Getting better at finishing usually means we recognize that part of finishing is feeling as though we’re not finished and/or that it’s not good enough.
We’re more used to working on it than we are to finishing it…and we want to stay in our comfort zone.
So when that scary voice arises that says, ‘I think I might be done’ don’t treat the fear as a deterrent but rather a calling into the next phase.
Focus more on the writing
Don’t try too hard to make it easy
Go with what you think is good
Don’t wait for a spark
Most people naturally want to either over complicate or over simplify…dig in there
You might not need a new chorus, maybe just a new chord right before the chorus
You might need a better chorus
Don’t hold the rhythm and melody too tightly in the verses
If you write a song so good that you make one solid, clear, emotionally connecting point, you’ve won. Don’t try to make more than one point.
Your voice is the portal of connection
Fun to sing doesn’t necessarily equate to fun for others to listen to
If you believe in it maybe they will too
Your belief is a gift to you and to them.
When you have a solid, cohesive, connected group of people and you...add others to it…
It’s easy to think you’re simply building on the greatness you already have ‘if this is good more will be better’…but it’s much more likely you’ll have to redefine the group from the ground up.
or if you subtract people…
If you have five great people and one leaves it’s easy to think that you’re operating at eighty percent of your identity and you just need to build back that twenty…when in reality you’re probably going to have to start back at zero and rebuild the identity from scratch.
When we have a good thing we want to invite others.
When a good thing gets shaken we want to repair quickly.
Both things are possible and can be done…but both will result in something different than we had before.
If you’re on stage as the opening band it’s not a great sign if the crowd starts chanting the headliners name.
You probably really wanted the gig. It was probably really hard to get the gig. It was probably a lot of work to get everyone on stage.
So two things…
- Hopefully you wanted the right gig.
- It’s so much work to get the gig that it’s easy to run out of energy to put together a show good enough to make the audience forget about the headliner.