Let’s Just Say I Was Skeptical – By Gus Guthrie
When Joe approached me about helping with the project that became Gathering Change, I had no idea what I was getting into. Hey, I was flattered that he liked my voice well enough to want to hear me singing his songs…but I wasn’t sure what it might mean for me. I mean, this is risky business putting yourself out there for anyone and everyone to hear!
And then there was that feeling that this talented, hard-working, driven, writer-producer-multi-instrumentalist was putting his dreams in MY hands. That felt even more risky…But Joe assured me that he had no expectations…at least in terms of a commitment from me…He just wanted to get his music out there and he needed a voice for it.
Gus
www.MartinezandGuthrie.com
Re: Let’s Just Say I Was Skeptical
Well, Gus, I hadn’t thought about it much but come to think of it, I was in the easy position…I had a pretty good idea of what the project ‘could’ be when I first approached you about it. If you had known the commitments it took in time and energy, do you think you still would have agreed to it not knowing how it could turn out?
Thankfully, while working on a tune, I usually don’t hear it for what it is at that moment. I hear the potential in it. What’s always surprising about that is when I play a work-in-progress for someone and at that moment ‘hear’ the song as he/she does…usually embarrassing and humbling! And that’s the reason I almost always wait until a song is finished before playing it for anyone. I mention this because I know I played you rough versions of my songs that I sang on when we started all of this. Good thing you heard them for what they ‘could’ be and not for what they were.
joe
www.NeZrecords.com
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