Hiring great musicians is the best way to get your music to sound like it does in your head…and probably even better than in what you’ve dreamed up in your head.
Top talent is expensive but if the ideas are worth putting into the world, then it seems worth it to give them the best chance to connect.
If it takes you a long time to overcome procrastination, how do you know you overcame it?
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By becoming quick to recognize stuck vs. stalling
By becoming quick to embrace the good fear
By becoming clear about the destination but open to which path
By becoming quick to disregard ideas you aren’t going to take action on
I don’t play tennis.
But the idea of the second serve is interesting…if the first serve doesn’t land you get another try.
The first serve is hard and fast. But the second serve is a little different. The second serve knows the first one didn’t work and also knows there’s not going to be a third. The second serve is colored by the first. It’s a little lighter, a little safer, a little slower, a little less risky…so that it will land and you’ll get to keep playing.
Going all out, hard and fast, all gas no brakes…it definitely makes a statement but if the goal is to keep playing the game, be prepared to make adjustments.
When an artist writes a couple hundred songs it’s a good idea for the artist not to get too attached to the one they’re writing today…because by tomorrow they’ll need all their creative bandwidth for the next one.
From the two hundred, five or ten songs get chosen to fully produce. And then the album comes out…and the artist has to play these songs live…songs they aren’t emotionally attached to because, from the outset, emotional attachment wasn’t a priority.
After the dust settles on all the writing and producing and album releasing…The artist needs a reattachment period with the songs. What is the essence of each song that makes them worth playing?
The artist must find their way back into the songs. To increase their emotional attachment to the songs so they can connect with the audience through the songs.
Stories that tell what you almost did aren’t good stories. Because almost doing the thing isn’t very close to having actually done it. They’re worlds apart.
We like the stories where you did the thing.
Almost cliff jumping vs. cliff jumping
Almost speaking up vs. speaking up
Almost going on a world tour vs. going on a world tour
The ‘almost’ isn’t anywhere near the real thing.
Do you want stories or almost stories?