I had an interesting conversation with my brother a few days ago. Actually it is a conversation we have had several times. We talked about the need to communicate your desires; to share your ambitions with the world. This brings opportunity to yourself, and to others. It signals that you are ready to share. I haven’t been ready, not really, but I am getting closer.
This blog represents a step, a desire to share with others, selflessly. This is a hard thing to do for artists, because what we share in our art is at the core of who we are, and if our work is rejected, we often feel we are being personally rejected. I believe any artist that tells you otherwise is most likely lingering in a shroud of pride.
There is nothing more personal to me than writing music, and so I have to be deliberate in sharing it with others, otherwise my fear prevents me from doing so. I am practicing new ways of being more open….this blog is another step.
Drew Schnurr