On my nightstand sits a stone given to me by the Hardins, that says "Attitude is everything". It Is such a simple but true statement. If you go into something with the right attitude you will always be successful. Tonight as I played, it's not that I had a bad attitude, it's that I wasn't all in. Nobody was tipping, and I was thinking it was gonna be a long slow night. Halfway through the first set I decided it was time to change my attitude. As my attitude changed, I became more engulfed in my music. With this came more tips, and lots of cd sales. It was just a decision I made that its time to stop being mediocre, and making mediocre money. It was an attitude change that is gonna carry me to the Opry. "Attitude is Everything". I must always remember this!

On my nightstand sits a stone given to me by the Hardins, that says "Attitude is everything". It Is such a simple but true statement. If you go into something with the right attitude you will always be successful. Tonight as I played, it's not that I had a bad attitude, it's that I wasn't all in. Nobody was tipping, and I was thinking it was gonna be a long slow night. Halfway through the first set I decided it was time to change my attitude. As my attitude changed, I became more engulfed in my music. With this came more tips, and lots of cd sales. It was just a decision I made that its time to stop being mediocre, and making mediocre money. It was an attitude change that is gonna carry me to the Opry. "Attitude is Everything". I must always remember this!

Revel@Conway, an entertainment magazine out of Conway, AR, ran an article about me, my music, and my quest for the Opry. Here is a pic of the article!

Here is a pic of our Album Review in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Here is a video of a song I wrote for one of my greatest musical influences and friends. Click on the link. http://t.co/ogAJhxwt

Here's a pic with Amy Parnell. She is a Comedian in Little Rock and the host of "The Pow Wow", a show on KABF 88.3. She had me on the show tonight, and I had a great time! Thanks a lot for having me on Amy!

This is my first blog post since the Oct. 1st deadline for the "Road to the Opry".  I must admit that I was very burned out from blogging everyday, and I had to step away from it for awhile.  I have returned, though I'm not promising to blog everyday.  I am, though, going to be on here regularly.  I have changed the title of the Blog from "Road to the Opry- my quest to play the Grand Ole Opry in one year", to "The Road to the Opry- my quest to make it in Country Music".  It's more broad in scope, but it ends with the same goal, which is playing the Opry.  I hope you will stick around, and go with me on this journey.  For those who read this regularly, I'm sorry I walked away from this for awhile, and left you kind of hanging.  But thank you for your support, and thank you for believing in me.  Welcome again to the next chapter of the "Road to the Opry".  I hope you enjoy it!

God Bless,
Ben