Well, I had to learn the hard way how much I can manage by doing both. By the third concert I held I had the perfect amount of responsibility and performing nailed.

[He didn't overwork himself and nearly pass out that time.]

I have an amazing composer back home who has done most of my songs... obviously now that she's not here, I have taken to writing music myself again. Lyrics are definitely always my own handiwork, unless I perform covers.