Man What Are You Doing Here

‘And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say man what are you doin here.’

(What am I doing here? Well, part of me was thinking the same thing!)

What they really meant to say when they said that was: I’m glad you’re here.

When you do things in front of people a lot, people say strange things. Weird compliments, backhanded compliments, ‘constructive’ criticism. But the fact that they’re taking time to say anything means you made a difference.

»» Piano Man is one of my favorite songs. See the other forty-nine here.

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Sitting Behind A Drum Kit

Reading a blog post about the subject is great. Reading a book, watching a documentary, finding a podcast about it. It’s all good and it all matters.

But doing it is a whole different thing.

You can memorize all the drum sets in the catalog and know what sizes Bonham and Ringo and Moon used…

And then you can actually sit behind a drum kit.

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The Desired Destination

If you go, I’ll go.

vs.

I’m going, you’re invited.

Too often artists are content to play to the level of their audience rather than taking the lead...leading the audience to a desired destination.

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A Word About Fame And Fortune

Fame and fortune.

They don’t always go together these days.

And I don’t think we even have a shared definition of the terms themselves anymore.

How many people have to hear about you until you’re famous?

How much money is a fortune?

The only way you’ll know if you have fame and fortune is if you define what it is far in advance of getting there.

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Saying Hello

There’s a million ways to say hello. And ‘hello’ is a great thing to say. But some tones and attitudes can turn it into an unwelcome greeting.

If what you’re saying isn’t working, change how you’re saying it.

No need to go looking for a completely new message.

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Keeping Track Of Your Word

A big part of keeping your word is keeping track of your word.

‘I’ll give you a call this week.’

‘I’ll check out your song.’

‘I’ll connect you with so-and-so’

It’s easy and fun to say things like this…and easy to forget to follow through.

It’s more likely we’ll keep our word if we care as much for the person we’re saying it to as we do about the emotional pop we get from saying it in the first place.

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