The Faucet Is ON.

The great American philosopher Chris Robinson once said, “When you smile up at the stars, just know that the motherfuckin’ stars are smiling right back at you.” In the context of a live show with his band the Black Crowes performing the song “Cosmic Friend”, I took this to mean that when you send positive energy out into the universe that the universe will send positive energy back to you. Do good things in this world, and in turn this world will find a way to send good things back to you.

Lately I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I wrestle with my insecurities and personal problems just like everybody else. But I have been trying to make a conscious effort to set those things aside as much as I am able and just get on with what I believe God or Fate or the Great Whatever put me here to do.

I’ve got money problems and hang-ups like everybody else. But what kind of fool am I if I let those things interfere with my creative impulses? So I’ve just been getting down to the business of playing music, composing, rehearsing and recording with my band, playing an awesome new weekly gig and adding tons of new material to my solo acoustic repertoire, and writing.

It’s a faucet. I can leave it be, bone dry, useless and producing nothing. Or I can turn that shit on.

I’m here to tell you that these past couple of weeks that I have had that faucet cranked open and flowing, I am getting more positive feedback from the universe that I can even inventory for you at this time. Amazing concert experiences, meeting legendary musicians who I have admired for DECADES, incredibly bountiful and productive recording sessions with my band, and a whole new perspective and deeper appreciation of my own endeavors as a solo acoustic guitarist. The shit keeps coming on like an avalanche. I am so grateful for having finally discovered this approach. I know it can’t last forever. Every artist who’s in it for the long haul goes through peaks and valleys in their output. Like everyone, I’m sure to experience highs and lows, rough phases and difficult stages when I might struggle to keep this new approach in mind. But right now I’m at peak flow and smiling up at the stars. Humbled, grateful.