Joe Beleznay wants to be the ball PREV / 4 of 4 / NEXT ow what I don't want to happen but--my parents are Bush people... Bill: Do you think that comes from the military background? Joe: Maybe. I think when people get older, they are just not ready for change and not ready to do anything differently. They wake up, drive to the same places, eat the same foods and stuff. So they don't take many risks. I think it's partially that. Stewart: Was that hard growing up? Joe: Um, it wasn't so tough. The military experience wasn't bad--it was good. I have seen nine different kinds of people in different places, different countries... Makes you realize a lot about Connecticut very quickly. There's a lot of selfishness in this state. Everyone's focused--everyone's got their own tunnel vision. I don't know. It might be a Connecticut thing but it might be a world thing. There's not a lot of good people left in this world. Not good people, but people with common sense. It's spooky. Everybody's doing their thing. Music-wise too. I have a lot of competition. Stewart: How do you feel about hat? Joe: Its like all those things I prayed for as a kid aren't coming true. But you definitely have to work for them--nothing good comes without hard work. Like, all that cheesy stuff your parents told you starts to come true... Bill: Yea. Joe: But I'm not in a bad place. There's good people around me and I'm trying to keep a good attitude around me. The lives around me are starting to change. So I am starting to get a little more anxious. Bill: So where do you think you are headed next? Joe: We are trying to flesh out the local circuit but also establish good contacts for future tour dates. We played with this guy, Brian Bonz. He's a cool guy. You might even wanna check him out. Like check out his stuff. You know, we wanna set up a tour or do something and maybe go on some sort of New York tour or something. But you know, the future is what you make of it. That's the truth. Your success is how hard you work for it--even in this business. There could be no reward so you have to make sure to keep it positive and understand that, as quickly as you get to the top, you can fall straight on your ass. It's like a relationship--in the beginning part, everything's awesome--you feel like you're gonna get married. Then you start to learn the person. I mean, the end of a relationship is either break-up or get married. Stewart: But there's always divorce... Joe: There's always divorce... Bill: But isn't divorce like a one-hit wonder? [Laughter] Bill: So what's one thing you want everyone to know? This is your one big chance here... Joe: My one big chance.... I would just say that I'm honest. I dream the same dream everyone dreams when it comes to playing music. My reward is that somebody gets something out of the music. If someone gets something out of the music I make, my job is done. Will that buy me dinner? Hell no. Will it get me the next months rent? No. But at some kind of human level, that's what you want. You want to bring people together. You want to relate to them and say, "I'm just as confused as you are." Visit Joe's website at www.joebeleznay.com. --William Wallace, Stewart Smith Saturday, 01 January 2005 (c) Copyright 2024 Tweed Media PREV / 4 of 4 / NEXT