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Turning off the inner critic!

There’s an inner critic that lives in your head. It wants to control your life and decisions and keep you feeling small and insignificant. Breaking free from its influence is important to achieve the success you want to achieve. In this blog, we share how to identify it and recognize when it’s influencing you.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Aspiring Artists: Do THIS to conquer fear!

Fear is one of the greatest hindrances keeping many aspiring artists living an unfulfilled life. Can fear be overcome? Absolutely Yes! But there’s only one way artists can do that. I wanna tell you one sure way you can break free from fear!

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

BACK TO THE FUTURE!

“There’s a saying, “If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, then it was never meant to be.” Sometimes in life, to find your purpose, you have to first let it go. If it’s meant for you, it will find its way back to you. That’s what happened to me so I wanted to share my music journey on how it happened. If music is meant for you too, it will lead you into your future.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Getting rid of fear!

Is fear keeping you from pursuing your music calling? Are you ready and determined to follow your dream but keep facing challenges? Do you often have excuses why you can’t do something? Can fear be the culprit of your excuses? Learn the signs caused by hidden fear and let’s get rid of it once and for all.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Let go and let God. My Story. Part 1

What do you do when you have a dream that you absolutely believe in and want to see it happen badly? What do you do when there are signs tell you it’s not meant to happen? Do you let go and let God? Learn how this happened to me.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Are you called to the music ministry of the Levites?

You’ve been serving the Lord for a long time. You’ve followed the status quo, but now, you’re seeing changes in yourself that you did not have before. You’re feeling a sense of boldness and courage to lead worship or play on your worship team. Is it time for you to be in music ministry? What are the signs to know you’re called to music ministry?

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Raise a Sound! Raise a Hallelujah!

It’s so much easier to shout and scream at a concert or a sporting event but in church, we remain quiet and reserved! Why are we so free to shout aloud in non-church settings but remain quiet in church? It’s time for our worship songs to be so extravagant they can be heard in far-off places. In this article, we learn how in Nehemiah’s time, the singers and musicians were so boisterous they were heard beyond Jerusalem.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

4 tips to become a great steward of your worship team ministry.

What does it mean to be a great steward of your role as a worship team member? What are some of the things you should be doing on a daily basis when you’re off stage? In this blog, we cover the daily lifestyle practices of an excellent worship team member.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

What is the one quality that will give you a long-lasting and successful career?

It's sad to see a person end their life by suicide. Our hearts are saddened by the loss of Bed Bath & Beyond CFO, Gustavo Arnal. His story is a tragedy! It’s not enough to find your life’s purpose, you must also choose to walk with this special quality. The values and foundation you establish early on will guide your decisions in the long run.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

How to find your true life purpose when you are later in life

Perhaps you're one of the many millions of people who feel like you might have missed the mark and have not found your purpose. We have good news for you, if you have spent a lifetime not living your purpose, there's still time! You can find your true life purpose no matter your age.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

The Top 5 songs about life and advice songwriters should study!

What is the best advice you were ever given? Have you followed it? Has it shaped the way you live your life? We all love good advice. And we typically follow the counsel given to us by those whom we respect and admire. How can you as a songwriter use your gift of music to influence and share advice? We explore this topic in our latest blog.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Songs that Speak!

Songs have the power to transform lives! So how did Moses (the biblical leader) use a song to help future generations? What message did he leave for us to follow? Learn more here!

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Sad songs say so much!

Why are sad songs so powerful? They have the power to draw out our sadness yet also to heal us during this process! In this discussion, we talk about how a Whitney Houston sad song became the key to our healing process after a break up.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Singers need to plan their future!

Singers and performers gotta be deliberate about the artist life they want to experience. Dreaming and fantasizing are not enough to achieve artist dreams, it requires planning and action.

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Maria Rivera-Jones Maria Rivera-Jones

Singers: do you need validation?

Do singers need validation? You sing but are not feeling the love from fans? Are you dependent on their approval to keep on singing? Read more to learn how to deal with validation.

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