The Beatles didn’t set out to use a four track. That’s simply what they used.
The Beatles set out to use the latest and greatest…they set out to discover the coolest newest thing.
They were excited about technology and excited writers of songs.
You can be that.
Let go of the old ways and adopt the old mentality instead.
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When you dream and have vision and goals on the weekends, it’s during s time when you have all day.
You slept in, made breakfast and drank your coffee slow. So the ideas and goals come through your brain with this type of day in mind, with so much time and relaxation on your hands. Your brain forgets that all days aren’t this open, in fact, most aren’t.
Because when you get into the busyness of the week, the ideas and goals you had on the weekend during your down time seem impossible, as they’re stacked up against the reality of your scheduled life.
So now you’re left with a couple options…
1. Have less of “the reality of your scheduled life” so you can follow through more on what you really want to offer to the world.
2. Don’t dream so big on the weekends since you know that you’re never really going to do any of that stuff anyway because real life is too busy.
We all choose option number one when given the choice.
But the hard part is remembering to choose. The trap is when we continually go through the first few paragraphs of this post over and over (dreaming big and bold and then getting to busy) and never get to the part about making a new decision.
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Don’t take a mental break during your show.
The best way to say thank you isn’t by saying it, but by putting on a great show.
Most of you sing louder than you speak, so if you speak between songs, speak up and into the microphone.
The center of the stage is the most powerful position.
Yes, we need you to be comfortable on stage so that you can use that comfort to do something even greater. Don’t stop with comfort.
Slow down your movements. More intentionality, less speed.
Your mouth is an important feature on your face. Don’t hide right behind the microphone.
Give the audience a reason to tell their friends the next day that they had a good time last night.
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I, you, we spend a lot of time rehearsing the future, scripting it, editing it, having anxiety over it, becoming afraid of it and yet prefer to wallow in the future rather than reorienting ourselves to the present.
When the future scripting gets to be too much (and it’s always too much), look right in front of you and ask what is the thing I need to complete right now…what do I need to finish?
You can’t control the future, and I dare say you can’t even control the present, but at a minimum you can DO something in the present, you can decide to take the next step even if it’s a tiny micro step. Complete it.
Reorient to the present.
Reorient to the present.
Reorient to the present.
The best work and the only work you can do is what you decide to do right now.
So what is the next thing you need to finish?
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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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Is it good enough yet? (“it” being your song, album, video, tour poster, marketing strategy, etc, etc)
That can be a pretty tough question depending on who you are, what your value system is, what the “more time/work vs. how much better it actually gets” looks like for the thing.
But here’s a question that might loosen the log jam of ‘is it good enough yet’:
Is it important enough yet?
‘Importance’ rather than ‘good’ shifts the focus form quality and correctness to impact and influence.
Is this good enough?…is a question from the head.
Is this important enough?…is a question from the heart.
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