Rarely do a few days go by that I don’t get a question from people about why I left the music industry. I was well on my way to being somewhat famous I guess. A record deal with a top 3 record label, a publishing deal and constantly on tour. It was all coming together. I was working with Grammy winners, Dove winners, and some of the most influential people in the music industry. It was what a lot of people only dream of.
And then I walked away from it. Dropped it. Left without even telling some people about it.
Why? Sometimes I still wonder that myself.
A major reason why is that for what was known as the Christian Music Industry, there were many times that it was anything but. I was lied to, cheated, rumors spread, had to listen to rumors about friends, told to my face that I was not trusted.
It sucked. It still does.
Yeah if you search for my name on the internet you’ll find a few credits to my name. Ones that have even come after I left. I still have some very very close friends that are artists and techies in the industry. We talk a lot about what it’s like. It’s tough, it really is.
I’ll share a few stories sometime, and I might even have a few industry friends share a few too. Just know this, I left the music business under my own accord. I didn’t like who I was and what I was becoming when I was a part of that. I wanted to get out of it before it changed me for good.
