Child Star

The good thing about being a child star is that you get an amazing amount of encouragement up front…that you’re doing a good job and should keep going.

The truth is, the talent might be there and it might not. But you’re a kid and you’re a star…so there’s a lot of positivity and you have plenty of TIME to actually get good.

It’s easy to get down on ourselves when we start getting confused about what role encouragement and time have on the thing we’re building.

You’re never going to get enough encouragement…but encouragement from respected sources is priceless and is wind in the sails.

You weren’t a child star so you’re already late to the game…It’s not too late. And the you five years from now will think the present day you was plenty young to start the thing or keep the thing going that you wanted to build.

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The Real Gap

There’s a gap between the song you intend to write and the song you actually write.

Any dissatisfaction you feel at the end of a session comes from this gap.

You did the best you could at the time and it wasn’t enough to connect the desired vision to the actual outcome. It’s a learning and development process over time (mixed in with some luck) that brings them closer together.

While it’s almost impossible to streamline or hurry the process along, the simple next step on the journey is yours for the taking.

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Over The River

And through the woods to grandmother’s house we go.

Most of us load up the podcasts, the music, the movies for the kids, the noise cancelling headphones, extra headphones just in case and anything else we can think of so no one gets bored and the trip goes quickly.

But boredom gets a bad wrap. We rush to fill every lull with more consumption and stimulation to avoid the boredom that is sure to confirm that we don’t have enough going on in our lives.

I think boredom has a lot more to offer than what it might appear.

You know what happens when you’re bored? You think of something. Something you wouldn’t have unless you were bored first. It takes boredom to get to some of those deeper recesses of the mind.

So enjoy the movies and the music and the noise canceling headphones but don’t be afraid of giving yourself a little gift of boredom.

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Building A New Town

If you were put in charge of building a new town what would you build first?

Maybe a house, or an electrical plant, a grocery store?

The truth is if you only built any one of those things first you’d fail.

In order to build a new town lots of elements would need to be built at the same time, overlapping timelines, cooperation on land and city design. And you couldn’t do it yourself.

What would be even better is if you hired a bunch of people who have built cities before to help you.

I’m sure you get the metaphor.

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Last Song

The good thing about playing your last song is you have the benefit of knowing how all the other songs went over before it.

And on top of that, odds are you’re closing the show with your best song.

So your best song coupled with the most informed adjustments.

Your ending ought to be great…and alls well that ends well.

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The Local Band

Being the local band is great. If there’s a county fair, you get the call. A chili cook off, dance, beach party…you get the call.

And then someone starts another band.

Now you’re not the local band, you’re A local band.

Now you don’t simply get the call because because you’re the band. You get the call because you do something that the other band doesn’t do.

Multiply this scenario by tens of thousands.

Why do you get the call?

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