More Mature Music
More Mature Music was birth from a vision into reality when Aurellies Poe (Kirk Jones) handed Krazy The Real One (Juan Lopez Gaines) a paper with a log on it and he said “You are my manager, do something with this.” Mr. Jones wasn’t sure if that piece of paper would of ended up in the trash can or not, but he had this confidence when he said it and with the Belief and Faith of Juan Lopez Gaines, he put it in his folders and kept it safe until his release from Hampton Roads Regional.
During the days, Juan would come up with 3 to 4 ideas to keep the day going. He would hang handmade Flyers on the bulletin wall of Free Poker Tournaments with prizes, Spades Tournaments, Poker Night, and other things to keep the minds focused on something other than the time they all was facing. It was different gang members and the pod held about 50 people in the Maximum Security unit 3-3 F-Side.
Juan was determined as he was transferred from Chesapeake City Jail were he was holding Poetry contest and tournaments while he was there. Maliek Washington (Leck) from VA Rec Room and Master Producer at Apex Media 757 came into the studio on a couple of days to record Krazy The Real One and other artists giving HOPE to those that were incarcerated with a gift of writing.
Juan created a program called “Better Man & Better Woman” program, which he submitted to both institutions leadership and administration. Every week there were about 12-20 men sitting at a table, reading Think and Grow Rich by NapoLeon Hill. They were each read on their own and speak about a certain subject. They became powerful in their minds and started to build a unity within the jails that was not supported by the administration. They began to read, to study, to create and to laugh while finding life inside the prison walls. Juan Lopez Gaines credits this unity vision to his mother Maria Gaines and family for their love, but also the United States Navy for the training that as long as we are executing the same mission, we have to work as a TEAM and TRUST one another. So HONOR and DISCIPLINE are KEY ingredients to SUCCESS………….
There is power in our words, so as IRON SHARPENS IRON, as writers, musicians, deejays, artists, poets, and entertainers; we strive to improve each day and allow our stories to be genuine and true but pointed at a clear direction to GOD.
KRAZY: defined as
Knowledge of Self and Life, gained through experiences of traveling the world and talking to more than 2,000 people about their lives, cultures, feelings and thoughts.
Resilient: Life is tough, we have to be resilient in this game, because success in any area, comes with sacrifice. No one likes a story, where everything was handed to someone. The audience respects the STRONG.
Advantageous: A much happier way to life with this mindset.
Zealous: Having Zeal to fight through the many darts and arrows that people throw at you when you are serving and glorifying GOD in your own specific way because when you have a personal relationship with the CREATOR, life is much more pleasant, even the adversity. We all have adversity of some sort.
Yoke: Yoked together with the creator and serving Jesus Christ in love and strength. A warrior for Love, who knows GOD loves him wholeheartedly.
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More Mature Music