Who Will Listen?

A decent three minute recording is easy to make.

Upload your voice memo to Suno, give it a genre prompt and out pops a song.

With every new wave of technology since popular music began, recorded music has been easier to make. And the ease of making it has always invited more artists to the party.

And now anyone can do it.

But who will listen?

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People with lots of opinions often get put into leadership because it looks like they care.

Lots of opinions don’t equate to good leadership. But care might.

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Quick Word On Leading

People with lots of opinions often get put into leadership because it looks like they care.

Lots of opinions don’t equate to good leadership. But care might.

Hum Love on Spotify and Apple

Why It Works

After you have a great song, you can listen back and tell WHAT works. You can tell HOW it works. And you know THAT it works.

But you still don’t know why it works.

And that’s why writing the next great song is still hard.

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Rules And Responsibilities

If you hire the mix engineer and the first mix is way off…it’s your fault.

If you’re signing a deal and the same company gives you a recommendation for a lawyer…don’t take it.

If you’re a lead singer and you’re wondering what to focus on…focus on the leading part.

If you’re a side musician feeling stuck…practice more, connect a lot more.

If you’re a songwriter, you need emotional energy…don’t waste emotional energy deciding whether or not you’re going to write today.

If you have a hit that people like to hear…never stop playing it.

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Finding Your Lens

Your message

Your banner

Your thing

Your why

Your overarching reason for showing up to the work over and over

Once you uncover it, it’s yours. It’s a gift that you get to filter all of your professional decision making through. It makes decisions simpler.

It’s made up of a combination of your personal values mixed with what works in the market.

You may not know what it is but you’re probably already doing it.

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Everyone Gets Tired

The difference is…

Tired from

vs.

Tired of

The goal is to find work that inspires you to go hard enough to get tired from, and inspires you enough to not get tired of.

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