I started writing at an early age as a way to express myself and to work through issues that affected me personally or made an impact on me. I truly think it's the one outlook that has helped me the most when it comes to finding a peaceful balance in my life.
Music makes me happy. Music can take an average moment and transform it into a special moment. Music gives me a creative outlet for my inner thoughts and demons. It's helped me through the best and worst times in my life.
As a singer songwriter my dream is to have my music find a wider audience and to one day be able to generate enough revenue to pursue it full time.
Compassion. I think we're all so fixated on our own lives and our own perspectives oftentimes that we've lost the ability to be compassionate of others.
Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin.
Neil Young, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, The Allman Brothers, Tom Petty, John Meyer, Ed Sheeran, Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Grace Potter...
I'm not sure. It often times comes from a single word or phrase out of nowhere or a new lick I find while practicing. I've read books and been inspired, I've had personal experiences or heard or others that have inspired me too.
I would like my music to make people feel. Feel good, happy, sad, hopeful, angry, mad, inspired.
I am always a bit nervous leading up to it and just before I begin to play. But once i get going and if I am playing well and the sound is right... I get lost in the music... there aren't many things I do that come close to that feeling.
There's always room for improvement but truth is there are more ways for musicians to get there music heard then ever before. That's a good and bad thing, I guess.
This is my first experience, right now. Ask me in a couple of months.
My fear and insecurities.
I do, but not often enough. I am a member of the Broward Folk Club now and play and support the players affiliated with it. I go to local music venues as well but this working thing gets in the way most times.
Do what I am trying to do. Begin to reach out through the internet to sites that support and promote what we're trying to accomplish. Suppress the anxieties, fear and insecurities that often times hinder our willingness to throw ourselves out there. Be bold, have drive, be positive about yourself and your music and play out as often as you can.
Danny Brooks, Cory M. Wells, Larkin Poe!