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.

LIFE, never take for granted

A few months ago, I was sitting in the chapel at my job preparing to participate in a funeral of an 84year old mother/grandmother and I decided to reflect on my own life and realize that I was able to wake up this morning with ease.

Someone else didn't....

So, why today out of all days??? My answer... I don't know

I guess it has to do with realizing that we all have a time and a purpose...






The other day I was watching "Oprah's Lifeclass" on OWN and in this particular episode it featured a well-known and favored preacher, Bishop TD Jakes. They were talking about PURPOSE...It caught my attention and I realized that there's someone out here that doesn't realize how blessed they really are. Many of us live our lives taking so many things for granted...


Why do we do that??...

I don't think that folk realize that TOMORROW'S NOT PROMISED... And if we don't operate with a sense of appreciation and value, I believe that you're living a life being blind...Who wants to live a life in the blind when you don't have to?

I've read Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life" a few times in my life thus far and I encourage you to take 40 days and enter that journey, especially if you're looking to better understand your God-given purpose in life.

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