By Scott Coner
Nashville Recording Artist, Songwriter, Performer, and Author
I had a long talk with an old friend today. We talked about family and friends. We talked about how quickly time goes. But we eventually always talk about music. We discussed the beauty of the feelings that visit us when we write a song. We talked about the differentiation of music and the business of music. I don’t suppose we discussed anything that hasn’t been discussed a million times before. What struck me, though, wasn’t what took place on the phone. What got to me were thoughts I had as I drove down the road alone considering the topic itself.
My
relationship with music seems to revitalize itself pretty often. As I have said
before, music has brought me nearly everything worth having that is in my life.
I have gone deep into my personal world and shared my feelings with strangers
through a song. My closest friends are all part of the music world. Music
allows me to see the world through a slightly different lens than how I might
have originally viewed it. It gives me so much it’s very hard to put into
words. Somehow, it gently just became what I am. I think it is comparable to a
farmer that gives his heart and soul to the earth. He works with. He knows it.
After a while, he doesn’t seem comfortable anywhere except in his own God-given
world.
Recently, I have pushed myself to limits I
hadn’t needed to go to before. I have prepared a show that will be around for
quite a while if all goes well. I would compare it to a very small off-Broadway
play. During the show, I will discuss why certain songs mean so much to me. I
will also discuss the ways and reasons I have written many of my own songs.
Along with this, we will be incorporating quite a bit of media behind me on the
stage. I will include some portions of video from my own songs. I think we will
be including photos and video of my family. I also hope to include quite a few
unique videos from around the countryside from where I’m from. The people that I work with in Nashville have
taught me the importance of refining everything that goes with the show. They
have helped me understand that I need to keep the things the same at all times.
Sometimes life just happens, and we might find ourselves a bit off balance or
disheartened. Specific structure will help me maintain the quality of the show.
In truth, this probably keeps me from getting in front of people and rambling
on unnecessarily. I know I have done this in the past, so believe me, structure
and rules need to apply.
Anyway, after
talking with my friend about music, I began to think how truly blessed I am to
be able to do what I love so much. I truly hope that whoever is reading this
has a personal perspective of being whole and full of what matters. The world
seems like a pretty crazy place to me these days. But it all melts away when I
turn it off and visit the place that music takes me. Life is hard. I know that
we can’t hide from the fact. But, I truly believe that if we could all find our
true purpose, most of the world’s craziness would just go away. True peace
really does come from within.
I might sound like I need to be handing flowers
out an airport, but our busy surroundings
don’t allow for nearly enough time to
enjoy what feeds our soul.
Keep in touch!
Scott Coner is a country singer-songwriter who has worked in the studio with legendary artists such as Tanya Tucker, T. Graham Brown and Charlie Daniels. You can learn more about him and hear his music at his music page.
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