No More Bad Gigs

"As musicians/healers, it is our destiny to conduct an inward search, and to document it with our music so that others may benefit. As they listen to the music coming through us, they too are inspired to look within. Light is being transmitted and received from soul to soul.  Gradually, the planet moves from darkness to light.  We as musicians must surrender to the ocean of our inner selves.  We must descend deep into that ocean while the sludge of the ego floats on the surface.  We let go of our egos and permit the music to come through us and do its work.  We act as the instruments for that work.

If we can live in this realization, we will constantly have deep motivation for what is played, never getting stuck in the ungrateful consciousness of good gigs/bad gigs, out-of-tune pianos, low fees, ungracious audiences, and so on.  Instead, our minds will be consumed with what a very great privilege it is to be the one selected to deliver the message to others.  We will no longer be caught in the mundane world of good music/bad music ("am I playing well?")  Instead, our hearts and minds will be focused on the task of remaining empty and alert to receiving this God-inspired information and translating it faithfully, without any coloration from us"

(excerpt from Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny Werner)