Spiritual Music

Music doesn’t need spiritual lyrics in order to be spiritual. Music speaks a spiritual language. A language of the heart, the soul.

The power is in its magical ability to bypass the head and move straight to the heart.

It uncovers and deepens our love and hope. It uncovers and deepens our individuality and our togetherness at the same time.

The language of music isn’t concerned with reason and facts and effort.

It’s a redemptive language that lifts the soul despite not having adequate reason and facts and effort.

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Supporting And Competing

In music there’s a fine line between supporting and competing.

Does the synth compete with the lead vocal or support the lead vocal? When does it cross over from supporting to competing? Or from competing to supporting?

It’s a really tricky balancing act.

But it gets a little more simple when you realize that it’s not about supporting or competing elements, it’s about does this song do what you want it to do…does it have the desired effect?

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Learning To Box

You can learn a LOT about boxing by watching Rocky 1-5, watching a few fights on HBO and playing Mike Tyson’s Punch out.

By the end of all that you know a lot…relative to knowing nothing at all about boxing.  

But now you’ve hit a ceiling. One more viewing or Rocky isn’t going to make a difference…the only way now is to go and box.

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Compelling People

Compelling people make compelling artists.

And there’s lots of ways to be (or become more) compelling.

If you think about yourself metaphorically as an old stereo system: It’s not about adding or taking away knobs on the stereo, but knowing how to adjust the ones that are already there.

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Playing For A Bad Audience

Yeah there’s such thing as a bad audience.

But that doesn’t matter to you.

Your job is to go out there and have a great show with great material and be a professional.

You go out on stage because you have a great show, not to see if you’re going to have one.

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Some Things About The Road

Conversations in the back of the van are different than ones in the front.

Musically, the music is only as good as the drummer.

Backstage is special.

The singer gets way too much credit and also not enough credit.

A good pair of boots has been known to lift not only the feet they’re on but the room they’re in.

If you only have to touch your gear for the ninety minutes you’re playing it, be extra thankful.

Yes it’s hot in here but I’ve been waiting a long time to wear this jacket.

When coming off the road there is both letdown and resolve.

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