Music Is Stronger

Music is stronger than you are…but for three minutes you get to be the conductor of the power of the notes and rhythms…you get to dance on the wave…you get to ride on the edge of something with more depth and force than you could ever wrap your mind around.

This is what the artist knows…the wave is infinitely more powerful than the wave rider.

This is why people listen. Despite all your short falls and the vast differences between you and each individual listening…they’re captivated by you riding the wave, playing the music. Harnessing an infinite power, ever so briefly, and opening their minds to something other.

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The Great Money Mystery

There are lots of them in the music business. A few fun examples…

-songwriter without a pub deal, or cuts, or hits, and doesn’t really write very often but finds a way to go on writer retreats

-young producer has the nicest studio in town

-struggling artist without any revenue streams is somehow full-time

-new band has all of the best gear known to man

-a 23 year old manager lives in a condo downtown

You’re right…they didn’t buy this reality. Someone else paid for it. They know it, you know it, they’re deathly afraid you might know it.

Mystery solved. Onto more important things.

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Perfect For Entertaining!

Yeah, but how good are you at entertaining.

I like keeping up with the real estate in my neighborhood. It’s fun to see what’s happening with the houses I drive past everyday.

In the listings there’s often an emphasis on how great the house is for entertaining and throwing parties. And it is. It’s a perfect set up…but while it’s perfect for entertaining, that doesn’t mean you know how to do much with it.

Because, you know what’s also perfect for entertaining? Stages. Stages are perfect for entertaining.

But it’s not about having the house or the stage that’s perfect for entertaining…it’s what you do with it that makes all the difference.

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Energizing Force

The only thing that happens everyday is the opportunity to do the work.

There are other energizing forces but they’re less reliable.

If the simple opportunity to do the work each day is enough to renew your energy to do the work, you’ll always have an energy source.

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Reach vs. Effective

We clamor to be aligned with people who have a big reach. People with lots of followers, lots of attention, lots of volume to their voice, lots of numbers in the metaphorical rolodex.

But reach doesn’t equate to effectiveness.

When we spend time with someone who is effective it resonates much deeper than any reach.

When there’s reach but no effectiveness it turns empty.

When there’s effectiveness we forget about reach.

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What To Do With The Extra

Our extra money. Our extra time. Our extra patience and effort.

Perhaps we need to back up a step, as it’s easy to feel maxed out…

The best way to have extra is to save it on purpose. To keep a little in the tank rather than spending it all right away just because we have it.

Don’t spend all the money you make each month.

Leave Tuesday mornings open for whatever might come up or come to mind.

Don’t give all your patience and effort to work, bring some of it home with you.

Extra is a luxury…but often not a luxury of wealth but of discipline and maturity.

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