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Fix My Attitude

John Maksym

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"I’m in a confusing state, chaos is my middle name"

“Attitude” is the magic word. It’s our compass directing us to the results that we want. Our attitude is the composite of our Thoughts, our Feelings, and our Actions. If we’re not getting the results that we want, we need to fix our attitude by focusing our thoughts on our desired results. The

"I’m in a confusing state, chaos is my middle name"

“Attitude” is the magic word. It’s our compass directing us to the results that we want. Our attitude is the composite of our Thoughts, our Feelings, and our Actions. If we’re not getting the results that we want, we need to fix our attitude by focusing our thoughts on our desired results. The thought causes the feeling, the feeling causes the action, and the action produces the result. This song is the result of a thought that I got emotionally involved with and took action writing & recording.

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Be The Change

John Maksym

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Be The Change tells the story of a homeless man's journey to reconcile his relationship with his daughter, no matter the cost. And that we should focus on having empathy towards others, giving without casting judgement, and living each day with gratefulness in our hearts.

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Brick x Brick

John Maksym

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"Brick x Brick Destroy it All"

Brick x Brick is an energetic and driving look-yourself-in-the-mirror kind of anthemic alternative rock song about tearing down and destroying my limiting beliefs, doing a mindset reset by reprogramming the destination of where I want to go in life, and learning to guard my mind against outside noise and

"Brick x Brick Destroy it All"

Brick x Brick is an energetic and driving look-yourself-in-the-mirror kind of anthemic alternative rock song about tearing down and destroying my limiting beliefs, doing a mindset reset by reprogramming the destination of where I want to go in life, and learning to guard my mind against outside noise and distractions.

As a longtime advocate of personal growth and mental wellness, I write songs like this to remind myself not to let the outside world creep in and mess with my head. It doesn’t matter what’s going on around me, what matters is where I want to be going. Distractions will always be there but I must decide on where I want to go and then set my mind on that. Having a good mindset is all about doing a good job of resetting your mind.

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Freedom on the Other Side of Fear (Digital Album)

John Maksym

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With so much uncertainty in the world, it is important for me to remind myself to push past my fears daily, because the best

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With so much uncertainty in the world, it is important for me to remind myself to push past my fears daily, because the best things in life are on the other side of fear. For this reason, I made up an acronym to write in my journal every day "Take FOTOS OF" which stands for "Take Freedom on the Other Side of Fear" and decided that it was a fitting name for this album.

The majority of this album was remotely recorded with more than 20+ collaborators across 7 countries. Music truly is the universal language that connects us all.

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MY STORY

The journey to creating this album really began in the early days of my childhood when my dad introduced me to his record collection and I fell in love with the music of Bruce Springsteen. I would dress up in a mask and cape, and jump around on my parents' furniture rocking out to The Boss with my red toy guitar, pretending to entertain the masses.

Fast forward to my grade 8 school year where I met my first true music mentor in my teacher, Mr. Shaw. He devoted weekends to helping my friends and I develop our first band, teaching us how to properly set up our gear and giving us the school stage for band practice. He believed that one day I would be a great artist, a notion that has stuck with me ever since.

I’ve had many incredible experiences over the years with amazing people in my life, but I’ve also had moments of feeling down and feeling stuck. I found myself at a crossroads in 2019, unsure of what to focus my energy on, having lost my passion for music. Or so I thought. This led me to a fateful meeting with Doug Dane, who became my personal development mentor after challenging me in our first conversation to make a damn decision. It was at that moment that my life changed, when I decided that I had not finished what I started.

I am again a student of life, seeing things differently and understanding new concepts, like the importance of feeling gratitude daily, changing my life by changing the way I think, and that the best things in life are on the other side of fear. It’s now my mission to grow by bridging personal development messages with my songwriting, and share what I continue to learn through my music.

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