markmathis

I have people telling me what I should do with music ALL THE TIME.

“stay independent”
“go on tour”
“make another rock album”
“release your demos”
“do another worship album”
etc…

Since I am a people-pleaser, I say, “sure!”. Then I slowly sink into melancholy and don’t do anything. It is a time-tested and true fact that you can’t please everyone, and I am proof of this. Recently, I have been thinking about getting signed and bounced it off some friends. Some were receptive and some were not. I was amazed at how noone said, “Mark, it’s your deal – you need to decide”.

Everyone has an opinion and I am blessed to have people that care enough to speak into my life. My wife Jessie slapped me around a bit and told me, “You can’t let this rob you of your happiness, people are always going to have an opinion. it’s just an opinion…”. This is dog simple, but it is true. Don’t let other peoples opinions about what you should be doing take the wind out of your sails and rob you of purpose.

do what you love and love what you do. the rest is just details.

mark