Welcome back! Did you miss me? Probably not because I’ve been promoting the release of my song ‘Upon a Lifetime’ so much you’ve most likely seen and heard from me more than usual, but nevertheless, here I am with another blog, after another jam-packed week.

I was absolutely gutted!!!! Ok, maybe that’s an overstatement, let’s just say I was somewhat disappointed because I really needed a haircut but my barber did not respond to my text. I also called him but it went straight to voicemail, (Surely, he’s not blanking me after our little miscommunication). You see, I had a TV interview the next day, so I ended up having to do what I really didn’t want to do...visit my 3rd choice barber. Now I can hear you wondering, why didn’t you just go to your 2nd choice barber. Well, that’s because my 3rd choice barber is closer to my home and the quality of 2nd choice barber’s cut is only slightly better than my 3rd choice barber so after weighing up the pros and cons I figured 3rd choice would do.

The next day I woke early and got myself prepped for my interview with London Live. They had kindly agreed to interview me ahead of the release of my single. I’m known to be a punctual person and pride myself on not just being on time but being early. So, I left in good time to arrive at the TV studio for 10am my interview was due to be at 10:30am but that morning the heaven’s opened and rain fell. In most cities, this would not be a problem but this is London! As London was turned on its head because of a little rain I stood there on the District line platform awaiting my train only to be informed there had been a signal failure and trains were delayed. I could feel the time tick away, making me later and later for my interview. As I stood there, helpless, I thought to myself just how little control we have over anything in this world. Have you ever stopped to think about what would happen if things just stopped working? The District line stopped working and it only took 10 mins for frustration to kick in and tempers to flare. Now let’s just imagine electricity stopped working, can you imagine the horror when your iPhone gets down to 20% and you can’t charge it? And we all know that 20% is the new 1% so you’ll only have time for one more Instagram post…if you’re lucky. Anyway, I ended up having to get out of the underground at Sloane Square and get a bus, as I frantically searched for the bus stop I needed I heard someone call my name, “Roman!” I looked over and in a very lovely Mercedes was one of my colleagues from the Fire Brigade. He beckoned me over to his car and asked me how much? Ha! Just kidding! He asked me where I was going. I told him I was late for a TV interview and needed to get to High Street Kensington. He told me to hop in and drove me all the way. Call it the universe working in my favour, good karma or just plain luck, either way I am truly thankful to him. Bless you brother! I made It to the interview and it went very well.

As the week rolled on I got back into the swing of comedy! There’s a new comedy club that’s opened in my area called Vauxhall Comedy Club. Since it opened I’ve been wanting to perform there. I had applied and waited, waited and waited some more with no response coming my way, but as fate would have it, I bumped into one of the promoters at another comedy gig and expressed my interest to perform. This promoter is fellow comedian Ali Woods and I liked his comedy from the first time I saw him perform (that’s a genuine comment and there’s no reason for me to suck up to him because I’ve already performed at the club...so...) he told me to drop him an e-mail, so I did and recently I performed 5 minutes at his comedy night ‘All I Do Is Fail’ I was on third, which is a decent number to go on as the crowd are already a little warm and I’m pleased to say it went pretty well. I did a mixture of more seasoned material with some newer material that I’m trying to work out. The thing about comedy is that you simply have to get on stage and try things out in order to see whether they work. There’s no other way to do it! On this occasion it worked, but the night may come when it doesn’t and should that happen it’s important to not become despondent, just dust myself down and go again! As I write this I have now completed 10 comedy shows. I started this journey back in July and so far it has been great. I have met some amazing people and learnt so much. I’ve been lucky enough to even get on to TV as a result of my comedy, playing a recurring role as a cashier in a gameshow called Supermarket Sweep and that was a great boost to my confidence.

If you’re reading this Today 30th September, 2019 then I’ll be performing this evening, 7:30pm at Monty’s Bar 149 Brick Lane, E1 6SB. Come on down!

This week was definitely one of my busiest for a long time, especially as I found myself on a first aid course with work whilst trying to do everything else on my list of to-do’s. We’re required to do a first aid course every few years to keep our skills up and I must say, they are very informative. If anyone were to go into cardiac arrest right about now then I’m your man! My course ended on Friday, which was the same day as the release of ‘Upon a Lifetime’.

‘Upon a Lifetime’ what can I say, releasing new music is always a great feeling but when you’re doing it all solo it can feel a little like you’re on a raft in the middle of the ocean, unsure as to which direction you should be paddling. Every now and then something happens that makes you feel like you’re on course for dry land, other times nothing happens and you wonder whether you’ll ever see land again, the one thing you just can’t do is stop paddling. A quote that I try my best to live by is “it’s always too early to quit” and so I keep keeping on. The initial feedback from the release of my 3rd single has been very positive. A few lucky people have also gotten to see the music video, which will be released on Friday 4th October and the feedback on the video has been amazing also. I can’t wait to share it with you all.

I’m going to end this week’s blog with this. On Wednesday morning I woke up, it was raining, the sky was grey and as I sat on the edge of my bed before taking a shower and having my morning coffee, I thought to myself “Well done Roman!”, well done for getting your ass out of bed! For looking after yourself and keeping your head above water from the age of 17 when you started living on your own, for keeping your dreams alive and for not giving up. These were the thoughts I had before I started my day. Sometimes it’s important to take a moment, to commend yourself for the things you’ve done right, or course we’ve all done things wrong at times, but the fact that we’re still here means we must be doing something right, so allow yourself a moment of praise and celebration, you deserve it.

Thanks again for reading and I hope that these words provided you with a little escape, entertainment and inspiration for the week ahead. Be sure to scroll down and subscribe to my mailing list and check out my new single ‘Upon a Lifetime’ by clicking here, if you love it, share it with a friend. Word of mouth is a powerful thing. You can also subscribe to my youtube page by clicking here and get notified first when the music video drops.

Take care and have a great week

Roman Harris

Did you miss me ? By Roman Harris