But What Will I Play?
The Basics
You keep listeners because of the music.
You keep butts in the seats because of your performance.
You keep getting to do this because enough people continually add you as part of their story.
Music, performance and people wanting to connect are ideas that have been around for a long time. I would argue they will continue to hang around.
Making It Easy To Show Up
Put the guitar in the living room. Don’t case it up and put it in the closet after every time you play.
Have the dumbbells next to your bed. Don’t rely solely on the YMCA.
Keep the journal by the breakfast table. Don’t put it in the junk drawer with all the other half used notebooks.
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Making It Hard To Show Up
Put the necessary evil app on the last page of your apps. Don’t keep it on your home screen.
Keep the cookies on the shelf that’s almost out of reach. Or maybe out of the house. Don’t put them in the middle of the kitchen island.
Tell your toddler to hide the TV remote.
The Nutcracker
There is one show people want to see during the Christmas season and there’s an exponential number of performances during this time…which probably finance the rest of the year for every ballet company.
So if you want to launch a new innovative ballet show, it’s best to save it for the other eleven months.
During December just do The Nutcracker and then you’ll have the freedom to go do the other stuff.