Picking Favorites

If you ask anyone what their favorite song is, they’ll say they can’t name a favorite. Which is too bad because the whole point of asking the question is to have an exciting conversation about a great song.

The remedy is to ask them to name one song that would definitely be in their top five. It’s still a bit of a struggle but there’s always excitement there. It’s fun.

A song that would have to land in my top five? Oasis- Champagne Supernova

You?

»» A while back I put together my favorite fifty songs. It’s really fun to do and harder than you might think. Try it.

 

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The Show Must Go On

What if we twisted the words around a little bit…

You must have a show to go on.

It puts the burden of having a good show in the hands of the artist rather than in the reaction of the audience.

 

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You're Just Saying That

That’s what we often think when someone gives us a compliment…’you’re just saying that to make me feel good because you don’t want to hurt my feelings with what you really think…because what you really think is that it’s not that great’.

And the truth is…sometimes they are just saying they like it in order to make you feel good.

But it’s hard to tell. Not everyone is lying.

So there’s the rub.

You can spend time and energy deciphering who is telling the truth and who isn’t…and then once you’ve deciphered, you can spend time and energy dwelling on the ones who don’t actually like it.

Or you can take heart in the fact that some people (probably most people) are telling the truth…and that the voice in your head saying ‘you’re just saying that’ is actually your own voice just trying to sabotage a good thing.

 

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You Have To Like The Work

First Monday of the month…new Hum Love play list on Spotify and Apple.

When you write the first part of the song you don’t know if it’ll ever get finished.

When it gets finished you don’t know if it’s going to get recorded.

When it gets recorded you don’t know if it’s going to get released.

When it gets released you don’t know if anyone is going to listen to it.

When it gets listened to you don’t know if anyone is going to like it.

When people like it you don’t know if anyone is going to let you know.

There’s too much unknown for you to be in it for the accolades.

You have to like the work.

If you don’t like the work it’s just too much work.

 

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Open With Your Closer

It’s an interesting idea to consider anyway.

You know how hard your ending slams. It’s the hit. The big song. The one you know works every time. The crowd pleaser.

Could you bump it to the front and then build the rest of your show?

That’d be a pretty good show.

And then maybe in six months do the exercise again.

»» Coldplay starts with confetti, lasers, light up bracelets and a hit. And it just gets better from there.

 

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