As 2008 draws to a close, we often become reflective thinking about how the past year has gone, the highs, lows, things we want to change, things we might have done differently, things to be thankful for.
It is also a time of new resolutions, goal setting and continued dreams.
Personally I am making 2009 the year [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Out with the old, in with the new
The will
The will to win is as important as the ability to do so.
- Jamie Carragher
KISS my scratch
My very very good friend and longtime musical collaborator The Keyboard Master recently sent me the following from his blog:
I personally regard my first recording sessions as the greatest ever!
They contained the greatest solos, the keyboards were the loudest thing in the mix and why play a cmajor 7 if a diminished flattened 9th was [...]
Scratching Self Mastery
My very very good friend and longtime musical collaborator The Keyboard Master recently sent me the following from his blog:
“Keyboard Mastery begins with an understanding that self mastery will be the foundation upon which you build your success.
It all begins with the way you see yourself in relation to your goal.
Think, ‘this is unattainable’ and [...]
The Boy and the Starfish
For Mr Martyn Holmes….
Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf’s edge and and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could see [...]
Enlightenment
Enlightenment exists in the moment between 2 thoughts.
Alan Finger - Yoga instructor
Create
“Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.”
- Carl Fox in the movie Wall Street
(Found in Brad DeHaven’s book - “The Currency of the Future”)
do not…
I have read this poem before, but saw this video version on Jermaine Griggs website which I thought I would share with you all:
Natural ability?
“Don’t let your perception of your natural ability get in the way of you deciding to set a goal and stick with it until you achieve it.”
Nigel Ipinson-Fleming
http://www.youtube.com/thekeyboardmaster
I can also tell you from personal experience that this above quote is the truth. I was the worlds worst scratch DJ, no joke. All I had was [...]
How to win the race
“QUIT! GIVE UP! YOU’RE BEATEN!” They shout and plead,
There’s just too much against you now, this time you can’t succeed.
And as I start to hang my head in front of failure’s face,
My downward fall is broken by the memory of a race.
And hope refills my weakened will as I recall that scene.
For just the [...]