This article by Mathes Jones, which appears in the July 2013 issue of Austin All Natural magazine, is just too good not to share here with you. May it inspire you to follow your own dreams. Enjoy. ? joe
 The Secret of a  Secret Movie Star
 From Homeless  to Bestselling Author to Movie Star to Healing Musician
 by Mathes Jones
 There?s a natural  order and  sequence to life that, as humans, we all understand: Night  follows day. Crawl  before walking. Grapes into wine. Rags to riches.  Author turns movie star turns  #1 rated singer/songwriter. You know,  that kind of thing.
 Wait  ? ?What?chu talkin? ?bout, Willis??
 Actually,  it?s who, not what, and the answer is  Dr. Joe Vitale, the world?s first self-help singer-songwriter.
  	 
 	Latest singer-songwriter album
  It?s hard  to know what Vitale is best known for ? his 50+  books, his role in the hit  movie, ?The Secret,? or the three Grammy  winners he attracted for one of the  six albums (The Healing Song) he?s  produced in only two years.
 Oh, did I  mention that a mere three years ago he could  only strum a few chords on the  guitar and had never written a song ?  much like Paul McCartney and John Lennon  who were just learning  songwriting after they became the Beatles?
 That?s  definitely not the nice, neat, orderly progression we expect of typical humans.  But Vitale is hardly typical. He lives in a world  that looks much  different than most of ours. Essentially, he lives ? and sings  ? what  he teaches.
 Most (but  not all) of his books and writings are in the  self-help field, and he?s landed  a mass of bestsellers, including The  Attractor Factor and Zero Limits. His forthcoming book, The Remembering  Process,  is currently being published by the world?s leading self-help   publisher, Hay House, and is due out in April 2014. His co-author is his  music  producer, Daniel Barrett.
  	 
 	Three Grammy Winners Helped Create This Album
  Vitale  sounds like a man on fire with a mission, and it?s undoubtedly where his  moniker, Mr. Fire, comes from (www.mrfire.com). The truth is he is on a mission, showing the world how to use music to tap into our mind and  body?s natural ability to heal.
 He calls it Healing Music.
 While  Vitale has a fascinating backstory of homeless to  multi-millionaire (he?s no  one-hit wonder), it?s his rise to stardom as  a singer-songwriter that?s so  compelling today.
 Just how does a person succeed wildly in all  these different genres?
  	 
 	First Singer-Songwriter Album
  Perhaps  it?s because he?s a gifted communicator, a  necessary and common denominator in  books, film, and songwriting.  Having spent a lifetime learning, applying, and  sharing ancient wisdom  and current technologies for self-improvement, he?s an  expert in  teaching people how to clear limiting beliefs that keep them from   pursuing the things they really want.
 But if you ask me, it?s something else that?s  behind his success ? something Vitale refers to as divine inspiration.
  	 
 	The Band: Daniel Barrett, Joe Vitale, Dr. Joe Vitale, Glenn Fukunaga
  ?The whole point of personal growth  is to clear any  negative, limiting beliefs and gain access to your Divine  self,?  explains Vitale.? ?The great goal is to be so clear that when Divinity   speaks through you, you don?t think, hesitate, or second guess about a  call to  take action. You just do it because there?s no interference  from the conscious  mind thinking, ?Oh, should I do it? Am I the one? Do  I have the money? Do I  have the experience? Do I have the time? What  do my neighbors think? What do my  parents think???
 Vitale is  an example of everything he teaches and sings  in his songs. He takes his  inspirations seriously. A believer in fast,  immediate action, he?s famous for  the saying, ?Money likes speed.? And  this attitude has clearly worked for him ?  taking him from zero to  voted as #1 singer-songwriter by Reverbnation (in March  2013) in two  years.
 ?When I decided to be a songwriter three years ago, I had   thoughts like, ?I?m not a songwriter or singer. I can?t do that.? One  of my  teachers, famed singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard, asked me,  ?Where?s the  proof? Where?s the proof you can?t do that?? When he said  that, I thought, ?My  God, he?s right. I have no evidence whatsoever  that I can?t sing, play the  guitar, record music, or write my own song.  There?s no evidence!??
  	 
 	Ray Wylie Hubbard Gave Songwriting Advice
  ?And I did, in fact, prove myself  wrong. Little did I   know in the beginning that inspiration would move through me so fast I?d  not  only complete my very first CD (Blue  Healer) in just two months, but play as many as seven instruments for it ?  including a very rare 1915 Gibson Harp Guitar.?
 Given Vitale?s success as a  self-help and spiritual  teacher, both in his own life and in his work with  others, it?s natural  that this rock-blues loving guy would take the music world  by storm ?  bringing his thousands of fans into a new awareness of music?s  healing  power.
 Music?s ability to heal is not a new  concept. Its power  has been storied in ancient text for thousands of years of  recorded  history, and today is well documented in medical research, which? Vitale  describes in his new ebook, Healing Music: The  Miraculous Power of Positive Music to Uplift, Relax, Transform, Awaken, and  Rejuvenate.
           	 
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        Vitale brings music to a new level,  one accessible to  everyone, whether at home, working out, or traveling. Each album he  writes, sings, and  records has a certain emphasis and intention, a  particular therapeutic use and  result ? because, as he says, ?Intention  is a key driver in healing of any  kind, and it matters in music, too,  from the person who created it to the  person listening.?
 Using certain types of beats and tempos known to affect  the  mind and body positively, along with positive messages to uplift a  sagging  spirit, his eclectic music style is as wide  and varied as his  range of success. We?re talking sheer passion, not elevator  music ? everything from soothing to down home  stomping fun, like his  standout song, ?You Gotta? (on his recent  singer-songwriter album, Sun will Rise).
 Whoever said a little fun can?t hurt  you was only partially right ? it can heal you.  And Vitale?s music is proof of it. ?The idea behind healing music like  mine is to allow the  high vibration of inspired music to work on you.  That?s the basis for the healing.?
  	 
 	Voted #1 Singer-Songwriter
  Being the world?s first self-help, singer-songwriter has   its privileges. He?s attracted some of the music industry?s finest,  including Glenn Fukunaga (Robert Plant),  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer Joe Vitale (Yes, of the same name)  and Grammy award winner David Darling to perform  and record with him.  He?s also recorded two instrumental albums with  accomplished Guitar Monk Mathew Dixon. It?s no  longer a secret that like attracts like.
 According to Vitale, becoming a  self-help musician was  simply the next step. He got the call, so to speak, and,  true to form,  acted quickly on that divine inspiration. And it?s this instinct  that?s  so inspiring to the rest of us.
  	 
 	With Guitar Monk Mathew Dixon
  When asked about his meteoric path,  he says, ?In a  world  of all possibilities, there?s only one thing that can stop you?your own   mind. Fortunately, you can change that. You can expand your own  capacity to  receive all the good things in life.?
 From the outside looking in, Vitale  does make quantum  leaps look like natural evolution, gliding seamlessly from  one  successful reality to another.
 Hmm, maybe there is something to that healing music.
  ?Blue Healer? www.HealingMojoMusic.com
?Strut!? www.GetUpandStrut.com
?The Healing  Song? www.TheHealingSong.com
?Aligning to  Zero? (with Mathew Dixon) www.AligningtoZero.info
?AT Zero? (with  Mathew Dixon) www.AtZeroMusic.com
?Sun Will Rise? www.HealingRockMusic.com
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