Anybody can sing a song, the melody, and do a great job. This whole COVID thing was a great way to learn who your real friends were, who wanted to be by your side and help, their true colors.” But you have to be careful of a lot of people out there that want to take advantage of people, especially when they're youngsters.Take it slow and get to know people. I felt like I made a new friend when I met you. It is possible to make new friends and it's a wonderful thing to make new friends. Treasure the friends and family you have before you get started. They're the ones that will be around when there's nothing left. That's another reason why it's important to keep family first, as well, because they're the ones that have been there before any of the fame, before any of this stuff takes off. You can then keep your focus and keep your health intact.”īe honest about how you feel. So when you're pushing yourself to the limit, never let any of those things happen. With those things, you start to let bad influences in, start to of unwind and unravel. One of the things that sounds kind of silly, but one of the things that I was taught, when I started getting healthy again, was never get too “HALT”: Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. You need to take the time to take care of yourself. “You’ve got to find that balance, when to say yes to projects and when to say no, if you already bit off more than you can chew. So that's what I want my focus to be: helping learn how to stay grounded and stay focused on their health, mentally, spiritually, physically, and, and push themselves but be able to stay grounded and stay healthy. If you started when you were young, like I did, you don't realize that you've gotten caught up in some of those wrong things until it's almost too late. If you don't in this business, it's really easy to lose yourself and get caught up in all the wrong things. You practice hard and you work on your craft but you've got to stay grounded, focused, and take care of yourself. “I want to be able to focus on the most important things: it isn't necessarily the business. It gives me a chance to talk with them and work with them on things in front of the camera, but also things you think about behind the camera.” I have teenage daughters so I'm loving the idea of reaching out and working with some young musicians, people that are just getting started and haven't been groomed. I'm honestly not sure how my name came up. Once people started hearing that I was sober, and starting to reach out, maybe the word got around. It was one of the first tours we were on back in the 90s. “I'm guessing that I was chosen maybe because of my history with Paula. I got back home about 1 am in the morning and in time to get some rest and take my daughter to school the next morning.” Now that I'm in my third year of sobriety, I'm looking forward to spending a little more time being selfless instead of selfish. And I guess the little doggie (Pugsley) you brought, who's cute. I had a wonderful experience, it was great seeing Paula again and meeting you. Think American Idol, but online and worldwide. Here are some highlights from my interview with Bryan, who made a quick trip to California to help out his friend Paula Abdul as one of the judges of the Uplive worldwide competition. I was honored to sit down with Bryan for a candid 1:1 for him to share an important story that can save lives, especially from a Hollywood that can easily swoop in and take over. His was a rough journey involving alcoholism but his subsequent sobriety eventually unlocked the deepest of wisdom captured in this interview. From the excesses of Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” music video to the tragic ending that took Whitney Houston’s life, the early 90’s were a yin and yang of the biggest peaks and the most precipitous falls. With 3 #1 hits on pop and R&B, the bilingual “I Adore Mi Amor”, “All 4 Love” and their breakthrough “I Wanna Sex You Up”, the Oklahoma natives became worldwide sensations. A multicultural group combining old school soulful harmonies with upbeat dance and funk, the moment met its time with the rise of new jack swing. After years of tenacious networking and paying their dues in the 80s, Color Me Badd’s unique style finally hit in the early 90’s, paving the way for soulful boy band pop. Very few reach the pinnacle of achievement like Bryan Abrams did in 1991.
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