Honest, Raw Emotion. Vulnerable To A Fault. Every song has a story. Every line holds meaning.
My music will never mean as much to anyone else, as it does to me...
Only in recent years have I finally learned how to be honest in my music. I spent much of my early musical years trying to be someone else. Singing with someone else's voice, and trying to appeal to an audience that wasn't mine. Ironically, it wasn't until after I finally gave up on music, that I began to grow as a songwriter and performer. It was only then that I finally 'found my voice'.
After taking several years off from seriously writing music, the first song I wrote was called 'Rise To Find'. The first line I wrote was 'I fail and I fall again... but rise to find You.' It's about learning to live, breathe, and walk in the grace of God. It's about the seeming 'contradiction' of God's perfect will... the 'contradiction' of grace. 'If we are faithless, He will remain faithful'.
The rest of the song did not come quickly. It was penned on-and-off over the next year, as I grew and learned.
By the time I had finished it, I didn't want anyone to hear it. It was too personal, and I was making myself way too vulnerable. Reluctantly, I let my wife hear it first... then others. All I could say was 'I don't know if it's good, but it's honest'.
Since then, I've continued to write in the same fashion. And I've seen how just being honest can change someone's life. Sometimes just knowing that someone else 'understands' can make all the difference in the world.
