Having A Good Time In Nashville

The best way to have a good time in Nashville is to come to Nashville and not be constantly asking yourself if you’re having a good time.

If you’re constantly asking yourself ‘Am I having a good time in Nashville’ you’d get bored if you had the same answer each time…so your answers vary. Am I having a good time in Nashville at this moment? How about this one? What about now? And how does this moment stack up to the last one?

Within a day or an hour you’ve answered the question a thousand times…and now you’re pretty confused as to whether or not you’re having a good time because your answers have spanned a wide range.

There’s a time and a place to assess and reflect but no need to assess and reflect about right now, right now.

»» And Nashville could be anywhere, anyone, anything.

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More Than You Know

That’s what kind of difference you make.

If you’re the kind of person who shows up and contributes on purpose, with purpose, with care, with creativity…the effect of your effort goes far beyond anything you’re aware of.

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Fresh and New

If your strong suit is consistency, it might be difficult to make things feel fresh and new.

And sometimes you might need some fresh and new in order to get some wind back in the sails.

It’s surprising how consistent your output can still be while being able to change some inputs.

Instead of running five miles on a treadmill every morning, go outside.

When you’re serving the food to the customer, ask what they’ve been up to today.

Keep your melody and tempo the same but add some passing chords and a different kick drum pattern.

You kept your promise but made it more fun and interesting to you.

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Popularity and Quality

We know that popularity and quality aren’t the same thing. At times they run parallel but we often get confused with two extremes…

How did that artist get that opportunity when they’re not that good and we’re way better? (The thinking here is that better quality ought to equal more popular)

And

They’re on the big chart so they must be great. (The thinking here is that high popularity must equal high quality)

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What Comes To Mind

When someone asks a question it elicits a certain set of likely responses. There’s a million things we could say but the question itself narrows it way down. The question is meant to put boundaries on what gets said next.

(If someone asks you what the weather is outside it’s very unlikely that what comes to mind would be a story about your grandmother’s macaroni recipe.)

But ‘what comes to mind’ is really powerful. And if you want to change what comes to mind or stretch those boundaries for yourself it involves better intuitive listening and having a better understanding of your own game.

You can’t change the question but you do get to decide what to do with it.

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Singled Out

It might seem crazy but…Eventually we will move on from releasing one single at a time.

We’ll move on. ‘The way it is’ will change again. Something longer, shorter, more collaborative, more imaginative, more immersive, more immediate, more personal.

A couple interesting problems with the vast majority of artists only releasing singles these days is…

What should we listen to next?

Where does the single fit into the artists’ landscape?

If singles are being released all the time, then the energy for each single is even more fleeting. i.e. The artist moves on from it quicker. But if I’m a fan and I love the single I want to believe that the artist isn’t moving on from the song I love.

Maybe the next way it is will have better answers.

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