"Such Bliss Breeds Obliviousness"

Constantly, I read these biographies on these up and coming artists, "New & Next Up to Bat!", and I always read the same statement made by the artist "...next thing I knew, I was signed to such n such!" Am I the only one that sees something wrong with that picture? Imagine just walking into a room, and "suddenly, there you are, your big break!" Pah-lease...

OK so allow me to explain... These artists that hunt for their "big break" are the same artists that get BROKEN just a few months or couple of years later! It boggles my mind to think of how many artists know absolutely nothing about the business side of music, or their craft period. They still truly believe that every suit is genuinely in touch with their love of the artform, and the artist is so flattered and so ready to plotz that they don't see that the music business is a BUSINESS!

Non-music associated friends of mine are always asking me "Oh, have you gotten your 'big break' yet? Or they'll say "Hey, maybe this will be your 'big break'!" Guess what... surprise, surprise, I'm not LOOKING for a big break! Every amazing thing that has progressed my career has never been viewed by me as a "big break", and especially never viewed at as "suddenly I was there at his studio recording the reference for so n so!" I can recall every step that I have CONSCIOUSLY made to get me where I am today. Patience is truly a virtue, but as painstaking as it can be to take the right path, it is 100% NECESSARY to make those mistakes, to learn from them, and to grow! I have done that throughout my entire career, and continue to do so. I've learned to keep the kind of company around me that will lift me up and be there for me when I need advice, and have weeded out the people that just tried to cause damage to my hopes and dreams.

G-d has (or "The Universe" to whom it may concern) always presented me with opportunities at precisely the exact moment that I was ready for them, and has always blessed me by putting people I need in my path along the way. Fear thrives from ignorance, and I have learned this from the opportunities that G-d presented me with just so I could realize it was something I needed to learn more about. And guess what? Once I learned what I needed to know, I was presented with that opportunity again. I have full trust that as long as I stay committed, my career will keep thriving, and for THE LONG RUN, and I will never look back and say "Suddenly I landed on Planet Success!", because I will be the one flying that ship and planting my flag on the surface.