To Wrap Up, for Now...

We are home! After a final gorgeous day spent in Centennial Park, an attempted visit to a couple of closed guitar shops (Really, Nashville?) and coffee with our friends Anna & Julia Johnson (http://www.reverbnation.com/annajohnson/), Travis, Brian and Chris at Fido on 21st St, ... oh and a stop at White Castle (HA), we eventually got into Kansas City at about 3:00am.

I feel rejuvenated from our trip. We're going to map out the next 6 months and try to meet a few new goals. You may not have noticed, but our highly diverse music, merch and personalities could be giving off a bit of a scattered impression. We love diversity and believe it could be a strength, but some if the advice we received from our new Nashville friends is  how to harness it correctly and wield it in a way that leaves a solid, powerful impression for Christ.

Our fans are lovers of many genres and many different types of ministry. The most exciting email I received was from a student who told us her favorite Maywood song changes regularly as she grows in Christ. She said she keeps upwrapping new gifts in the music and lyrics as her experiences change and as her understanding of Christ becomes deeper. Wow!

So diversity can be a powerful tool for the Lord to use and can pave long and fruitful ministries because there is so much to draw from. The trick is knowing what to focus on and when. So that's what we're going to do next - refine.

More pictures and video coming soon. I didn't use my phone too much since I took my nicer photo and video devices, so it'll have to wait a little bit.

Until then, we would like to hear from you! If you're a Maywood fan, tell us why. What do you think we do well and what do you think we should strive to become better at? Honesty is our friend, as iron sharpens iron! If you're not too familiar with us, visit our website and listen. http://www.maywoodband.com/

Grace & Peace,
Sarah

Nashville

Nashville means something very specific to my brothers and I that has nothing to do with the hustle and bustle of Music City. It is little league baseball, Tusculum Elementary school, Brentwood Baptist, Christ Church children's choir and our little house on Adamwood Drive where we played When You See A Car Coming, Dive In The Ditch with the other neighborhood kids. It was certainly full of music, but most of it you've never heard of and it's brilliance is mingled with nostalgia and a love for our song-writer father who walked with Jesus and made gold records now and then in His name. (http://www.garydriskellmusic.com/)

Other than that, Nashville occupies little space in my heart - certainly less than our beautiful Kansas City. Although, the people here are extremely kind and an argument could be made for (or against) more street performers in downtown KC, but that's neither here nor there.

Our day started with bible study, breakfast, communion, prayer and a quick rehearsal of our new songs in the pool area, which was totally empty at 8:00am. Our meeting was with a management company that handles 4 other artists, some up and coming and some veterans in the Christian music scene. Basically, we sent them our music and they wanted to hear if we had any more. So we played for them, talked, had lunch and talked a bit more. We discussed where Maywood has been, where we are now and where we're going. In the end, we determined that the gap between those last two is still very large and the time for needing a management company (at least of this size) has not yet come, which is a wise bit of advice we received from our good friend Jason Watson a couple of weeks ago. Most of the conversation was free advice and encouragement from a  generous couple of Industry pros who's time is extremely valuable. The most important thing Maywood left with is how to proceed from here, which is no small thing in a group of 6 dominant personalities and talent. Even still, a lot of prayer and decision making lies ahead of us.

For now, we continue to mill around Nashville, taking full advantage of another beautiful day before heading home tonight.