New Song Up

Just recorded a new song yesterday, it's called Try. Give it a listen, i hope you like it.

Here is my music page: myspace.com/drewgrovermusic

Connectivity

Just read my sister Genny's blog (i call her Genny, the world knows her as Genn, i can't undo twenty years of pronouncing it ji-knee) and i was oddly moved by the shared experiences of people who read her blog.  We are all so similar, so very much the same, but we focus on differences i think; i know i do.  She is a good writer and has a good sense of humor so it makes sense that her blog has fans, and i think it's very cool that people get enjoyment out of reading her anecdotes.  That to me is the essence of creating anything, be it a dinner, music, a painting, a story, or a joke.  I want to be a musician, and to me the coolest thing about making music is when someone can relate to your songs.  That unifying identification is the purest thing about art.  Blogging, it occured to me, can be an artistic expression too, a way of sharing and in so doing demonstrating the commonalities we share perhaps unknowingly.  My mom blogs as well, and hers is quite artistic, she and my sister are both good photographers and both of their blogs share this commonness of human experience.  The reason people follow anyone is because they can relate to them, maybe it's a blogger, a songwriter, a novelist, a friend, or a pastor.  The essence of expression is relativity, nowhere near as many people would buy an artist's music if they did not identify with their lyrics.  I wrote a song once about an experience i had with a girl, and a friend of mine completely identified with it, he said he was looking for a song to express what he was feeling at this particular time in his life and couldn't find one, but when he heard mine, it hit the nail on the head.  He asked for a write-up of the lyrics, and i e mailed it to him.  Him relating to my song, that i had written for myself, to deal with my emotions and express my pain, had filled me with joy, I had helped someone. My music had helped someone! It was my first epiphany that, to make music that people will listen to I have to be relatable, and more importantly I have to write it, and get it out into the airwaves.  We have much more in common than we think.  I pray that i can learn from other people's hopes, dreams, and thoughts, and that we can share each other's, and that one day my music will change other people's lives the way so many artist's have changed mine.  Make peace, love, and music.

Light of the World

Well my life has changed significantly since my last post.  Allow me to explain, I have been living my life for God and striving every day to become more Christ-like.  I am sorry if talking candidly about Jesus is uncomfortable for anyone reading this, but then again this is likely only going to be read by my mom and sisters, so right on.  Anywho, I have been living 'sold-out' for the Lord (as it is often coined in the contemporary Christian community) and my life is absolutely fantastic.  I have been devouring a bunch of books on Christianity (and of course the Bible), or perhaps more accurately, devouring books based on God and the revolutionary love that Jesus Christ brought to this planet.  You see, the word 'Christianity' has become a word very often associated with hypocrisy and corruption, and its implications are very far from the message of God.  It can be difficult to come to know the real living God if your perspective of Christianity is tainted, as it almost invariably is, because of all the banners of hatred and intolerance that people fly under a facade of Christianity.  Suffice it to say, such intolerance and narrow-mindedness is not of God, but is very much of man, don't let those who profess Christianity but peddle archaic prejudices deter you from having a relationship with your Creator, because He loves you and wants to have a relationship with you.  I implore anyone on the fence of accepting Jesus Christ to read the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and to absorb very carefully what Jesus Christ had to say in his short time on earth, and ask yourself if his ideals and truths are being acted out and practiced by the 'Christians' you know today.  If your answer is upsetting, don't worry, there are genuine followers of Christ's teaching and message, but there are certainly a lot of fortune cookie Christians as well.  Fortune cookie Christians are people who believe in God, and think that is enough, people who think that walking as Jesus did and having a personal relationship with Him is not necessary in order to be a Christian.  Such a belief is moot, it says in the Bible that the "demons also believe, and shudder."  Satan, too, believes in God. Belief is not enough, the terrorists who flew planes into the World Trade Center towers believed ardently that they were doing the work of their God.  Their belief that what they were doing was just led them to take their own life and the lives of others.  Belief is truly a frightening thing, what do you believe? In whom do you put your trust?  Is there a cause you are willing to die for? Who is your master?  

These are trying times, it could be argued that we are living in the darkest of times that mankind has seen.  There are many who believe that the end of days is approaching and will be seen maybe even in our lifetime.  I have no clue whether or not the end of time is encroaching, i only know that we are alive in a time in which the world is falling, not yet fallen, but falling.  There is a multitude of immorality that insidiously seeps into our American culture, we are idolatrous, spoiled, prideful, lustful, greedy, selfish, and ultimately ignorant.  I am speaking of course collectively, and certainly not every individual falls into this morbid categorization, but if a chronicle of our culture was to be examined four hundred years from now, I believe these characteristics would abound.  However, I also believe that God is the light of the world, that the church has the lofty responsibility of bringing that light into the darkest of times, that believers and followers of Christ have the responsibility of being valiant, courageous and bold in sharing their faith, in being true followers and disciples of Christ.