It is really important for me to remember the possibilities and challenges when playing music live. The show we will be playing is at a venue that has been hassled to pay for any copyrighted music that is played within their establishment.
The people who try to collect a fee for that are probably like all people who try to collect fees, ruthless and persistant and unsympathetic.
It makes playing original music even more important, which ties back to what it is I must remember. Any public performance is an opportunity to reach out to what is sacred in those around me. Greeting others with a song, a prayer, an original greeting...and message. It is also a way to generate this positive energy with brothers and create something beyond what you would be capable of on your own.
This is what I must hold at the center. and let the rhythm flow and spill out across the whole world!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
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