Thank You for walking with me on my journey. I have been to the mountaintop and I have crawled through the valley, but I survived. It's hard for me to physically not be able to continue this musical path, but I still feel there is an ultimate purpose. The song I wrote in 2000 called "Survive" sums up what I feel, please take a moment and listen, music will forever live on.
UPDATE -
AUGUST 2010
Well another Birthday come and gone! Thank you everyone for the Birthday wishes. I can report that my condition hasn't worsened, but it hasn't gotten any better either. I am still writing some, but it is hard to be inspired. My radio show Point On Point with Lauren Veach is doing very well. It's interesting to hear how many people have so many opposing views. The website keeps expanding and our sponsor base. Listenership has tripled in the last month, and that's nothing but great. Check it out at www.pointonpoint.com It is a opinion political show, conservative in nature, so be forewarned!
All that aside, I do miss my first love of playing music for you.
Anyway, again I thank you for all your thoughts and prayers and emails it is much appreciated. I still look and hope to one day be able to play for you again live. In the meantime you can always get my music here or download it everywhere else!!! lol
Godspeed
Nick
SURVIVE
Words & Music By Nick Granato
Life's not easy, but we live it everyday, There's no telling what we lose on the way, Roads of broken souls and pieces of dreams, Childhood wishes that wont be redeemed
We pay way too much for just a little peace of mind, The cost of living, can cost more than the life, So we do what we can, and when its out of our hands,
We fall, we stand. and we
(Chorus)
Survive. We win and we lose,
We live and we laugh and we cry,
We survive. We give and we take,
We love and we hate, and we barely get by But still through it all, we find. We survive.
There are moments that we keep in our hearts, There we find comfort, when the road gets too hard, We search for a meaning; we keep asking God why?
In hope we find strength, on faith we rely.
There's not always a choice,
we grow and we learn,
Taking our chances, we bend and we burn Spinning around in this circle of life. Sometimes we crash, sometimes we fly still we survive.
Lifes not easy, but we live it everyday
©2001 Song Harbor Music & Creighton Island Music/BMI
STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED & WHY NICK IS NOT TOURING.
Dear Friends & Flockers,
March 2010 - I find myself in a precarious position, and a bit scary one as a musician - performer. I have struggled over the years with an un-named debilitating neuro-muscular disorder, kind of a cross between ALS (Lou Gehrigs) and MS. Over time it has progressed from some slight pain and muscle spasms to full out system failures, it is quite unpredictable and at times leaves me unable to function.
In November 2009, I was performing in Miami on South Beach and I found I could no longer feel my guitar strings. As you might imagine I panicked a bit and finished up the best I could. I had been seated on a stool singing and playing acoustic guitar, when I got up I realized I had lost the feeling in my legs as well, I fell forward off the riser, I was shaken up, and in a matter of minutes the feeling in my legs returned, though my fingers have remained numbed, this my Doctors say, unfortunately is the next phase of the disorder. There's a possibility I may regain use and I can play again, but then there is also the reality that I will not, though I will continue my daily physical therapy in hope.
As a lot of you know, reluctantly I have had to cancel my 2010 Tour to promote my latest CD "In Real Life". I am forced to take some time off and give my body a chance to possibly heal, I don't want to disappoint 12000 Flockers, but I really have no choice, I'm sure you understand.
I will update everyone monthly as usual from my website. I will continue my songwriting, my syndicated radio show, some recording, as well as some other creative endeavors. I truly appreciate your continued support and prayers in this matter, I'm not proud, so I ask for prayer, and I thank you in advance. At this time I ask that you discontinue all voting on my behalf, until such a time that I am able to resume my performances.
I was reminded by a good friend not so long ago that "God knows what Hes doing" and "He does have a master plan", so I have to keep the faith, and continue to press on. Im not disappearing, just attempting to heal. I love you all and thank you for allowing me to live my dream!
Nick Granato
P.S. Don't forget to check out my new CD -"In Real Life".
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