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]]> By: NAV Training http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12701 NAV Training Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:07:27 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12701 <p>I am not Cristian - but you are doing great job by all this activity! Keep going! </p> I am not Cristian – but you are doing great job by all this activity! Keep going!

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]]> By: Laurie Marks Vincent http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12699 Laurie Marks Vincent Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:37:13 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12699 <p>Hey Shaun </p> <p> It’s Laurie again. I found your responses in my junk box today-- go figure! Just so you know, I just emailed you.  If, for some strange and mysterious reason you don’t get the email… here’s my office number.  During the day you can call anytime Monday to Friday 519-668-2517 </p> <p> Laurie </p> Hey Shaun

It’s Laurie again. I found your responses in my junk box today– go figure! Just so you know, I just emailed you.  If, for some strange and mysterious reason you don’t get the email… here’s my office number.  During the day you can call anytime Monday to Friday 519-668-2517

Laurie

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]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12697 Shaun Groves Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:04:10 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12697 <p>Wow, Laurie, I have no e-,mails from you anywhere.  I guess that patriot act thing is doing a good job keeping you dangerous Canadians out of our inboxes.  Seriously, I’d love to talk.  E-mail me again with a few days and times that work for you and a number to call and we’ll make this happen. </p> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var l=new Array(); l[0]='>';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]=' 116';l[5]=' 101';l[6]=' 110';l[7]=' 46';l[8]=' 104';l[9]=' 116';l[10]=' 117';l[11]=' 111';l[12]=' 115';l[13]=' 108';l[14]=' 108';l[15]=' 101';l[16]=' 98';l[17]=' 64';l[18]=' 108';l[19]=' 105';l[20]=' 97';l[21]=' 109';l[22]=' 110';l[23]=' 97';l[24]=' 102';l[25]=' 110';l[26]=' 117';l[27]=' 97';l[28]=' 104';l[29]=' 115';l[30]='>';l[31]='\"';l[32]=' 116';l[33]=' 101';l[34]=' 110';l[35]=' 46';l[36]=' 104';l[37]=' 116';l[38]=' 117';l[39]=' 111';l[40]=' 115';l[41]=' 108';l[42]=' 108';l[43]=' 101';l[44]=' 98';l[45]=' 64';l[46]=' 108';l[47]=' 105';l[48]=' 97';l[49]=' 109';l[50]=' 110';l[51]=' 97';l[52]=' 102';l[53]=' 110';l[54]=' 117';l[55]=' 97';l[56]=' 104';l[57]=' 115';l[58]=':';l[59]='o';l[60]='t';l[61]='l';l[62]='i';l[63]='a';l[64]='m';l[65]='\"';l[66]='=';l[67]='f';l[68]='e';l[69]='r';l[70]='h';l[71]='a ';l[72]='<'; for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i])); } //]]> </script> </p> <p> Thanks. </p> Wow, Laurie, I have no e-,mails from you anywhere.  I guess that patriot act thing is doing a good job keeping you dangerous Canadians out of our inboxes.  Seriously, I’d love to talk.  E-mail me again with a few days and times that work for you and a number to call and we’ll make this happen.

Thanks.

]]> By: Laurie Marks Vincent http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12696 Laurie Marks Vincent Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:49:51 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12696 <p>Hey Shaun, </p> <p> I’m writing an article for “More Radio”. Your talking about the same thing-- selling out to just get airplay. I like what you have to say about getting sponsorship for Compassion kids.  I"m currently doing research for the article. Can I get an interview from you-- sorry to use your blog for this but I tried your fanmail email and haven’t heard from you.  We’re working on a Compassion Event here in Canada and would like to include you.  Seems contact with your agency wasn’t working either at the time. </p> Hey Shaun,

I’m writing an article for “More Radio”. Your talking about the same thing– selling out to just get airplay. I like what you have to say about getting sponsorship for Compassion kids.  I”m currently doing research for the article. Can I get an interview from you– sorry to use your blog for this but I tried your fanmail email and haven’t heard from you.  We’re working on a Compassion Event here in Canada and would like to include you.  Seems contact with your agency wasn’t working either at the time.

]]> By: Aims http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12695 Aims Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:19:20 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12695 <p>Is a larger audience better for you and the Compassion kids? <br /> It depends on your audience. You’ll have some people in your audience that you tell a sob story to and they’ll sponsor a child hands down. Other’s you can tell the saddest story every and it won’t move them. Is the audience better for you? Maybe, maybe not. If you get a lot of people coming to your concerts you get a lot of people telling you how great you are. Then suddenly you get the ego and the big head. Suddenly one day you’re not so worried about what you used to be worried about. You’re not fighting for the causes you used to fight for. Sure there are a few tiny cases where people won’t be effected but most are. Keep doing what you’re doing. True it’s good to have big audiences that say they love what you love but do they really? Honestly, simply because they sponsor a child does that mean that they care about saving the lives of children like you do? So you have to ask what kind of audience am I going to attract? Then ask yourself if I attract the kind of audience I want will that change who I am in the future? You can’t simply expect to have one big huge night where you could save a whole country of kids. It’s a gradual thing and children will die in the mean time but that’s what we we’re shooting for as a human race right? Total inhalation of our own kind. </p> Is a larger audience better for you and the Compassion kids?

It depends on your audience. You’ll have some people in your audience that you tell a sob story to and they’ll sponsor a child hands down. Other’s you can tell the saddest story every and it won’t move them. Is the audience better for you? Maybe, maybe not. If you get a lot of people coming to your concerts you get a lot of people telling you how great you are. Then suddenly you get the ego and the big head. Suddenly one day you’re not so worried about what you used to be worried about. You’re not fighting for the causes you used to fight for. Sure there are a few tiny cases where people won’t be effected but most are. Keep doing what you’re doing. True it’s good to have big audiences that say they love what you love but do they really? Honestly, simply because they sponsor a child does that mean that they care about saving the lives of children like you do? So you have to ask what kind of audience am I going to attract? Then ask yourself if I attract the kind of audience I want will that change who I am in the future? You can’t simply expect to have one big huge night where you could save a whole country of kids. It’s a gradual thing and children will die in the mean time but that’s what we we’re shooting for as a human race right? Total inhalation of our own kind.

]]> By: Tim Glenn http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12694 Tim Glenn Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:00:25 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12694 <p>Well, the nice thing is you have the luxury now.  You have established yourself as an artist, so you have the luxury of deciding whether you want to write about the things that move you...as opposed to the things that sell records. </p> <p> As an indie artist, I chose years ago to write about things that Christians encounter in this world on a daily basis.  Not all the songs are pretty. <br /> Few of them would ever be played on the radio...but I write about what I feel I’m called to write about...being a christian in the real world. <br /> Consider yourself blessed, Shaun, that you have this opportunity before you. </p> <p> I know you’ll end up going where God leads you. </p> Well, the nice thing is you have the luxury now.  You have established yourself as an artist, so you have the luxury of deciding whether you want to write about the things that move you…as opposed to the things that sell records.

As an indie artist, I chose years ago to write about things that Christians encounter in this world on a daily basis.  Not all the songs are pretty.

Few of them would ever be played on the radio…but I write about what I feel I’m called to write about…being a christian in the real world.

Consider yourself blessed, Shaun, that you have this opportunity before you.

I know you’ll end up going where God leads you.

]]> By: Ted http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12693 Ted Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:23:43 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/selling-out-for-the-children/#comment-12693 <p>Shaun, </p> <p> I’ve lurked here on your blog for many months but have never commented.  Reading your SHLOG has been very refreshing.  Never have I encountered a medium where the “heart” of an artist is put on display in such a manner.  I’ve enjoyed “getting to know you” through your comments, thoughts, and video clips as you present them here. </p> <p> All that said, I enjoyed this post more than any other that I’ve read in the last several months.  Even though I know being a Christian Music artist is a calling from God, I guess I always expected that deep down it feels as much like a “business” as my own job (i.e. record sales, advertising, promotion, achieving results, etc).  Hearing your “heart” in this post and getting a glimpse of how you process making decisions based on how you hope to minister to the world really resonates with me.  I admire you for being an artist who is willing to wrestle with such decisions.  It makes me think in my own job, which is much more of a business, I have a great responsibility to wrestle with my own questions of how I can make my work a ministry as well (i.e. through the relationships I have with my co-workers).  Thank you for the inspiring comments.  We should all take our life’s work as seriously. </p> Shaun,

I’ve lurked here on your blog for many months but have never commented.  Reading your SHLOG has been very refreshing.  Never have I encountered a medium where the “heart” of an artist is put on display in such a manner.  I’ve enjoyed “getting to know you” through your comments, thoughts, and video clips as you present them here.

All that said, I enjoyed this post more than any other that I’ve read in the last several months.  Even though I know being a Christian Music artist is a calling from God, I guess I always expected that deep down it feels as much like a “business” as my own job (i.e. record sales, advertising, promotion, achieving results, etc).  Hearing your “heart” in this post and getting a glimpse of how you process making decisions based on how you hope to minister to the world really resonates with me.  I admire you for being an artist who is willing to wrestle with such decisions.  It makes me think in my own job, which is much more of a business, I have a great responsibility to wrestle with my own questions of how I can make my work a ministry as well (i.e. through the relationships I have with my co-workers).  Thank you for the inspiring comments.  We should all take our life’s work as seriously.

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