First of all I would like to thank my brother Ernest Pitts, Jr. who started me out in playing the keyboard. You guys keep him in prayer. He had a natural and God given talent to play any musical
instrument he put his hands on without ever having to take music lessons. From that point on, I took what he had taught me and started learning on my own and building upon what he showed me. I started trying to play along with tapes and videos. I learned alot by playing for a family based female quartet group called "Transformation". God blessed me where I ended up doing several recordings with them and recorded one of my own songs with them as well.
I've always looked for some type of way to enhance my playing. Local musicians don't want to show or teach any other musician due to inferiority and don't want others to sound like them, I suppose. One day I was surfing the net and came across a site for learning how to play gospel music. It has been quite a blessing to me. Everyone noticed a difference in my playing. My
pastor was so astounded that she made me the assistant to the head musician. It has always been my heart desire to play for my church and God granted that to me. Because God gave me the motivation to not give up on my playing and due to websites like the one mentioned, I have achieved much. I get many compliments on my playing from musicians who I hold in high regard. God has opened many doors for me, now I have pastors and other churches coming to my pastor and myself requesting me to play for their services. I am so grateful and humbled by this experience. I made a vow to myself that I wouldn't be selfish as other muscians are but I would be willing to share what I've learned to help someone else. I believe that God blesses us that we may bless someone else. I know how I felt when others wouldn't give me the time of day to show me how to enhance my style of playing.
At one point in time I had a complex about playing. I was playing in a service behind a preacher and an evangelist was in the audience letting me know that I was in the wrong key. At that time I had just started back playing by ear in the church. The evangelist came up, found the key and the preacher asked them to continue to play. I didn't have a problem with that. The problem came in when after the service, I heard the preacher and the evangelist making fun of me being in the wrong key and that's when I had developed the complex. Years later, I approached the evangelist about it, but they said that they don't ever recall that happening. I never did get a chance to approach the preacher about it.
But I thank God that he delivered me from being inferior to other musicians. I know that there will always be someone out there that is better than I but it is the anointing that makes the difference. You can be a skilled musician so that you cross every I and dot every T but if the anointing is not in it, people are not getting delivered and yokes are not being broken and destroyed it counts for nothing. You have to love and enjoy what you're doing. King David in the Bible was the ultimate musician. I know God took me through that experience so I wouldn't do it to someone else. I do believe that music theory is very important because once you know theory you don't have to second guess what chord is next. I just started getting into music theory a few years ago. So the answer to your question is this: Man cannot say if it wasn't for me you wouldn't being playing like your playing. God gets the glory out of this!
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