Moving across country and changing your life entirely is something most people only see in movies. Packing up the car and traveling those long hours out to the West Coast is and idea but usually not a reality.

“It just felt like something I had to do or I would always wonder,” said Mike Carr, 22, former Bel Air, Maryland resident. “I always had a dream of going out to California and perusing my dream of being in the music business.”

Carr went from Bel Air, Maryland to Florida to attend Full Sail College, to major in Music Business and Recording Arts. Carr had always been an avid follower of music, with so many venues available in Maryland; he became a regular fixture on the concert scene.

“I always knew that I loved business and music, so why not combine the two and do what I really love,” Carr said.

Moving to Florida was a great start for his career, making lots of connections through the thriving music scene in Florida today.

“People don’t realize how much music is being made right in Florida,” Carr said. “I was lucky to be able to make friends with people at concerts and connections with people.”

The next step was logical, follow the heart beat of the music industry out to California. Carr had a few friends who had already taken that step out West, and once graduation hit, he knew he was going to follow.

“It was never an idea that I had second thoughts about, I knew it was the right decision and I’ve defiantly realized that this is where I need to be,” Carr explained.

Carr is currently exploring his connections out in San Diego and plans on moving up to Los Angles this summer to work for an Indie record label.

Slug:Wall

A one alarm fire on Monday, left a 10-month year old Baltimore baby uninjured after a walled collapsed onto him in the Southeast district, authorities said.

Arnetta Sands, 36, of 200 North Aisquith Street, at about 12:13 a.m., was spraying insecticide with an aerosol can when the lit stove ignited it causing an explosion. Andre Henderson was sleeping in his crib when the fire broke out in the apartment next door, causing the adjoining wall to collapse, investigators said.

Firefighters removed a portion of the wall from Henderson's crib and he was taken to Hopkins, where he was treated for possible smoke inhalation and released. Sands was taken to Church Home & Hospital and was treated for 1st degree buns of the back and arms and was released.

Officials say that there is only residual damage to the kitchen and furnishings in Sand's apartment.