Atmosphere

I keep running into artist after artist that beg me to re-record my songs.  I wouldn't have a problem with it, if I were finished with my new project and promoting that.  But that new  project (BRANDED) is at the very least a year away.  Yes you can sing better than I do.  You have a better range and better tone and all of the frills that years of practicing riffs has given you.  But God gave this music to me. It is part of the message that he has given me to share.  It is my ministry.  They hear one of my songs and think "I can do that so much better than he can..." I'm sure they can.  But this isn't about delivery.  Its about ministry.  My songs fit together in a nice little puzzle.  The whole project has one overall message.  I found this out one day after everything was done. 
I took each song and wrote the scripture  that each verse was create from and wrote it next to the verse. I found that those scriptures were a cohesive message, but that message had nothing to do with the song.  The song I wrote was a kind of "sermon".  The scriptures that I used to create the verses, when laid out in the order they appear in the song, were a totally different sermon. It blew my mind. Two different message were coming to life in the songs I wrote.  
But anyway, I was thinking that it was my ego. That I simply didn't want to be out some place and hear someone say "that's sister or brother blah-blah's song".   I also considered the "business" of doing something like this.  It would net me double the revenue as I would be performing the song and the new artist would be doing it as well.  I prayed about it and I got my answer.  At this point, NO. When I finish the new project and start on that message, anybody who wants to record my old music may do so - after we take care of the paperwork of course!  LOL.  
I'm flattered that others want to do my music.  But my purpose for doing this is to create an atmosphere of HEATED praise and exhaustive worship.  That worship where they forget I'm even there. That worship where God enters and there's a tangible presence.  That heavy presence that breaks strongholds, removes burdens and breaks yokes of bondage.  That worship that people walk away from changed.  I'm looking to change lives, not entertain. And that is the reason I'm saying No.


Curt

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