About Me
I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!!! I'M NOT PERFECT, I JUST BELIEVE IN THE ANSWER, I BELIEVE IN TRUTH, AND I BELIEVE IN THE ONLY WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE AFTER THIS ONE IS DONE....I BELIEVE IN GOD'S ONLY SON, THAT IS CHRIST JESUS. I AM HERE TO TELL OTHERS, AND I DO THAT THROUGH MUSIC. ...BUT THEY'RE INTRUMENTALS?!?!?! YES, AND IN THEM, GOD IS PEACE, GOD IS LOVE, AND DEFINITELY COMFORT AND SUPPORT....MY MUSIC 'MELODIFIES' THAT(THATS MY WORD!). FOR MUSIC IS, PLAINLY PUT, "THE COLOR OF MY EMOTIONS(THATS MINE, TOO)," AND YJIS MUSIC IS WHAT MY FATHER GAVE ME...FOR I AM SIMPLY A MESSENGER FROM GOD OF HIS MELODY-AND THATS WHAT THIS IS. SO WHEN I COMPOSE AN ORIGINAL PIECE, IT IS AS IF I AM STANDING BEFORE GOD, AS HE POURS THIS MELODY INTO ME. FOR THIS GIFT IS NOT OF MY OWN INTELLECT. AND AS IT PERTAINS TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT, I AM IN THE SAME POSITION AS YOU WHEN YOU HEAR IT....I JUST HEAR IT FIRST, AND AM BLESSED WITH THE ABILITY TO CAPTURE THE TRANSLATABLE ESSENCE OF WHAT I HEAR IN MY HEART...TRUST THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. MUSIC HAS THE INFLUENCE TO CHANGE HOW ONE FEELS, AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, PUT ON SOME LUDA OR LIL JOHN WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING AND SEE WONT YOU SPEED UP A BIT. I AM NOT SAYING THAT I'M HERE TO CHANGE THE FACE OF MUSIC AS IT IS TODAY(MAYBE I WILL, MAYBE I WONT), BUT IF I CAN SPARK THAT CHANGE, I AM 100% MOVING FORWARD. SO I AM PIONEERING THE GENRE OF "URBANCLASSICAL JAZZ," WHICH IS A FINE BLEND OF R&B, GOSPEL, HIP HOP, ROCK(AND SO FORTH) PRESENTED AS JAZZ, SET IN A CLASSICAL AMBIENCE. IT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO STIR CREATIVITY & PERSUADE OUR REAL WRITERS TO WRITE AGAIN. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I AM WORKING ON IS ALSO GEARED TO SPARKING SUCH A CHANGE IN MUSIC AS IT IS TODAY......WELL...I'LL TELL YOU LATER...YOU JUST "STAY TUNED!" I'M MAKING MY CD AVAILABLE TO ALL REAL SOON. LEAVE ME A NOTE, AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THE MUSIC!PL.***Paul A. Long*** ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ *****************************Pictures from the SOUL KITCHEN SONGWRITERS' RETREAT OCT/'06***************************************************** ************************************************************ ********.................................................... ................................... .................................
