Low Budget Energy
A low budget plus excitement and drive equals a great vibe.
No time to dwell. No time to pick apart. No time to slow down.
We have to go and we have to go now. The budget is running out!
Of course this is beautifully portrayed in the making of an artists first record. No money, all heart, overflowing passion.
That low budget energy is hard to recreate by throwing money at it.
When You Really Need It
When you need the thing, it helps if you’ve done it before.
Creativity
Compromising
Speaking clearly
Patience
Confrontation
Giving a compliment
Receiving a compliment
Apologizing
Grace
There will come a time when you really need it. So it’s best to start now.
»» Don’t wait until you really need it to try it for the first time. Although if that’s where you find yourself, dive in.
Talking Artists
Artists can talk. Artists love interviews. Artists love talking about their songs, being asked about their melodies and lyrics and creativity.
Because artists know that as long as they keep talking they can hide within the words.
Because artists know that the music itself is fully exposing. No more hiding. The music is the thing. The centerpiece of it all.
Most artists can talk their way into their music coming off the way they want it to come off…but then what do the songs have to say about it?
Stopping At Nothing
Coordinated Effort And Magnetic Pull
Where there is coordinated effort there is magnetic pull.
The big concert.
The football game.
The new restaurant.
We have a sense for the degree of coordinated effort that was put into something in order to make it happen. We’re drawn to places and events where people had to work together. If it took that much team work it must be good.
In order to achieve your vision you probably need some magnetic pull…which means you might have to get more people involved…which means you might have to compromise some of your vision. But it’s more fun to work on something that has magnetic pull.