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An inspiring and exciting plan, Kozz. A change in your career and life, relocating to a new country to pursue the innkeeper’s dream will undoubtedly be a stimulating adventure.

As a quick, taxi-cab sort of advice:

Evaluate your plan conscientiously, is it just an adventure you are seeking? If so, enjoy it as such, for a limited amount of time and avoiding substantial investments of money or untenable commitments, compromising the career options you have at home.

Also, should you pursue a business partnership with your friend, please remember that enterprises based on individuals along with their respective investment of time, capital and efforts present certain dangers. Please make sure you agree on exactly what your respective roles will be, each one’s investment and individual management latitude. Secure the business, both in terms of contractual commitments (leases of premises, supplies) and services in a way that in the event one should abandon the project the other may survive the incident.

In business, think different, and market a concept that people will remember. It can be simple and even inexpensive, but keep it sharp and distinct from all other similar inns out there. Cuisine is a delicate matter. Managing a restaurant, its staff and supplies requires a degree of expertise without which you may quickly and easily stretch your budget excessively. You must secure the assistance of an experienced restaurateur, whom you trust, to help you set it up and perhaps run it with you for a while, until you are ready.

However, you had me dream for a moment of a more careless life style, without nightmares of clients whose financial success, freedom or vengeance rest stressfully on your shoulders. Just the sound of waves gently crashing on the white sand across the street to wake you up in the middle of the night.

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My taxi-cab advice? Don't go anywhere near Spain right now. Look at the data and make your own decision of course, but I fear it is going to get worse and the writing was on the wall a couple of years ago, so I got out.

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to me it sounds like there is some passion what needs to come out. Hopefully we can hear that in the composition challenge.

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do it amigo...lifes too short
...whats the worst thing that can happen...things dont work out the way u planned or u make a mistake...come back do it all again...thats what youth is for to make plenty of mistakes

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If you have no child.. Go on hunting your ideas! Now is the time. Well,..you can also loose...but thats the game. ^^You as scientist HAve to do that! You´re doing the right thing. Good luck kozz. ;.)

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I too hope my composition will prove your point. I am not too pleased with it, really. It may offend the rules of Flamenco (Solea) as well as my desire to be unruly when composing. I should have stayed with "Toque Libre".

However modest this effort is, it served me well to appreciate -in part- how different it is to compose under pressure... And that concept applies to all matters, including your project, doesn't it?

Nice place you in the photograph you shared. What’s the rest of the ‘hood like?

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Hee GJ,
I remembered, and still listening to it, flamenco serenade no3....when I am listening to it, it doesn't sound like you had any limitation but stucj to a certain concept.
Use that vibe for your composition, you have the skills and technique, and it'll free you up from some pressure.

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Your heartwarming praises revive the fear to disappoint, but I will follow your kind advice and will "use that vibe".

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your a legend , KOzz, sounds fine and looks fine man, providing ur funds ok for a certain time (always plan more than u think) maybe it can be a great ,if not u can just lose some money and have a great time which u can reflect on later.

if you succeed ill expect a nice cold vino tinto por favor

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By the way, the spongebob guitar was very sonorous and had very timbric colours.

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I've been asking already if I could continue my job at Atos Origin Spain, and thats under investigation.

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Good luck with that - it would be an ideal way to move. I see they (strangely) don't have a branch in Altea.... but Madrid or Sevilla would be great.

Go for it!

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I like playing at night, because I am living near a highway.....and at 02:00 there is real silence, and makes all the difference.

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Unhooking from the shackles of corporate life is of course very liberating. I left the corporate world and became an independent consulting engineer in '94. My first year out I made about 30% more than what I had made as an employee and I only worked half the time. This allowed me more time to focus on my hobbies of guitarra and motociclismo. Right now business isn't looking as good as in the past years, but luckily I implemented a policy of saving in the good years for the expected lean years.

Taking the plunge is the first step. Just ensure you have a well thought out plan that you can adapt as conditions change in the market.

Saludos,

Miguel

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This could serve as an interesting thread, "which time of day is most inspiring?"

When I was young -as you are- I played mostly at night... deep into it, for the same reason, I suppose, as it is quiet. For the last few years -since i resumed playing- however, I wake up at 5am and between the early phone calls to Europe I manage about one hour of undisturbed practice before kids and dogs wake up.

Composing, on the other hand, knows no such schedule nor discipline, at least in my case. And most typically the inspiring epiphany catches me when the family is in the car waiting for me or five mintes before a conference call with a Judge...

On topic, your planning is becoming increasingly exciting, Kozz. We are planning a trip to Spain this summer. If your Inn por flamenquito will be open by then, I will certainly visit.

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ORIGINAL: kozz
I agree Miguel,
we had a lot of contracters in our Storage deparment because it was hard to find good people, and the made very very very good money.
Nowadays a lot of those contracts will be ended due to the financial situation and we start to teach people from inside the company. But a lot of work is going to India anyway.

You've been in the booming time then isn't it?

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In my case I developed a technical niche. The consulting scheme takes two formats (1) teaching engineers in companies how to do the work, (2) doing the actual work on a variety of projects.

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Something just pops-up in my mind...an ex-collegue of mine also went to Saudi Arabia, to Qatar.

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Hahahaha, I really must laugh at the cooking thing... I had the same...but the idea was to do it differently...not to strict, but with passion as Pimientito did....