Again, if you’re stuck, you might think about good vs. important…
I know a lot of people who write good, unimportant songs every day on music row. And that’s not me judging them…it’s that they’ve told me!!!
To where they get done at the end of the day knowing full well they did good work and have a good song to show for it…but the song just isn’t important to anyone or for anyone.
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There are countless albums where the fan favorite is the important song. The one that’s not the single, it’s not the ‘best’ song on the album…it was probably the last song added to the record right at the end because the artist was finally burnt out on ‘good’ and went for ‘important’.
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A graphic designer, marketing team and management can slave over a tour announcement, hem and haw, phone call after phone call, font arguments, font size brawls, photoshoots and more photoshoots…all in the name of the perfect tour announcement.
But ya know what…it finally becomes infinitely more important that an imperfect announcement go out rather than delaying any longer. Because the point is to get certain people the knowledge and sell tickets…not to one day have the tour poster hang next to the Mona Lisa. Importance over takes good.
(*importance doesn’t negate good, but when it jumps good on the priority list, action is sooner to happen)
I hope your next thing is very good and very important.
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