So I've come to the realization recently that I've tried to fit so many different molds, both spiritually and musically. The conclusion that I've come to is that I can't live to try and fit myself somewhere I'm not inspired. Everything we do in life has to be about passion and following our dreams, the dreams I believe were given to us and birthed in purpose. I've found myself trying to go the easy way, take the easy route. What I've learned through it all is that when I do that, I end up at square one wondering how I got back there. I equate a lot of what I do as an artist to my everyday life. It all sort of revolves around the pull of a calling and the hope of that calling. Am I passionate about life? Am I passionate about the art I'm creating? Sometimes it's a very solid yes and other times it's been a huge resounding NO. Basically what I'm saying to everyone who reads this is that I'm so tired of settling for the norm in both my life and art. I've learned, through what seems like heartache and headaches, that if I can't be madly in love with what I'm creating or doing, I need to seriously take a U turn and get back to the beginning of what was originally an epiphany. Music...what an amazing gift to all of us. I've had to search through an amazing amount of piled issues to come back to this point. It's not about labels, and industry likes and dislikes, or radio singles and countless other things that can get artists focused in the wrong direction. It's about music and what it does to people. It's about what's behind the music, the story, the passion that makes a song come together and makes the people that listen to it breathe life again. This...is what I want in my music.
Cheers-
Rick Mugrage
Feb-28-2008
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