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Feb 03 2014

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The Cost of Music as Compared to Noise

One of the great pursuits of this life is to determine and discover what your music is and is to be. You do this by using your God-given talents, pursuing your passions, and adhering to the ideals that you find worthy of such pursuit. These are also known as your instruments.

But there is a cost.

To say yes to one thing, one must say no to another thing.

Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”

Which is why so many choose noise. It’s cheap. It’s easy. It’s a quick fix. It’s a life of instant gratification.

Music, on the other hand, requires romance…a long waltz in time with one’s instruments.

It’s the worth the cost as dividends are a friend of music.

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Jan 29 2014

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Will You Introduce Us?

We bestow the titles of mentor and, sometimes, hero to those that introduce us to the unknown, the unseen, and more appropriately – the overlooked. They introduce us to what would have no name and what would have never been noticed if we weren’t to have had them explain, reveal, or shine a light for us on the subject matter.

This introducing the world to what one sees, I believe, is one of life’s highest callings.

Paul Valery once said, “To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.”

What do you see?

Or, what have you seen that you have kept to yourself? Hint: That was for us as much as it was for you.

We need your enlightenment. It’s a major part of why you are here.

If seeing isn’t your thing or you claim you “can’t” see, know that you would be hard pressed to find one inch of this world that isn’t pregnant with meaning.

I believe that you must exist with eager anticipation that the expectant world is screaming to be introduced to us all through you.

Will you introduce us?

This place is one big game of ‘I Spy’.

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Jan 23 2014

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Eclecticism: Weird and Random Blending Into True and Right

Look at fashion, note the popular decor, gaze at the arts, listen to the latest music, observe the commercial space, and taste the culinary experience that is successfully unfolding in the world today and you’ll notice one thing from those that are winning: eclecticism.

We are starting to see that as we pull from different genres and the random, typically unused space, this eclecticism is giving life a spring-like aroma, robust flavor, and symphonic sound.

It plays out like this…The technology company studies humanities. The bar learns from the church and vice versa. The dad learns from the child. And we learn from each other as we are passed to each other. In other words, you are a hint towards the greater good for me – and I to you.

In the end we agree that we are one and it’s our oneness, compiled with the eclecticism of our uniqueness, that makes it all – life, family, business – worth it.

You want meaning, purpose, and fulfillment from your life’s music?

Know that bluegrass fingers can learn a lot from a blue-jazz soul.

Mix. Match. Spezatto.