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So, though my first CD was a success to some, I'm trying not to think on that too often or accept anyone else's measure of that success. I'm trying to keep my eyes on the road ahead without the road behind affecting my every move. And you, if you come back here from time to time, will follow those steps and hear my thoughts, struggles, plans, and decisions in the days ahead while the folks at Rocketown Records and I create the follow-up to my first project.

Why would you want to follow us and this process so closely? Well, I hope as I give you the play-by-play to shed new light on many aspects of the music industry and how, if at all, it intersects with music ministry. I want you to understand who the players are in the story of this record and what our priorities are in its making. I hope to reveal some skeletons in Nashville's closet while at the same time making known some of its heroes and lesser-appreciated victories. There's so much that takes place in the production of Christian music that is never discussed, and I'll try to shed light on every previously darkened corner of this maze for you. I hope you will better appreciate and understand both the art and the artists — and the God of both — in the end.

Sure, I'm a little afraid to describe the view from here for you, but I know I'm not at the top of anything and that my life isn't all that different from yours really. I haven't arrived yet, and I guess that journaling the next leg of my journey upward week after week will continually remind me of that. It will remind all of us that no one is always certain of which steps to take, about how to climb this mountain we're on, and that that's why we need its Maker.

See you again soon.

Shaun

Stay tuned for part two of this series in mid-March. In the meantime, you can read more about Shaun Groves by visiting our artist page for him. Click here to read our review of Invitation to Eavesdrop, and pick up your own copy of it at Musicforce.com.

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