Being in a Band is...

Hey dudes and dudettes!!

Someone sent me an email message on MySpace and asked what it was like to be in a band and write songs. So I wrote her this response, and I wanted everyone to be able to read this to really try to get a glimpse of what it's like for us and what our purpose is in being in a band.

"Really, really hard. It's a super cut throat line of work in the entertainment business. Never know if the shows are going to continue or if people are going to accept your music and how iTunes, Napster, or Rhapsody sales are going to be. You're putting your work out for everyone to judge and praying that the majority enjoy it and can relate to the lyrics or like the melody or beat. There's is a TON a work that no one will every see behind the scenes and that you will never be acknowledged for and plenty of sleepless nights working on being prepared and ready for whatever comes. It's really, really hard.
But when your goal is bigger than yourself to spread the love of God around to people who may have never experienced it... then you just have to trust that God knows exactly what He's doing with you and your band, your work, your life, your everything. You have to trust that no matter what, God is going to take care of you and you're going to go where you need to go. For us, it's still extremely difficult and scary, but we just have to rest and rely on God to give us opportunities to share like this opportunity talking to you right now. But it's tons of really hard work."