In Front Of Everyone

There’s playing your song. And then there’s playing a show.

There’s writing a song. And then there’s co-writing a song.

There’s writing a song. And then there’s releasing a song.

There’s talking. And then there’s doing an interview.

There’s wanting to put together a team. And then there’s having to actually hire people.

There’s making a mistake. And then there’s making a mistake in front of everyone.


Everything about doing music professionally calls you out from behind the curtain to do things in front of everyone. For all to see.

In front of everyone is one of the hardest parts.

It’s where the fear is revealed.

It’s one thing to be able to do all the things. Another thing to be good at all of it. And then completely different level to be willing to do all of it in front of everyone.

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Where’s The Money?

The money is in headlining.

In order to headline you’re going to have to start headlining.

And to start headlining you need a show that’s good enough (and long enough) that people want to pay money to watch it.

***Headlining is different than simply playing ninety minutes of music.

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Intros

The first thing someone hears when they click the play button. So very important, so make it good.

The new Hum Love playlist is up on Spotify and Apple Music.

I like all of these intros…and songs for that matter.

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Artist Hats

When you’re a new artist you wear every hat imaginable.

You’re the artist, manager, agent, label, publicist, road manager, graphic designer, video maker, video editor, songwriter, a&r, marketer, radio team, street team, social media manager, photo stylist, van driver, producer…

All of them.

It’s easy to think all of those things make up your full time job. But the thing is, each of them IS a full time job.

For each of those hats you wear, the is a full time job in the industry for that work. Pay attention to which hats you like to wear and don’t be afraid if that hat you want to keep isn’t the artist one.

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Football Lessons

Football Lessons

If you don’t make a touchdown on this play, you can try again next play.

If the coach is yelling at you it’s probably too late.

The perfect pass is only a perfect pass when lots of little adjustments get made in order to get the perfect result.

Next man up is an advantageous mind set until you’re the one injured.

And while next man up is an understandable team strategy, isn’t it the goal to have players/people who are so good that they aren’t replaceable. Shouldn’t the goal be that next man up doesn’t work? That you have to say ‘Stop. We aren’t the same without them. We need to retool for a bit’.

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You and the World

The world doesn’t need you to do it.

The irony is…if you decide to do it, you can give the world something it needs.

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