Digital ID

"Fast asleep / Why can't they see?" - Giudecca, SoulJahm

I have refused several opportunities over the years to further this Music, from people trying to get me to play in pubs or clubs, to universities and various other things. It wasn't easy because I was brought up to be amiable and sometimes found it hard to say 'no' to people. With social media and the internet I have always been in a bit of a battle with it. I've never liked social media from the start but since I'm a musician I've reluctantly accepted that it's hard to reach people in these times without it. The small presence I have online has always been a double-edged sword. It has been frustrating at times because I want as many people as possible to hear this Music but on the other hand, I've always trusted that the Supreme Being, God, Consciousness, whatever you want to call it must be keeping my profile low for a reason. I always suspected it was possibly for a time like this, which is fast approaching.

"In a prison society / In a prison you cannot see the bars" - Moment Of Clarity, SoulJahm

A time when the prison society that has been gradually creeping upon us would finally come out into the open. As we arrive at this time, with Digital ID on the horizon, I knew if you had made a name for yourself and built a huge following online (in any field), it may compromise you because there is something to lose. Many will feel they have to go through with Digital ID because they are frightened of losing all the work they have put into their online presence.

Some have mistaken my hesitancy for my heart not being in it as a musician. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is because I'm totally committed to Music that I have behaved the way I have. In order to protect it and keep it pure.

I tried to get something happening offline musically speaking for many years with other people but nobody was interested. Again and again I was rejected so I had no choice but to go it alone. I was never gonna stop and give up. If I had taken those opportunities of playing pubs and clubs and built an audience there it would have tied me into areas of society which would cause problems further down the line, like now, because I wouldn't be able to continue without Digital ID and so I'd be compromised.

Some may say you need to go into these areas in order to find people and show them this Truth, but my experience of people over many years has been that people do not listen until it's too late. Even then some still don't listen! So I wasn't gonna waste my time with that. My approach has always been to just make myself visible to some degree, put the songs, the videos, the art out there and let whoever is drawn to it come and get it.

I am quite happy that I do not have a large following on any internet platforms because it means I can leave at any moment. I can only apologise to anybody sincere I have inadvertently upset or offended over the years through my actions but my intentions have always been well-meaning. It is ironic that sometimes people accuse me of not liking people or pushing people away when, in fact, everything I do comes from a place of caring so much for humanity that I do not want to see it walk blindly into a dystopian nightmare. Sadly, unless there is a huge change of heart, it seems that is exactly where humanity is heading.

"And the drum of time is beating down / Suffering will surely come / So why do you run, do you run from the one, I wonder" - Why Do You Run, SoulJahm