Naming a child must be hard.  It’s going to be called that name for the rest of its life, but I now believe naming a business is even harder!  I’ve been thinking about the name of my company for a while now, had quite a few ideas, but never felt completely happy with it.  Like naming a child, you must obviously like the way it sounds, but with a business it needs to be representative of your company.  I think it was this part of the naming that I had become too hang up on.  I wanted something that emphasises the touring aspect of the bands, something based around the double-decker we’ll be touring and playing in.

I then had my heart set on a few different names, but found after some research that there could later be legal implications, so they were scrapped.  Others I liked were already taken.  The whole design process of the website, logo etc is happening next week, so I had to decide pretty quick!

I asked pretty much everyone I knew for ideas, spent a long time looking on the internet, looking through books, just sitting waiting for some kind of inspiration, and then finally decided on what to name it!    Sharabang Music!  I love the way it sounds and the meaning is perfect!  Check my next blog for more on this!

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It’s always a bit tricky doing something for the first time!  I’ve never written a blog before, so not sure if this is a great first blog….or perhaps the worst one possible, but I want to say this and say it out in the open (God bless the joys of the internet and blogs!!)  I’ve recently reached the crunch point where the business is turning from an idea, a plan that I’ve been shaping for a long, long time, into something far more exciting….but also far more scary! It is now on the verge of becoming a reality, not just a cleverly thought out business plan in a lovely shiny folder.

This sense of reality had unexpectedly caused me to freeze in my tracks.  Not sure if this has been due to nervousness, or coming to the end of the HeadStart course at the Hive.  But I have realised that I have been pulling back from giving my absolute all, like I have been previously.  Almost as if I’ve been subconsciously worried about making the jump into the real business world.

THIS IS NOW ABOUT TO CHANGE….BIG TIME CHANGE!

From now on, it’s absolute hardcore from here.  Like it had been a few weeks ago.  I’ve begun by writing down my targets I am determined to hit in the next few months, with exact dates these will be realised by.  I’ve been told to do this many times before, and I have tried this out….ish!  But now with it all written in front of me, I feel like I’ve got real solid direction again…and a hell of a lot to be getting on with!  But it’s safe to say, I've definitely got that fire back in my belly!

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