Stoneman
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10/18/2022 10:04:15 PM
Don't Blink Or You May Miss It!
So many times in my life I have come close to finding the avenue to success in music. So many times I didn't even recognize it when it was there right in front of my face. Many years ago I had an 5 man acapella group in L.A. called the many shades of Blackness. We use to go down to Venice Beach and sing for donations in a hat. This one day we were singing the Temptations "Just My Imagination" and i was singing the high (Eddie Kendricks) parts. A guy stepped up and dropped a hundred dollar bill in the hat and asked us to sing more Temptations. We had a whole medley of Temptations songs prepared and he loved it. Then, he gave me a card and asked me to call him to set up an audition for a band he was working with. I looked at the card and saw a big emblem that said"The Gap Band". Problem was, I had a whole slew of cards that i had collected from people who claimed to be this and that and always wound up being fake or flakes. Unfortunately, L.A. is full of fake people like that. So, to make a long story short, I didn't call and forgot all about it until one day I heard the DJ on the radio say "And here's a new song from a new group called The Gap Band". That's when it clicked in my head that I had their managers card in my collection. Alas, the number had been changed but I never forgot how I missed out on a possible road to success. Of course, I could have went and auditioned and been rejected. Lord knows I have had my share of rejects. But I learned something very valuable from that. If you blink you may miss out on an opportunity. So, keep your eyes open. You never know where your blessing is going to come from. But always believe in your heart that it is coming and today could be your day. Literally, that is the absolute truth. Today could be your day.
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