. By the time I graduated high school I already had a few songs ready for another album, which is scheduled to be released spring time this year (2011). I was knee deep in music and could not ask for anything else. I worked hard, I played often, and was even making some money.

As most of you know, sometimes it is really easy to stray away from your passion and get distracted by other things around you. I found myself doing this recently. For the whole month of December I found myself spending less time on my music, and more time on my friends and the small stupid things in life. After Christmas and a long snowboard trip to Vermont, I realized that I need to get my act back together. Everyday needs to be a work day. I need to eat, sleep, and breath music if this is my ultimate goal in life. I need to finish this new album, reach out to other musicians I admire, and play some more music because music is the only thing someone can’t take away from me. Take away my radio, that song is still in my head.

My slacking off made me realize how stupid it really is to walk away from your dreams. If you have a passion for something, follow it all the way to the top. That is what I live by and what I always will live by.

much love,
Q-mumf