friendship, and bond in the music that I’m really have been plenty of times through different versus being hired by someone like Matt
after. I’m not after what seems like a really high- things that have happened where I have Redman differ?
profile thing. Because I have had those, and basically shut down everything in my heart and been blessed like that, but I can look back and my mind. For a musician, that is one of the [James] Personally, I think that serving as
see that, not all the time - I’m not talking about worst things that can happen. There have been a volunteer, which I have done my whole
anybody that you’re thinking about (laughs), but long stretches of that for me, and you come life, shouldn’t be any different. If you are
a lot of the time I look back on those, and it to a point where you either just can’t live like volunteering at your church or wherever it is, if
was great and it was fun and everybody had a that anymore or you realize and think, “What you are volunteering at anywhere, you should
great time, but I wasn’t able to do what it is that happened to me, why is my heart closed off put the same work and effort into it as if Matt
I need to do when I play music. To me the most and why is my mind not on the game anymore, Redman called you and asked you to perform. I
important thing is being able to be in a situation and why am I not happy?” And you have to get feel like it shouldn’t be any different. I think for a
where I feel released and like I can really do to the bottom of it. Basically, for any person in person that is relying on volunteers, it may not
what I do. That has kind of been my focus, or the world, not just for musicians, but if your life always be fair to the volunteers to put a bunch
tried to be. is playing music then it can be a very dangerous of unrealistic expectations on them. If someone
thing when that happens. And it happens, it is volunteering and they have a full-time job and
[WM] When people get hurt, they tend to happens to everyone, and you have to take a family, it might be a stretch to say that during
close off their heart. Since your heart is your care of yourself and take care of your heart, like the week there is a mandatory rehearsal, or to
compass, how do you balance guarding your the Bible says… that is your ‘well spring’, so switch songs up last minute. Stuff like that I
heart, healing when you’ve been hurt, and you have to guard your well. think is not very fair to the volunteer. But at the
choosing to stay vulnerable?
[James] I would say I don’t always, and there
same time, I don’t feel like there should be any
[WM] From your perspective, how does difference in a musician’s mindset whether they
playing are volunteering their talents to someone or if
music
as
a
church
volunteer
Photo: Blue Amber Photography
January 2019
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