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Listening now and just totally impressed with my friend and manager, Jonathan Daniel. Who would have ever thought that you could go to itunes and listen to Goom USA-Save Me San Francisco radio? Not I! I want to write a memoir at some point about how close things were to being over for me. When I say “over”, I mean it had been a long time since I really loved my career. I was mostly broken hearted and I was the reason for that. I expected things from outside myself and that was the big mistake. I wanted to be embraced by critics. The more I wanted that, the further it was from me. I wanted people to think I was a great singer and performer. The more I wanted that, the less people came to Train shows or Pat shows. I wanted to be on red carpets, award shows, radio events…I wanted peer praise and adulation. The more I wanted that, yep, you guessed it. Wanted to be the “cool guy” in the “cool band”. Hmmm, all roads to the wrong destination. Impossible to travel an unhappy road and reach a happy destination.
Back to Jonathan and his partner Bob McLynn. Those dudes took me in like family. I was truly broken as an artist and they helped me focus on some simple things that were crucial to being a successful person. It was all simple really. I had to get back to music. I had to be on the road to music again and eliminate and the unimportant-ness around that. I needed someone to believe in me so badly and those guys did. It was like being traded to a different team after sitting on the bench for 4 years and having a new coach think you could win the league MVP. Like, what?! “Aaahh, dudes, reminder, haven’t been breaking any records if you haven’t noticed”. A few years ago the woman of my dreams found me broken and brought me to life for the first time and now these fellas want to help me regain a new life in music. I am grateful. I am so grateful. I look out at thousands of people each night now and almost cry because no one out there knows how close I was to giving up. I am grateful for every single person that is in the crowd. I am grateful for every new moment, every new melody, every new kiss I see in the crowd to music that was created out of love for music, not red carpets or success. I am grateful for this new life and this new day. Thank you everyone!
Love, Pat