Pain vs. Complain

When you’re willing to be hurt and be in pain it leads to a willingness to need which leads to vulnerability, and from a vulnerable place you can change at the root.

But if you’re simply complaining you don’t want to be helped. Complaining dodges the heart of the pain. Complaining wants the attention of the circumstance with none of the responsibility of what is underneath. Complaining gets the badge of seriousness without having to admit need.

If you need to complain, sure, take five minutes and get it out.

If you’re hurt and in pain, let’s all be willing to dig in.

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Unexpected Extra Time

I’ve been passing this idea around to some artists today and decided it would be better to invite everyone, since it would be more fun that way.

You’re welcome to use it and steal it and give it to anyone you’d like…


Here’s the start of your video or post, you decide what ‘this’ is:

Hey everyone, with everything in life except Christmas being cancelled I have some unexpected extra time on my hands right now…so with that extra time I made this for you…

#unexpectedextratime

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Oh To Be Known

What is your social media for?

Too many artists (and everyone else) operate under the premise that their social media is for them to become fully known by others.

i.e.
The more I post about everything the sooner and better people will finally know who I am and also understand why I am that way.

We all have that longing and it’s real and important. But I don’t think that’s what social media was designed for, that’s just what they want you to think it was designed for.

So if your social media isn’t for becoming fully known, then what is it for?

You need to be really clear with yourself and your team about what your channels are for. What parts of who you are and what you do are you going to make known and develop a consistent story around?

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Going Live

If you went live on Instagram or Facebook to play some songs, how many people need to show up for it to be enough people?

If it says one or it says one million, it’s just a little numerical number on your screen. Your screen looks the same either way.

It doesn’t cost any more or any less no matter the number of people.

You can’t hear the applause.

You can’t tell if the people know the words.

So how many is enough?

The answer…

The best answers are always questions…Why did you go live?

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The Shine

It always wears off. It has to. That’s why it’s the shiny part and not the actual thing.

Everyone loves the shine and that’s probably partly what attracted you…but when it wears off and you’re left with the actual thing, will you want what you have?

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After Comfort

Being comfortable with the melody should unlock you to perform, not to only bask in the achievement of being comfortable.

It can take a while to get comfortable with the melody of the song, for you to adopt it and put your stamp on it.

But now that you’re comfortable, what are you going to do with the comfort?

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