What Happened to all the INDIANS?

You know what? Time flies.....

I'm saying that to say that I've been doing this music thing for over 20+years now and I'm realizing that I'm becoming one of the "older" guys now, LOL...  I remember when I was the "up-and-coming" young musician... Now I'm referred to as "Uncle" and/or "Big Bro" LOL!!!

What an adjustment, smh...

Well, I've slowed down on production work significantly to adjust my personal life.. you know.. Marriage, New House, Job Promotion...  It gets hard to balance it all so sometimes you have to press the RESET button and start over.

Being an artist, producer & songwriter in this new age is almost discouraging.  Nothing against social networking, but it has allowed a lot of newcomers to blossom overnight.  The ones who've been working before the social networking "bubble" came are now almost like dinosaurs...smh.

I say all that to say, it's tough to stay relevant IF you don't know who you are.  Thankfully, I know who I am and what I possess. BUT it can be difficult, cause you can get tempted to "cave in" and "compromise" to fit in today's norm, but you must stand strong and believe that your time is coming and when it comes you will "rise to the occassion."

These days you must learn to encourage yourself, cause if you're waiting for others to do it...it probably won't happen, LOL...  The other day I said to myself, "Why does everyone wants to be the CHIEF? What happened to all the INDIANS?"

LOL!!

It's a tough reality nowadays, that everyone wants to be in the front of the stage and totally bypass the back of the stage.  Like I said before I am glad that I know who I am, but there are a lot of people out here who don't know who they are.  Many people think they're supposed to be the CHIEF, but actually they might be most effective as the INDIAN.

What's wrong with being the INDIAN? What would this world be if it was filled with a bunch of CHIEFS? Smh, it would be totally INSANE and CHAOTIC I think...

Well, I encourage you today to evaluate yourself, look in the mirror... take the time to ask yourself...

"What am I... a CHIEF or am I an INDIAN???"

Now, you have to be honest with yourself... don't rush it...take your time and when you finally figure it out, GO FULL STEAM AHEAD and be who you are destined to be.  You'd be surprise how much of an effect you can make if you operate in the area of your strengths instead of the area of your weaknesses.


Until then... Peace!

First post of the new year, what's up?

I haven't posted in a long minute... I mean, LOOOOONNNNG minute, smh.

What's been going on? Well, I'm glad you asked, LOL... I've been working hard at my church doing production work for our Christmas and more recently our Easter Productions.  

Although I'm the minister of music, I also am the music director for our annual productions.  These productions are huge... I mean HUGE!!!!  In the past 6-8months I've been able to interact with Gospel Music Industry's Giants like Mary Mary, Bebe & Cece Winans, Marvin Sapp, Tye Tribbett, Richard Smallwood, Beverly Crawford, Shirley Caesar... just to name a few, lol...

For most of these artists they may have majority of their TV/Performance Tracks on hand, but sometimes we run into a problem where they don't have one for a particular song we requested...  That's where FamousAmosMusic comes in...

Basically, when that happens I take a crew to the studio and create a TV/Performance Track and send it to the artist for their approval...  That itself can be a nerve-wrecking experience, cause some artist can be VERY particular of their music and how they want it done.  I don't really blame them, but sometimes it can get a little too overwhelming...

Anyways, doing these productions have really been a tremendous learning experience for me and I'm looking forward to keeping it going... My next goal is to start working on film scoring.  I really enjoy film scores like the one for the movies "300" composed by Tyler Bates and "The Passion of the Christ"composed by John Debney.

It's gonna take some work and some research to fully understand the basics of the art of film scoring, but I will take it one step at a time... I really enjoy hearing the depth and the sensitivity of their compositions.

I realize that music really makes or breaks any movie scene... Without a great film score, that "tear-jerking" scene would turn to a boring and stale video clip...  Now that I realize that importance, I'm taking the necessary steps to further my music theory so I can compose and create a great film score.

I suck at this thing called BLOGGING, lol

It's been like 2months since my last post... What's been going on? Well, I've been dealing with becoming a new homeowner, a job promotion and something we all call LIFE....

I've learned not to complain when things get overwhelming, cause complaining makes things seem worse than what they are.

So, when you have so much going on, is it easy to BLOG???  No, it isn't... BLOGGING takes commitment, dedication, & focus... Obviously I don't have it when so much is going on, but I'm going to try to BLOG more often cause I have so much to say about MUSIC, LIFE, HEALTH & WEALTH...

I'm realizing that BLOGGING is a great art form of expression via words, pics, & other media...  I hope to keep up with it and keep y'all entertained.

:-)
Later