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XXVII.
I confess so I can heal.
If I deny, I remain sick.
I was 23 years old, and already the father of two little boys. I had no regular job and was quickly becoming known for mooching lodging and meals off of friends and relatives.
My saving grace was that all the people of the town knew I had some musical talent.
I had proven this recently by winning a contest, and in so doing, being awarded a recording session with 100 free albums.
I was thrilled.
Every time somebody would ask when I was going to get a job, I explained that I was getting ready for the project. I was blessed to have a music group filled with friends who believed in my writing.
We went to do the record and ended up having a studio engineer who had seen us at the talent contest, and was very excited about working with us.
The first couple of songs went really well, but when we came to the third selection, I went into the booth to record my piano first, before we laid down vocals.
In the process of playing the tune, I hit a really bad note. It was isolated off by itself. I was trying to hit a Db, but my finger slipped and I ended up with a C included. Without going into too much detail, it sounded terrible and it was obvious I had made an error.
When I finished the piece, the engineer waited for me to request another go-through.
I didn’t.
I asked him to play it back and when the foul-sounding note came over the speakers, I pretended I had planned it that way. He even gently took me to the side and asked if I was sure I did not want to go back in to correct the note.
I told him I was fine with it.
Matter of fact, that note remained through the whole session, mix-down, and was pressed onto the final record.
I was so defensive over being a jobless dad that I did not want to admit I had made a mistake.
You see, my sin was not in being young, foolish and without money. My sin was being prideful and defensive about my situation.
I look back on that day in horror.
It is difficult for me to believe that anybody could be so stupid–and then I turn on the television set and listen to grown men and women in politics, defending their mistakes as if they had actually planned them.
Sometimes we hit sour notes.
Our only advantage is to point them out before others discover them, or at least change them … before they become part of the permanent record.
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