hey everybody just in case you haven’t noticed a big part of my life is centered around music. But music is not the totality of my life. I believe my life is about service and I specifically mean service to others. As musicians many times we want to be the best and greatest at what we do and you should strive for that.

On the other hand I would like for you to re-examine what being the greatest really means. I really don’t mean to start preaching at you all and throwing my personal beliefs at you but consider this. Jesus said in the Bible that the greatest person among you would be and is a servant. Meaning that your service is the thing that makes you great. Coming from a musicians standpoint, not how cold or bad you are on your instrument. I believe that many of us have been blessed with musical gifts and we should use them to serve others.

What do I mean? I mean use your gift or talent to effect or influence others in a positive direction. Write songs that promote positive change in people; play in forums that are meeting the needs of people. Try to unselfishly make a real difference with what you do. Allow your gift and ability to be used to bless people and blessings will come back to you.

My personal belief is that God is so vast that he works in ways that we don’t realize. I believe that God is love and this love can be conveyed through what we do, the words we say, the melodies we play, the songs we write, our chord progressions, our licks, our runs, our beats, our grooves, art, and whatever else we yield over to God to use.

When your motives are pure in what you are doing then the love of God can infuse what you are doing and cause what your are doing to have a power and energy that doesn’t originate from you. Power that will give people goose bumps, make them cry, make them want to change their lives or just causes a positive effect in their lives.

I challenge you to evaluate yourself and ask yourself are you using your gifts to be of service to people. Think outside of the box and allow yourself and your life to be an instrument played
by LOVE and let that love flow through your instrument to others. When you do that then you are great in every sense of the word.

Kenny Hollins