As the clock winds down on 2025, let's get quiet for a minute. Forget the resolutions you're 'supposed' to make. Forget the pressure. I want you to ask yourself one honest question: 'When I look back on 2026, this time next year, what would have to happen in my music career for me to consider 2026 a genuine success?' Don't think about what's 'realistic.' Don't censor yourself. Just define it. Is it finishing your first EP? Playing one specific stage? Finally making a consistent income from your art? Getting a song on the radio? Write it down. Speak it out loud. This isn't a goal to overwhelm you; it's a destination to guide you. It's the North Star for your journey in 2026. Narrow your focus and you actually have a shot at hitting your target. Let's start the year with clarity, not clutter. What does success in 2026 look like for YOU? #NewYearNewVision #MusicCareer #ArtistGoals #DefineSuccess #2026Success #NashvilleRoadCoach #GospelRoadCoach #MusicMinistry #GoalSetting

It's 10 simple principles, each followed by 3 action steps, that will set your MIND and your HABITS on the right course to make 2026 the single most productive year of your Artist Journey. And it's free for my Skool members. Invite your friends. I'll give it to them too!

Your Ministry is Calling. Are You Listening? (The day everything changed for me) Friends, I hate watching Christian artists waste their God-given gifts. And honestly? I hate knowing I used to do the same thing and was even part of the problem. I watched artists buy expensive gear, pour money into bad buses and bad promotions, and chase record deals—full of hope—only to end up right where they started, with a silent phone and an empty calendar. Not because their music wasn’t good enough. Not because they “failed.” But because they were chasing the wrong thing… just like I was. For years, I coached artists (and myself) on industry strategies, thinking I was helping. And perhaps I was helping… a little. Maybe a few more followers, a slightly better demo—but nothing real or lasting. Nothing eternal. Every new strategy felt like “this might be the one,” and then… silence. It made me feel like I was letting down the very people God had called me to serve. That went on for a couple years. Then one night, I was talking with a wise old pastor after a small church service, and he said something I’d heard before but never truly heard: “Any time you put all your focus on the music, the anointing gets quieter.” And for some reason… that night it hit me like a ton of bricks. I committed to focus on the ministry behind the music. I followed His leading, even when it didn’t make “industry sense.” And in six months, my ministry transformed. More opportunities. Deeper connections with audiences. Lives genuinely changed. And support like I’d never seen. No chasing trends. No begging for attention. Just putting the ministry first and letting the music follow. The opportunities to help others flooded in. And it lit a fire in my soul. A fire to raise up 1000 Artists who are committed to ministry impact, using their music as a vessel. Awards, main stages, charting radio songs, and accolades would no longer be the goals. Rather, those would become symptoms of doing ministry and music right.

Imagine God pouring out “new wine” into your music and ministry, just like you prayed He would. But you don’t have a good wineskin for Him to pour it into so you just hold out your hands. You’re asking Him to pour out more so you can grow! But pour it into what? He’s already poured all your hands can hold. Your habits, methods, and systems make up the “wineskin” required to properly carry that music, ministry, and anointing. Listen, if you don’t have a method to book better dates, a habit to reach more people, or a system to scale your financial support, you'll stay stuck at the same level forever. I promise… God is gonna pour out. But you won’t have the means to carry any more than you do now. I don't want that for you. This is the whole reason I started coaching artists 8 years ago. That's also why I created the [Christian Artist Revelation Masterclass](https://paul-s-site-861f.thinkific.com/.../2026...)—to give you everything I've learned in 47+ years so you can get your new wineskin in order. I'll even throw in a private 1-on-1 coaching session for you so we can map out a new winning strategy for 2026. How's that? I'll see you on the inside.

Artists will learn a couple vital secrets to booking and merch sales. PLUS, here's an extended opportunity to take advantage of my Black Friday Revelation Masterclass. Members of this SKOOL can still get it and save 85%. That's nuts!!!!! https://paul-s-site-861f.thinkific.com/courses/2026-revelation-masterclass