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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #100 on: June 14, 2008, 09:10:00 PM »
Wow this thread is deep. Im just sittin' here quietly absorbing it all in and storing it for the near future. :)

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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #101 on: June 14, 2008, 09:22:09 PM »
Now this is a Real Mens Meeting right here!  ;)

Tuga, Beatboxerz, Calvin, Flat Fifth yall droppin some serious jewels.  I'm lovin it.   This is an excellent time to put down the drumsticks, turn of the keyboards, put the bass on the stand just sit down and talk!

So let me put my Busta Rhymes voice on right now. Anybody care to embellish on the importance of being a good stewart over your finances and sowing.  What happens after that recording is done. What do you do when the Tour is over, and that dude you networked with that said that he was going to put you on for the next  said show or whatever is not returning your calls. What about when you are on the tour and they decide "they want to go a different direction or do things a little differently" and you not included in the vision.  What do you do when you in between gigs?  Talk about money. Talk about how important it is to take that $2,500 a night check or whatever dudes make and invest it wisely.  Kids still gotta eat, wife still want Nine West, cars gotta stay operational, insured and registered, rent, lights and water bills gotta be paid, kids need sneakers and school supplies. Lets go in a little further. 

For the record I really appreciate the responses that I have read from you cats. I got somebody in my ear right now about me possibly going out on a tour in September. So this is really close to home for me, Word! Share some stories, dont share names. 


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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #102 on: June 14, 2008, 09:59:32 PM »
Man... It's great to see cats keep it real. Many of these points are common knowledge to cats in the "game." However, it is rarely discussed outside the inner circle. I hope some of you young gunners eat this brain food and learn from it.
Now, I'm saving some of my story for a book I've been contemplating, but I will share a few golden nuggets of my story in hopes that someone may learn from it...

I'm the son of a pastor. When I was a kid, my father would always try to get me to play instruments because he needed a loyal musician at the church. I would fumble with it from time to time... I learned to play drums and later learned a few chords and I was on my way. However, I never took music seriously because I was into guns, selling weed, girls, and Metallica ;D My dad would buy me instruments, but I never had anyone to sit behind or shed with. I started taking organ lessons at age 13 and was holding my own on keys at 15. Now I'm ready to get serious about my music and produced my first retail-ready single for my homies in high school. With the gift of gab, I talked my way into a distribution deal with a company called The Music People that distributed Master P at the time. I was a stupid kid. The distributor took me for a ride and I never seen a dime. Yet I was still determined to do music. BUT THEN... AT 15... MY GIRL GOT PREGNANT :-[ ?/? Long story short... Father at 16...married at 17... buried a child at 18. Still trying to hang on to music, I started a new label after high school and released two solo albums. Feeling like my musical aspirations were slipping away, I had my company logo tattooed on my shoulder thinking it would keep me close to music, but I felt it slipping away. I had responsibilities! I had a wife and a kid at 18 that expected me to feed and support them! Who, me? YEAH, ME! It's usually a choice of music or family. It's nearly impossible to do both effectively. I had to make a choice and I chose my family. It was a looooooong struggle for me because I was young and inexperienced. I had to grow up overnight and I learned as I went on...
When I was 19, I got a job at GC in the Keys department thinking I would be able to practice all day. WRONG!!!! They were like "Sell, sell, sell" and the commissions were extra wack! It also made me mad that I was working around all that gear and couldn't afford none of it. Needless to say, that gig didn't last too long...
I've had to hustle for my family from day 1. At one time, I worked 3 jobs; 2 during the week and 1 on the weekends. I used to call it my off day when I only had to go to one job! lol God has brought me a long way man.
When the Korg Triton first came out, I bought it right away. Then I quickly sold it because my family was in need. When the Akai MPC 2000 first came out, I prepaid for mine and had it on day 1. Then quickly sold it because my family was in need. I Bought a custom bass. Then quickly sold it because my family was in need. When I was 21, I took a job with a major corporation making much less than I was getting from my two jobs at the time.

Notice I ain't talkin' too much about music right now? I had to make a choice...

After years of sacrifice and struggle and a detachment from music. God gave me a nice salary and placed it upon my heart to create something that would help cats in similar situations. The cats that don't have anyone to sit behind or learn from. Everybody is not fortunate to sit behind a Calvin Rodgers every Sunday and learn from him. It would be great if it were so. But what about the cats that don't have nobody? More than a decade later, God showed me how to bring that thing full circle and incorporate my family into my music. ;) I believe it is because of my faithfulness to God and dedication to my family that God is blessing me in such a way. My wife helps me run the office now. I took my son to NY to film SSV2 and he shot some background footage on the dvd.
Now I'm 33 with a 17 year old son (6 kids, one wife) and I can stand flat footed and declare that God has been more than good to me. Family first... No other options. When I was 15 and scared to be a father and wanted to run, the thing I kept thinking about was the fact that my father NEVER left me. Running was not an option.

So, now when I'm on the road, I tie the wife up in the basement until I get back. The kids, however,  are free to leave at any time because the won't practice!!! :D ;D j/k

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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #103 on: June 14, 2008, 10:05:25 PM »
Man... It's great to see cats keep it real. Many of these points are common knowledge to cats in the "game." However, it is rarely discussed outside the inner circle. I hope some of you young gunners eat this brain food and learn from it.
Now, I'm saving some of my story for a book I've been contemplating, but I will share a few golden nuggets of my story in hopes that someone may learn from it...

I'm the son of a pastor. When I was a kid, my father would always try to get me to play instruments because he needed a loyal musician at the church. I would fumble with it from time to time... I learned to play drums and later learned a few chords and I was on my way. However, I never took music seriously because I was into guns, selling weed, girls, and Metallica ;D My dad would buy me instruments, but I never had anyone to sit behind or shed with. I started taking organ lessons at age 13 and was holding my own on keys at 15. Now I'm ready to get serious about my music and produced my first retail-ready single for my homies in high school. With the gift of gab, I talked my way into a distribution deal with a company called The Music People that distributed Master P at the time. I was a stupid kid. The distributor took me for a ride and I never seen a dime. Yet I was still determined to do music. BUT THEN... AT 15... MY GIRL GOT PREGNANT :-[ ?/? Long story short... Father at 16...married at 17... buried a child at 18. Still trying to hang on to music, I started a new label after high school and released two solo albums. Feeling like my musical aspirations were slipping away, I had my company logo tattooed on my shoulder thinking it would keep me close to music, but I felt it slipping away. I had responsibilities! I had a wife and a kid at 18 that expected me to feed and support them! Who, me? YEAH, ME! It's usually a choice of music or family. It's nearly impossible to do both effectively. I had to make a choice and I chose my family. It was a looooooong struggle for me because I was young and inexperienced. I had to grow up overnight and I learned as I went on...
When I was 19, I got a job at GC in the Keys department thinking I would be able to practice all day. WRONG!!!! They were like "Sell, sell, sell" and the commissions were extra wack! It also made me mad that I was working around all that gear and couldn't afford none of it. Needless to say, that gig didn't last too long...
I've had to hustle for my family from day 1. At one time, I worked 3 jobs; 2 during the week and 1 on the weekends. I used to call it my off day when I only had to go to one job! lol God has brought me a long way man.
When the Korg Triton first came out, I bought it right away. Then I quickly sold it because my family was in need. When the Akai MPC 2000 first came out, I prepaid for mine and had it on day 1. Then quickly sold it because my family was in need. I Bought a custom bass. Then quickly sold it because my family was in need. When I was 21, I took a job with a major corporation making much less than I was getting from my two jobs at the time.

Notice I ain't talkin' too much about music right now? I had to make a choice...

After years of sacrifice and struggle and a detachment from music. God gave me a nice salary and placed it upon my heart to create something that would help cats in similar situations. The cats that don't have anyone to sit behind or learn from. Everybody is not fortunate to sit behind a Calvin Rodgers every Sunday and learn from him. It would be great if it were so. But what about the cats that don't have nobody? More than a decade later, God showed me how to bring that thing full circle and incorporate my family into my music. ;) I believe it is because of my faithfulness to God and dedication to my family that God is blessing me in such a way. My wife helps me run the office now. I took my son to NY to film SSV2 and he shot some background footage on the dvd.
Now I'm 33 with a 17 year old son (6 kids, one wife) and I can stand flat footed and declare that God has been more than good to me. Family first... No other options. When I was 15 and scared to be a father and wanted to run, the thing I kept thinking about was the fact that my father NEVER left me. Running was not an option.

So, now when I'm on the road, I tie the wife up in the basement until I get back. The kids, however,  are free to leave at any time because the won't practice!!! :D ;D j/k

God bless

That was great.  And I really relate to the bold.

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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #104 on: June 15, 2008, 12:26:03 AM »
I haven't built a family yet, but I have a clear vision of what needs to be done when I have one. I'm 22 and cool opportunities keep coming along lately. A local artist approached me about a 10 city tour coming up here soon, and a possible tour in Europe. I've played drums in a major motion picture directed by Sean Penn. Work has been good. All this to say, that battle has been a serious thing to think about for me.

When it comes time to get married and build a family, after God will be my wife and children. If I'm fortunate enough to play music to provide for them, and I'm not talking just about finances, I'm talking PROVIDE and be there for them, I will do so. But the road will not take me away from my family. The most important way I could ever minister will be ministering to my gift, my family. It's a special gift to have such influence in people's lives as a father and husband, I won't coward away from them. This is my thoughts on the matter.

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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #105 on: June 15, 2008, 08:16:56 AM »
This has to be the best thread EVER!! Real Talk

I would definetly have to say family comes first. I recently took a gig at a church and my wife had a seperate event to go to and we have two wonderful girls, but I know how hard it is to have work to do or go to an event with a 3yr old and 1yr old at the same time. I decided that I would take one of the children and she could take one to make thing easier for the both of us since we didn't have time to find someone to watch them. I got to the gig put my daughter on the organ seat with me and played for the service, but I never expected for people to come up to me after the service and say that a father having their child with them during a service ministered to them more than anything else. People were coming up to me saying that they never see a musician with his child or wife at an event anymore and that normally the family is neglected and at home waiting until daddy gets home. Many musicians don't bring their wife and children with them because they don't want their families to see what they do with other females or males after the gig.

To me I was just doing what I normally do because my wife and children are normally with me when I go places and play gigs. Never did I think someone would come up to me and say that ministered to them. I've make many sacrifices to put my family first because I made a vow before God to keep my marriage and stay faithful until death parts us. At first it was tough putting the keys down, putting the Pro-Marks, and Vic Firths down, and selling almost everything I had to make sure my family was ok. I can now say that God has restored everything that I lost and has provided more then double what I had. My wife and I run our own company now and she is more supportive than ever because she feels like she is a part of what I do and not just a by-stander or tag along.

I encourage all fathers and men to be strong and do things the way God wants and he will bless you. It's not easy, but it's worth it. A great musician friend of mine died about 10yrs ago and he was a beast of a drummer, but he had a 4 or 5 yr old daughter at the time, and he would always tell me that he took all the gigs and tours(no health or LIFE insurance), to provide for his daughter, but he suddenly died from an brain aneurism. He made sure she was taken care of financially while he had the gigs, but 10 yrs later she has no memory of him, no times she can recall that he was there to share good times with her and if you think about it, he left her nothing. Sometimes we look at the picture down the road when we don't even know if the next day is promised to us.

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers and if you have a little one that hasn't heard from you or hasn't seen you in a while, make sure it happens soon, because you never know what the next day holds for you or them.

God Bless
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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #106 on: June 15, 2008, 08:17:05 AM »
Now this is a Real Mens Meeting right here!  ;)

Tuga, Beatboxers, Calvin, Flat Fifth yall droppin some serious jewels.  I'm lovin it.   This is an excellent time to put down the drumsticks, turn of the keyboards, put the bass on the stand just sit down and talk!

So let me put my Busta Rhymes voice on right now. Anybody care to embellish on the importance of being a good Stewart over your finances and sowing.  What happens after that recording is done. What do you do when the Tour is over, and that dude you networked with that said that he was going to put you on for the next  said show or whatever is not returning your calls. What about when you are on the tour and they decide "they want to go a different direction or do things a little differently" and you not included in the vision.  What do you do when you in between gigs?  Talk about money. Talk about how important it is to take that $2,500 a night check or whatever dudes make and invest it wisely.  Kids still gotta eat, wife still want Nine West, cars gotta stay operational, insured and registered, rent, lights and water bills gotta be paid, kids need sneakers and school supplies. Lets go in a little further. 

For the record I really appreciate the responses that I have read from you cats. I got somebody in my ear right now about me possibly going out on a tour in September. So this is really close to home for me, Word! Share some stories, dont share names. 


I'll be over here in the corner nodding my head, saying amen and taking notes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

Teach, take on students, do local studio recordings, temp agency,  work odd jobs until your next big break. I tell younger musicians to have a back up plan, get an education in something and minor in music. Now's the time to go out and tour, no wife no kids go! Things do change (and has to change) when you get married and change even more when you have children. Good example. I have a good friend who plays for one of the biggest Christian rock bands, if I said their name some of you would know them.... Fully endorsed by Yamaha (gets one free kit and three free snare drums year) Free cymbals (one of the big three)(go to his house he has BOXES of cymbals he has yet to use) Free sticks....TOURING ALL THE TIME! I called his house one day thinking he was home, gone and his wife started talking to me just like that....The woman was so lonely!!! Now they just has a baby and he's still gone touring. Its sad to say but I give them three years or less before his wife has had enough. There needs to be a balance...Like I said even when Im gone I call and talk to my wife and kids every day, Im an I.T. specialist during the day and that gives me the chance to pick and choose my gigs, Im not a slave to the road nor is my family!!!

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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #107 on: June 15, 2008, 02:15:03 PM »
Wow.  A temp agency between gigs?  That's a great idea.  Never thought of that one.

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« Reply #108 on: June 15, 2008, 06:22:31 PM »
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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #109 on: June 16, 2008, 02:48:17 PM »
Teach, take on students, do local studio recordings, temp agency,  work odd jobs until your next big break. I tell younger musicians to have a back up plan, get an education in something and minor in music. Now's the time to go out and tour, no wife no kids go! Things do change (and has to change) when you get married and change even more when you have children. Good example. I have a good friend who plays for one of the biggest Christian rock bands, if I said their name some of you would know them.... Fully endorsed by Yamaha (gets one free kit and three free snare drums year) Free cymbals (one of the big three)(go to his house he has BOXES of cymbals he has yet to use) Free sticks....TOURING ALL THE TIME! I called his house one day thinking he was home, gone and his wife started talking to me just like that....The woman was so lonely!!! Now they just has a baby and he's still gone touring. Its sad to say but I give them three years or less before his wife has had enough. There needs to be a balance...Like I said even when Im gone I call and talk to my wife and kids every day, Im an I.T. specialist during the day and that gives me the chance to pick and choose my gigs, Im not a slave to the road nor is my family!!!




This is good info! Much appreciated. Heavy food for thought. I already give private lessons. The thought of doing it full time was never a consideration because I'm so inexpensive. Thanks for the insight Man.
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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #110 on: June 16, 2008, 04:20:03 PM »

This is good info! Much appreciated. Heavy food for thought. I already give private lessons. The thought of doing it full time was never a consideration because I'm so inexpensive. Thanks for the insight Man.

Teaching can bring in some good coin. Say you charge $15 - 20 per half an hour, Im $25 personally, all you need is 8 students a day minimum.
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« Reply #111 on: June 16, 2008, 07:55:46 PM »
This thread is pure gold.

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« Reply #112 on: June 16, 2008, 09:02:06 PM »
Teaching can bring in some good coin. Say you charge $15 - 20 per half an hour, Im $25 personally, all you need is 8 students a day minimum.

My mapex finish is better than yours :D ;D

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« Reply #113 on: June 17, 2008, 12:05:21 PM »
My mapex finish is better than yours :D ;D

 ;D  LOL, That may be so but I get mine for much less than you do  :P
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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #114 on: June 18, 2008, 05:01:23 AM »
Man, that sound like "Bruce Lee Drumming!"....Just like "Jeet Kun Do"  "The Way Of The Intercepting Drum"  :o

Be able to effortlessly adapt to the moment:

"you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup,
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle,
You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now, water can *flow* or it can *CRASH*!
Be water, my friend.

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Now go work on ya kick!! 8)
;) :D I have long admired Bruce Lee... (note: drummer Rodney Holmes also quotes him and his philosphy quite a bit. see his MD interview). All-in-All it is the interpretation of Biblical principle... whatever you give yourself over to people will see the product (Paul talking to Timothy). We simply have to put ourselves in the right place and master ourselves first then master the craft. Read Effortless Mastery and and the inner Game of Music and you'll get where I am coming from. But I think you already know because the theory is relative to the application.
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« Reply #115 on: June 18, 2008, 09:31:46 AM »
Yeah I grew up on Bruce as well. I try to take on his idea of using the least amount of physical movement to produce the most devestating blow.  Has anyone heard Vinnie's album?  He has a song titled Bruce Lee.  Enough said...happy birthday Juse lol

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« Reply #116 on: June 18, 2008, 10:16:34 AM »
Has anyone heard Vinnie's album?  He has a song titled Bruce Lee.

Yeah, I had it since '94, and I'm wondering why is it taking him so long to make another one...  Could the next one be called "Bruce Lee's spawn"?  * corny, I know*  ---> inserts the "cheesy" emoticon here:  :D
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« Reply #117 on: June 18, 2008, 09:17:46 PM »
On the marriage/family front and serious relationship/engaged front: Everyone involved has to as the Rock said, "Know your role...". You have to know the seriousness of accountability. The man has to know that at the end of the day whatever happens is his fault. This is the faulter of Adam. As heads of the household/husbandman the stewardship of the family is our responsibility. When we really get a grasp of that things tend to change for the better. The Bible says that if a man cannot maintain his own household he cannot maintain God's house. this is spoken of in reference to what it really means to serve in God's house and be a deacon (starting with being a man of one wife...) and then having proven one's self worthy being promoted a bishop whom assists the Pastor.

In my wedding ring my wife had engraved, "You are my ministry." This is our 8th of marriage and 16th year as a couple in which we have NEVER broken up (even in the 2.5 years I spent living 12 hrs away trying to establish a design career & find my dream of music). "You are my ministry," has been the hardest lesson to learn and be worthy of. My wife is a true Help Meet. if your significant other does not know that is her role then she probably is not your God-given wife. This is someone you chose/choose to marry and that decision is the cause of divorce.

Husbands are to find their wives which are gifts of blessing (empowerment) to the husbands purpose of God and in that he findeth a good thing and obtains favor of God... not wives finding/entrapping their "husbands." If there is no shared vision that is not your wife. Success is in unity... there lies the blessing. When there are two visions (two means di) there is di-vision and god is not in that, neither is your blessing (regardless of any successes you appear to have it is not near as much as God intends for us). If we do not love our wives/prospective wives enough to give our lives for them then they are not or God-given wife and we probably are not yet prepared to be husbands and definitely not Fathers. Husbands love your wives as God so love the church....

Husbands have to pamper and lavish our wives within our abilities. We have to encourage and strengthen them mentally. We have to humble ourselves and listen to the "Help Meet" wisdom of god in them and the heart of the wife and cater to their physical needs. We each have to subdue our emotions (fear, anger, jealousy...) because those are not spirits that God would have us govern ourselves by though we all too often do and end up in divorce. Stop making emotional decisions. Stop cursing at your wife and children. They are first off God (what you do for the least of them) and most overlooked, THEY ARE YOU (flesh of your flesh, bone of your bone) so you are cursing your self and your future bloodline. Cover your house. Be Boaz and not punk....

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« Reply #118 on: June 18, 2008, 09:38:15 PM »
A month after marrying my wife experienced temporary parallasis and was diagnosed with MS. Two years later I got laid off. During the 8-months following my wife bought me my first drum kit (by God). After two major lay-offs(one before relocating and then relocating and loosing a car to repo and another a week before finding out my wife was pregnant and we had just lost the medical benefits with our jobs - cause we worked for he same parent company). Then loosing a job as a college instructor because of a faulty car two weeks before my daughter was born then going through 3 hurricanes starting two-weeks later ('05 a la Katrina years) and loosing our home (working with a shady Christian) while having a 4-month old daughter I was faced with my family living on the couches and spare rooms of "friends" till they quickly tired of us and put us out. Then having to either live out of our car. I had to put my wife and 4-month old daughter on a plane and send them back "home" to family. We left there in first place for better, because that wasn't where we were supposed to be for growth. My wife was willing to live in our car rather than be separated while I stayed to get us back on our feet. I had to make a hard decision, to send them away. It took 2.5 years being 12 hrs apart without little to know funds, missing birthdays, a wedding anniversary, mother's days, father's days. Finally a had to relocate to "go get my family". In that time God was preparing us and showing us things in ourselves and folk around us, training us in ministry all in order that we can better fulfill our purpose. Now geographically reunited (as our relationship was strained but never broken) we stand stronger than ever and are being blessed in our extended vision, external relationships, new wisdom/knowledge/understanding and business opportunities.

My point in my testimony is that when two (husband and wife) agree as one you can make it and prosper. What I learned was the husband has to has a clear vision and he has to write on tables and make it plan so that those who see it (wife and family) can run with it. That communication has to be clear and understood. I also learned that you have to tithe, sow(into good ground... into your future), and save (as the ants save in the summer). The wife has to be a Proverbs woman... building here house, not being strifeful etc, working to own, giving from her plenty not simply taking. The husband has to be priest of his home, the houseband/husbandman (binding the family together and weeding out that which is not fruitful). He has to constantly seek wise counsel and take car of what he speaks into existance and understanding. The husband has to be willing and allow his faults to show and the healing to be open to the wife and family in order for the strength of the testimony to go forth and be absorbed. it is not for us to be happy but be full of joy and enjoy/empower/embrace our wife and family.

We the husbands must strive and prepare to leave and inheritance of material value as well as integrity (spiritual, a good name), work ethic of diligence and proven/marked completion for the next generation to stand on. Else we leave a curse. So do:
-invest in a life insurance policy
-create a living will
-establish yourself as a legal independent business (EIN/Tax ID#, Business Name, Business Bank Account)
* if your band  is a corparation apply for group insurance benefits in the company name because it is a business.....
MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

Business/small-biz/home-biz Co-ops have group rate insurance opps. Musicians union has insurance opps, Most states are starting to offer basic insurance opps for the uninsured. Research: Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield and other insurance... it's not that expensive. it is a security investment because you cannot afford today's medical/hospital bills.

-get renters insurance to cover your gear... it's like $40/mth 

- Brand yourself... what you stand for and what you deliver and STAND BY YOUR WORD BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR GOOD NAME
- TRAIN Your children in the Brand... what there name stands for and what is expected of that name and their presentation/representation of that name
- do not co-sign (give you name for someone unproven else you mentor and develop them to be representative of your brand)
- Study business marketing books/principles
- Develop corporate relationships and relationships with business networking, business-trade associations, area Chamber of Commerce, large area non-profits and community serve organizations. seek to schedule yourself as entertainment for their yearly events. As well contribute (sow 4, sow time) into their service projects. Build your own relationships and market to fall back on. Convention bands get paid well.

-MySpace is not a business website. In a dot com (domain name and a professional web site, even if it is template based).
-Get you some professionally designed business cards, letter head and envelopes
-GET SOME NICE GEAR BAGS
-KEEP A NICE WATCH... ie be early always and stay late
Get you and investment banker/counsellor



Try not to become a person of success but rather a person of VALUE. - T. Harv Eker

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Re: Studio Recording ?'s
« Reply #119 on: June 18, 2008, 10:57:35 PM »
A month after marrying my wife experienced temporary parallasis and was diagnosed with MS. Two years later I got laid off. During the 8-months following my wife bought me my first drum kit (by God). After two major lay-offs(one before relocating and then relocating and loosing a car to repo and another a week before finding out my wife was pregnant and we had just lost the medical benefits with our jobs - cause we worked for he same parent company). Then loosing a job as a college instructor because of a faulty car two weeks before my daughter was born then going through 3 hurricanes starting two-weeks later ('05 a la Katrina years) and loosing our home (working with a shady Christian) while having a 4-month old daughter I was faced with my family living on the couches and spare rooms of "friends" till they quickly tired of us and put us out. Then having to either live out of our car. I had to put my wife and 4-month old daughter on a plane and send them back "home" to family. We left there in first place for better, because that wasn't where we were supposed to be for growth. My wife was willing to live in our car rather than be separated while I stayed to get us back on our feet. I had to make a hard decision, to send them away. It took 2.5 years being 12 hrs apart without little to know funds, missing birthdays, a wedding anniversary, mother's days, father's days. Finally a had to relocate to "go get my family". In that time God was preparing us and showing us things in ourselves and folk around us, training us in ministry all in order that we can better fulfill our purpose. Now geographically reunited (as our relationship was strained but never broken) we stand stronger than ever and are being blessed in our extended vision, external relationships, new wisdom/knowledge/understanding and business opportunities.

My point in my testimony is that when two (husband and wife) agree as one you can make it and prosper. What I learned was the husband has to has a clear vision and he has to write on tables and make it plan so that those who see it (wife and family) can run with it. That communication has to be clear and understood. I also learned that you have to tithe, sow(into good ground... into your future), and save (as the ants save in the summer). The wife has to be a Proverbs woman... building here house, not being strifeful etc, working to own, giving from her plenty not simply taking. The husband has to be priest of his home, the houseband/husbandman (binding the family together and weeding out that which is not fruitful). He has to constantly seek wise counsel and take car of what he speaks into existance and understanding. The husband has to be willing and allow his faults to show and the healing to be open to the wife and family in order for the strength of the testimony to go forth and be absorbed. it is not for us to be happy but be full of joy and enjoy/empower/embrace our wife and family.

We the husbands must strive and prepare to leave and inheritance of material value as well as integrity (spiritual, a good name), work ethic of diligence and proven/marked completion for the next generation to stand on. Else we leave a curse. So do:
-invest in a life insurance policy
-create a living will
-establish yourself as a legal independent business (EIN/Tax ID#, Business Name, Business Bank Account)
* if your band  is a corparation apply for group insurance benefits in the company name because it is a business.....
MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

Business/small-biz/home-biz Co-ops have group rate insurance opps. Musicians union has insurance opps, Most states are starting to offer basic insurance opps for the uninsured. Research: Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield and other insurance... it's not that expensive. it is a security investment because you cannot afford today's medical/hospital bills.

-get renters insurance to cover your gear... it's like $40/mth 

- Brand yourself... what you stand for and what you deliver and STAND BY YOUR WORD BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR GOOD NAME
- TRAIN Your children in the Brand... what there name stands for and what is expected of that name and their presentation/representation of that name
- do not co-sign (give you name for someone unproven else you mentor and develop them to be representative of your brand)
- Study business marketing books/principles
- Develop corporate relationships and relationships with business networking, business-trade associations, area Chamber of Commerce, large area non-profits and community serve organizations. seek to schedule yourself as entertainment for their yearly events. As well contribute (sow 4, sow time) into their service projects. Build your own relationships and market to fall back on. Convention bands get paid well.

-MySpace is not a business website. In a dot com (domain name and a professional web site, even if it is template based).
-Get you some professionally designed business cards, letter head and envelopes
-GET SOME NICE GEAR BAGS
-KEEP A NICE WATCH... ie be early always and stay late
Get you and investment banker/counsellor

God has a funny way of working...aye Sabe God bless you man...I needed to hear that more than you realize...God used you...thanks for real....Stay Blessed, Nate J.



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