The title to my record "Pour it On" is derived from the song "Don't Die With Your Music"...and it is the closing track. I borrowed the line from Wayne Dyer. He is a wise man who borrowed  the line from an ancient philospher. It moved me from the first time I heard it. It seems that everyone has some "music" in them. It is said that if you are pursuing it and allowing it to flow through you, you are serving your "purpose". You are living at a higher level of consciousness. You are living an inspired life. If you are not, you are living an ordinary life, and you are somewhat aware of it. You tell yourself that you don't really have anything to offer up to the world. You make an honest living and raise the family and you have a happy simple life, but something is missing. What? Well, you have given in to the "numbing effects" of living at this level, sort of given in to the "fact" that you are not on the right track. Something just doesn't feel right. So, you watch TV. You go to work, you fight the good fight.

So what is the point? I think it is simple. What drives you? What burns your flame? What gives you goosebumps? Maybe it is something as simple as expressing your desire to show acts of kindness. You know, when someone looks down and out and there is something telling you to lend a hand, or a word. I call it the "tap on the shoulder". Most of us ignore it. But, when you get that smile back that says, wow, you just made a huge difference in my day/life/whatever, you feel so empowered so "on purpose". You feel like, for that moment, you made a difference in that person's life.

You are on to something... Maybe THAT is your music. Or, maybe you have some music to share, painting, maybe you rock as an organizer, bringing people together. Who knows, follow the love, follow the goosebumps.

Making music has always given me goosebumps and it took me 35 years to start doing it "on purpose", but here I am. Hopefully that can inspire you to find your "music".

Here are some words I found that expresses this all, very eloquently. Enjoy...

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"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how valuable it is, nor how it compares to other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channels open.

No artist is pleased...there is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction: a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."

Martha Graham to Agnes DeMille