Winning and Losing
yes, it is!!
you will end up with what you settle for
never give negativity a voice, you may have a negative thought but for god's sake don't utter it outloud.
give's it power it wouldn't otherwise have.
i do know this---every musician that has worked with me is better off for it
sound egoistic---not! i am an energy starter--i whirl and change energies and get things done.
so far noone that has worked with me can say they are not better off because of my entry into their life.
i have a gift to see who else is gifted and make them believe it----as they were intended to---
musical relationships often have to end. i'd rather someone hated me and had a win for their music--- than to like me--- and lose.
i'll do whatever i have to do---- to change energy so it doesn't harm the music. i do love it ----more than anything
i just can"t hang around where there is an undercurrent of negativity. i have a responsibility to my own gifts.
i have a great career and will go to europe in 2007 and am thrilled that i'll get to also do my classical music and i have to have lots of translations-----so much work----and so little time to get it done. ohhhhhhhhhhhh, a bowed bass-----sigh!
there are times in our life when we are the "givers" and times when we need to be "given to"
i now need to be "given to" for what i have to accomplish so i only let new people into my life in any major roles----"who add to me without subtracting from who i am"---it's a good rule. try it, you'll like it!
it's the back and forth exchange of energy and love and peer level humor that makes life wonderful for a singer/musician.
be sure you are having that as you are on your way to a win.
slap the shit out of anyone or anything that puts you down for a nanosecond
don't idolize people who haven't achieved anything---if people want to tell you how to do something in your music, make sure they aren't working dives for fifty bucks----aim high----watch where you take your original material----
keep your musical immune system in tact. beware of the musician's flu---"masochism"-----don't ever give up and if you get depressed----make an action----pick up the phone, send your music out----
s& m is ok in the bedroom--or anything for that matter---but don't let anyone run roughshod over your daily life---if you do---even if you win-----you're gonna lose.
i'm a lady who sings better now than at twenty and looks better too and that is no accident.
it's called "commitment" ---fifty push ups before i have breakfast in the morning. i love these gifts of mine and i"m takin' care of them and i want you to take care of yours too.
there is noone better than you-----unless you think they are!!
catcha later!
bev. redding
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