When life ends and were given another chance. Musicians are so heart felt about good graces and musical enthusiasim. My exspierience as a writer of music and a person who feels the grove first from a fine instrument. Opens the heart and mind to a level of transparentcy that is rewarded with aplause and humour. As we Musicians are constantley up for review. The critics are varied based on demagraphic. And for the faint of heart? Can be wrong in there view based on the own ability to develope an artist who just knocked on the wrong door. I remember a family reunion with Cornel Saunders Mr Chicken Man him self. Siting with our family at the Old Mill Restraunt in Toronto when I was seven. I knew that my fathers twin brother liked chicken. As I believe at the time there were a few franchises in the family. What I did not exspect was with out an introduction to the old guy and with my 12 other cousins with me that day and all the family .

That out of no were a voice was directed to from a Rather Large Man in a white suit saying, You be good young man.

Awareness?

At seven with my first guitar in tow. I guesstamate that was 43 years ago and that I was to be a Donny Osmond or maybe a Micheal Jackson. As lifes lessons moved forward. I found my neich and into the teen age years I was going to be Neil Young. And you know what I sure could emulate his voice and strum a tune by thirteen. So many of us are influenced by the Gordon Light Foots and John Denvers and Neil youngs of the world. As we artist,s at heart can not be some one else unless some one shows us how to perform such an act. With our identities striped of any real individual developement. I found my self lost in a sea of dreams and unrealistic exspectations. By the time twenty five roled around I was an over-achiever and geting away with it while still not knowing who Glenn was.

Some of us medicate our sorrows in fine life style . While lets get real here .Other dream seekers take a budget ride. Either way in the end when enough is enough. My exspierience put on paper and to music is and still is a journey of ones individual life exspierience, reflected forward that determains the out come of a great song.

Recently I was being advized from a mentor to press forward and knock on some door,s with my recipie for chicken gone wild. Musically speaking. And the best answer I recieved from the highest of on high in the booking agent music industry was. Management and a great show will determine the out come of your success. So what was that I asked myself. What about the music, the artist and the individual who branded him self a star of the ages.

Surrendering it all up for review again? For any of us weither were the very best acually, or in our enthusiastic vessel? Just ourselves. Is it not a daunting challenge for any self directed person who has lived that far to actually have some one at the top of the Music industry give us a few good words and his or her time?

Words? Posibly as we artists put to paper and add music and find ones true self Was what I was hearing.

Find a place to give back that makes a mesh with ones life exspierience .

While now its been my exspierience that we will atract the people in our lives regardless of a recording contract or super gig that with make us feel like we have achomplished the impossible and finally found a byer for a song.

Some at 99 cents others at 99 million.

I have found!

Its ok to be me and allow those listeners to be them. While finally accepting myself and not influencing other artists that they need to soundor act like some one else.

As in the end in my humble view .

Its about good clean energy and our journey to what we believe and feel is like the top of the music chain. Given of course a second chance to play for a listener who likes what they hear.

SUMMARY:

Chins up every one. All these talents and gifts we have are very real. As we may need to take a look inside instead of a listen sometimes. That being said.

My View:

Keep it polished clean and exspressed in a voice with a show of charity that changes lives for the good of our own healthy ego musically.

Have we all made it then?

You bet cha

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