Words of Encouragement

I attended a workshop given by DM Adkins at age 11. That was fun. She was hard on me though. After the workshop, she told me that I had the potential to be a great musician, that's why she was so hard on me. I didn't think twice about it, because everyone always told me that, plus I was only 11 years old. I didn't realize how important that moment was in my life until three years later, when DM Adkins picked me to be the main musician for a youth music conference that she and some others were doing.