The Paths We Choose by Sully Erna book Ebook The Paths We Choose currently available for review only, if you need complete ebook The Paths We Choose please fill out registration form to access in our databases Download here >> Series:::: The Path We Choose: A memoir Sully Erna+++Hardcover:::: 282 pages+++Publisher:::: Bartleby Pr; No Additional Printings Listed edition (February 7, 2007)+++Language:::: English+++ISBN-10:::: 0910155682+++ISBN-13:::: 978-0910155687+++Product Dimensions::::6 x 1.2 x 8.8 inches++++++ ISBN10 0910155682 ISBN13 978-0910155 Download here >> Description: With over ten million albums sold and multiple Grammy nominations, the hard rock band Godsmack has become one of the most successful groups of the last decade. The bands driving beats and searing lyrics have garnered widespread acclaim, while their well-known work ethic has earned the industrys respect. Fans who attend Godsmack concerts are sure to be rewarded with a fiercely energetic show. The force behind the band comes largely from founder and front man Sully Erna. Onstage, growling into the microphone with characteristic intensity, he appears perfectly at home, and its no wonder. Erna has been immersed in the world of rock ever since he got his first drum set at the age of five. Given his achievements, that early start might suggest that his career was a straight shot to the top. The truth is, Erna took so many detours during the years between his first drums and Godsmacks first contract that, more than once, he nearly forgot his destination. In The Paths We Choose, he relates the turbulent story of his life before the platinum albums and packed arenas. The Lawrence I remember was full of murderers, thieves, and rapists and half the time those people were your next-door neighbors, Erna writes of his childhood hometown in the gritty Boston suburbs. Although the danger of the streets was a constant reality, young Sullys world really revolved around music. From the day he convinced his mom to pay for drum lessons, beating the skins was all he ever wanted to do. As he grew older, Erna began devoting all his energy to one band after another. Life as a marginally-successful (and sometimes downright unsuccessful) musician was always unpredictable, and Sullys good times were equally matched by his frustrations. He learned that talent and passion were not enough; he also had to know who to trust. Beautiful blondes attracted Erna like a moth to an open flame, and his affairs with them were intense and often unstable. Outwardly hardened, yet privately vulnerable, he couldnt open up. This, combined with his high-adrenaline lifestyle, seemed bound to catch up with him and did. Here, Sully delves with surprising sensitivity into the emotional struggles that almost forced him to abandon his ambitions. Musical fame was never a given for Sully Erna. He could easily have continued to be just another punk on the streets. The extraordinary success he now enjoys with Godsmack only came by an unlikely combination of talent, sweat, lucky breaks, and hard falls. Any one of the decisions he made along the way could have brought him to a dead end. But that just might be the whole point. Sullys story shows us that whatever hardship we may face, ultimately, our choices determine our destiny. Hes made the most of every advantage and obstacle he has faced, and reminds us that we can, too. But for Sully, career success is not an ultimate destination. Every day brings a new fork in the road another path to choose. Im 57, and first heard Godsmack when I heard the song I Stand Alone, in a movie I took my kids to see. The lyrics, the music and deep, wonderful voice intrigued me, and when I listened to more songs, I fell in love with Godsmack. I am going to see them for the first time this Oct 24 at the Hampdon Beach Casino! And thats what led me to download this book. I love history, especially bios of rock stars. I find them complex, intriguing people. I am fascinated by how these geniuses create such amazing music.This book will get a slightly mixed review, but mostly great! Its not technically great; cant compare with some of the bigger bios Ive read. The first full 60% of the book is a very long and detailed catalog of Sullys scrappy and difficult childhood, growing up poor, with street fighting, crime and later on, drugs and alcohol. His breezy writing style is actually sweet, and bittersweet. You feel for the child; you know he is covering up some deep hurts with his antics. You wonder how he ever escaped the beatings (received and doled out), the heartbreaks. Music was his driving force, his salvation. He suffered, much of it by his own hand, but he is a survivor. Somewhere around 60% into the book I did start getting bored; how many more fights did I need to read about? But then he gets to the bands, and the formation of Godsmack, and it all tied in. I realized the first 60% is where it all came from. His survival skills gave him what he needed to take the huge risk to break out on his own, and become a frontman and founder of a great band, and a great sound.The book then rushes through the first 2-3 years of Godsmack, and its fascinating, and you cheer Sully for his dogged persistence. I only wish there had been more on this, and deeper revelations as to how he wrote these amazing songs (although to be fair, none of the bios Ive read reveal this either!). He hints at it, explaining why there are still 50- to 60- to even 70-year-old rock stars still out there performing: If youre a musician... you always feel like youre only worth as much as what youre doing right now. And I guess you have to be a musician to really understand the passion that flows through your veins... I do love how the book ends, with his advice to all those with dreams and broken hearts to never give up, no matter what you have to go through. Very powerful, coming from him. You sense he appreciates all the good fortune and success he finally achieved, and so dearly earned. I was at Hampton Beach Casino earlier this year and enjoyed looking up on the wall at the banners immortalizing bands who played there: Louis Armstrong, The Doors, U2, Led Zeppelin... Godsmack (1999)!Its a pretty easy read (I read it in 2 hours); I highly recommend it. Its refreshingly raw, real, and risky. He puts his heart and soul out there to the world. Im so impressed by the music, the musician, but even more now by the man. Kudos, Sully. Cant wait to see you in a month on stage! The Paths We Choose in Biographies and Memoirs pdf books The Paths We Choose Paths We Choose The We need self-serve apps that let the enterprise choose with data and accelerate the development process. The was a written well, I hardly could put it down. ANd still burst out laughing. All of human kind needs this Pafhs their library. 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