What is your advice to young girls/guys, who would like to get involved in becoming a recording artist?

I have many people ask me this question on a regular basis. My advice to anyone wanting to become a recording artist is simple: be faithful where you are. Now I know that's not the answer most are looking for, but it's the best advice I can give. After attending a Rebecca St. James concert when I was 17, I began to ask the Lord what He wanted to do with the gift of music He had entrusted to me. After praying about it that night, the reply was clear: "Meredith, be faithful where I've placed you for now. I will open the right doors at the right time." During that season of my life I was playing keys and leading worship for my youth group and on occasion my church. The Lord taught be how to be faithful in little things long before anything "bigger" came my way.

To anyone with the gift of music and the desire to share it with others, I would also encourage you to let your goal be to make great art for the glory of God, not to sign a record deal. Get involved in your local church. Write and rewrite songs, crafting them to say something that hasn't been said, making them the best they can be. Ask for constructive criticism from someone other than your mother. :) Give your best to the Lord, for He certainly deserves it, even if you never sing your songs outside of your room. Develop your private worship before you ever stand on a stage and take it public. Trust the Lord when He says that His plans are to prosper you. He will take you where you need to go, when you need to get there. Above all, let your motivation be His glory and not your own. That is where you'll find your greatest joy!

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
Ephesians 3:20-21