Category Archives: Let The Music Play

Jan 24 2013
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Business, Change The World, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play, Music

Is There a Crowd?

The most simple way to test your music is to look out and gauge the crowd. Or ask the question, “Is there a crowd?”

Noise is selfish. It writes its tunes in the key of “what’s in it for me.”

A true musician gets his fix on the response of his followers…i.e. what’s in it for them?

Did it move them? Did it take them somewhere? Did they experience something?

How are your ticket sales?

That’s a serious question with a serious answer.

Don’t blame your booking agent with your answer. He didn’t write your music.

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Jan 18 2013
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Business, Change The World, Leadership, Let The Music Play

Are you just going to sit there and watch…

…the story about a faux girlfriend?

…her question him about how the EPO made him peddle faster?

…people wait in line, audition, get a yellow ticket, and then audition for 3 more months?

Or are you going to make your own news?

We’re drowning in other’s stories when our own story is screaming for just one page to be turned.

It’s dim..so dim. Shine a light for us.

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Jan 17 2013
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Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Leadership, Let The Music Play, success

It Takes Two…

1) What are you saying to the world?

2) What is the world saying back to you?

To answer these two questions, we must realize two truths:

1) To answer these questions will require awareness and vulnerability.

2) Every day is an art show.

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Jan 03 2013
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Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play, success

If you’re in the job hunt…

…please search, research, study, ask, ponder, mull, listen, and question until you find a medium that you can say something in.

You’re really on a hunt for a medium, an avenue, a canvas, a microphone.

You shouldn’t search for a job – you should find your medium.

#LTMP

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Dec 31 2012
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Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Let The Music Play, success

The Green Room

Let’s think of today as the green room prior to the stage of 2013. The green room is the space in the venue which accommodates the performers before they hit the stage and make their music. This is the room where the set list is made, the show is planned, and the Muse begins to whisper hints and nudge at the musician’s improvisation.

You’ve got a service, product, or idea and now you’re locked in the green room to dwell on its…

  • content
  • appeal
  • connectivity
  • engine
  • fuel
  • form
  • fans
  • followers
  • assets
  • market trends
  • edges (smooth and rough ones)
  • vision
  • weakness
  • strength
  • untapped markets
  • craftsmanship
  • trade-offs
  • vibe
  • truths and lies
  • purpose
  • design
  • pace
  • taste
  • feel
  • style
  • why
  • promise
  • hope
  • legacy
Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said, “People only see what they are prepared to see.”
Give yourself some time in the green room today for 2013’s benefit.
Success feasts on preparation.
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