Been a while huh??

Please don't be mad at me. I apologize for neglecting you, but you're not the only one I've been neglecting. I've been neglecting myself.

Thinking back to my high school days (not too long ago), when all I wanted to do is sing, be the artist. One taste of the negative side of the music business, and I realize my passion is actually writing the songs, and hearing others sing them.

But then...I hate the wait. Doing the demo, letting others hear the demo, waiting....

See, that's how my first album "What Could've Been" cam about. Most of those songs were written and intended for other artists. But I got tired of waiting. My mentality became, "these songs need to be heard, not later, but now". And hey, people say I have a good voice. So it works.

But truth be told, can I really sustain my career as an artist? I'm a family man, wife, and two daughters, and I really do hate being away from them. Usher, Ne-Yo, their fathers too. But during a recent brief interview in the during a break in performance on Good Morning America, Ne-Yo did say the part of the "road" (read artist life) that is the most tough, is that he can not be there to see the milestones his kids reach. I do not want to miss out on that.

So where do I stand now? Currently doing tons of wedding performances, but that has no effect on my career as an artist. When I do have the time for my own performances, will I spend more time writing and cutting song demos for other artists? What do I want??

The more I think about it, regardless of how many people say that I need to continue singing, and being the artist, my most fulfilled moments come when I'm writing and cutting demos. Knowing that soon, I will hear it on the radio, not my voice, but my song.

I'm not sure if any of you like gardening, but it's like planting a seed, and knowing that it will produce fruit...envisioning that fruit, tasting that fruit.

Will I release more songs? Absolutely. Am I working on some as we speak? Absolutely. But please be patient with me, please pray for me. And I promise I will continue to share my God given gifts with you and the rest of the world.

Talk again soon.

- Jared