MUSICIAN NUGGET ON STABILITY

Family lies at the foundation of life itself. The disfunction or stability you have today is directly related to how you were raised. As a musician, you can get so caught up in the world of music that you don't spend enough time planing and working toward how you will provide a comfortable foundation for your own family. Think about it, Kats want to have sex but they don't want the responsibility that comes with that! We have to use what God has given us the right way in the right context! Music is NOT our God! We serve God by operating in the manner which HE designed us to. If you are a musician and all you're focused on is music, then something is wrong with you! You got a deficit that you're trying to hide behind your musical ability! I know, because I was like that and didn't really realize it until I got married and more and more I realized how selfish and prideful I was. My wife could of cared less for what I was trying to accomplish musically. Yes, she always was supportive but my point is, she just loved me for who I was as a person, NOT because of my musical persona. Of course, I'm a musician that has certain standards but I have enough understanding of the importance of distributing my giftedness in areas that will directly benefit my wife and now son. So, young musician, you can be really musically talented BUT don't hold on to that with such a tight grip. The real you is starving because your musical persona is too fat!