The Next

It’s back, first Monday of the month…new Hum Love playlist on Spotify and Apple

Odds are the next thing you put out isn’t going to be the thing that wins everyone over.

But it has to be good enough to be.

And then you do it again.

 

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The Boring Part and Fireworks

You have to get to the boring part.

If you haven’t, you’re either not there yet or you don’t want it bad enough to embrace it.

It can’t all be fireworks.

That’s what makes fireworks fun and exciting.

 

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Four Phone Things

-No one walks into a room full of people looking at their phone and thinks, ‘this is wonderful’.

-When you can’t think of it don’t pick up your phone.

-The video is not worth looking up mid conversation.

-At airports I look over peoples’ shoulders to see what they’re looking at…it’s all the same stuff.

 

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Missing It

Just because you miss it doesn’t mean you should go back.

It’s an honor and blessing to miss something. It’s not a reminder of what’s come and gone as much as it reminds us of the warmth and connection and inspiration that is possible as we move forward with the next thing.

 

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Seasons. Phases. Norms.

Seasons have predictable starts and ends…with some type of cycle…

Christmas

Tax time

Touring season

A Phase is something you move through on your way to the next. There’s a start and end but there’s no plan for it to come back around again…

Raising a toddler

Starting a business

Moving into a new house

Norms have blurry beginnings and unnoticeable endings…or they end because a definite decision is made to change it…

Working 80hrs a week

Scrolling social media

Eating a particular diet

If you’re caught in a norm that isn’t beneficial, it’s not helpful to think of it as a season or phase…there’s no pre-written ending coming to save you. It’s up to you.

If you’re in a phase, embrace the finite-ness of it, the good and the bad. It won’t be like this forever.

As for seasons, the next one is coming and this one is coming back. Seasons are the rhythm of your life. Some of them we pick and choose. Some of them are set in our laps.

 

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Inventing The G Chord

Guitars and G chords weren’t invented in the 1960s…that’s just when they got popular.

Six string guitars with standard tuning go back hundreds of years. They predate even the notion of pop music (and fame).

So the inventors and innovators weren’t trying to come up with something to get famous…they were coming up with things that were helpful and could spread. If we all have a guitar that kinda looks like this and has about six strings and they’re tuned like this…it’ll be more fun when we get together. And we can start our own musical language that’s easy to learn.

 

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