Repetition

At the beginning that’s what it takes.

And when you’re having such a good time with it you don’t recognize it as repetition.

We’re good at this as kids. And culture gives kids time and space to live in this zone.

The enjoyment masks any burden of repetition.

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100 Year Old Song

You can’t write a song that is 100 years old.

You can’t sit in Nashville and get inspired by breathing the ocean air.

You can’t feel exactly what someone else is feeling in the exact same way.

You write songs in the time and place and head space you have. You can imagine otherwise but it will always come back through the lens of now. You can’t help it.

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Dress Accordingly

When you get up in front of a group, what you wear is effecting the audience the entire time.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t want this to be the case.

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Who You Gonna Call

There’s a person you call when you need someone who plays on the edge.

And a different call when you need someone who plays it safe.

The edge person doesn’t get many safe calls…and the safe person doesn’t get many edge calls.

Which calls do you get?

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It's Only Special If It's Special

Hanging backstage, green rooms, bus hangs, friends and family areas, meet & greets…

They’re only special if the artist makes them special.

Everyone knows whose name is on the ticket, and that’s who dictates the vibe.

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Ending On A High Note

This became front and center with the advent of American Idol.

Start the song standing at the microphone, take the mic off the stand during the first chorus, make the second verse as short as possible, and then hit the highest note you can at the end of the second chorus, no outro.

As long as that last note gets belted out the crowd will cheer.

TV may have worn out this trope but there’s a reason it works.

Ending on a high note, literally or metaphorically, just makes sense.

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