I was driving yesterday around the park and it occurred to me that we rarely notice transformations until they have already happened. That magical moment where seed sprouts into flower is not as much a moment as it is a phase - there are actually an accumulation of changes when moving from seed to flower.

It has taken us four releases to chart in the Billboard top 20 and receive the accompanying chart and press successes associated with the release of To Call My Own. One of the things that has always held me back in life is my impatience, however, I can honestly say that persistence seems to be the missing link that makes the difference between failure and success when it comes to living your dreams.

I often tell people that after writing Tonight, Charlie would often remind me, as I would sink into frustration or mild depression because my life had not yet arrived where I thought it should be, that I need to reread the lyrics to that song. How funny and odd that I would write a song so powerful and uplifting and positive, that I would live with that song, bring it to life, watch it succeed, and yet still doubt my own ability. That is how pervasive self-doubt has been for me.

One of my goals in life has been to the become the person I see inside myself, in my mind's eye - the highest vision of what I could become. I am not talking about material success here, but instead referring to the notion of becoming the best possible person that I could imagine from the inside out. My musical work is invaluable in this process and I am writing this blog today to document and acknowledge that I do see myself moving forward in my goal of becoming who I am. I also see Charlie on a similar path.

As I drove past the beautiful San Francsican park, it occurred to me that as the world begins to become aware of BARTON and what our music represents that there is also a lovely synchronicity in both Charlie's and my personal lives as we continue to become who we are. We are becoming who we are...