Rigged Against You

The music business isn’t. No one is plotting against you.

It’s just that the broader music ecosystem might not need your thing right now.

You can wait for the ecosystem to bend toward what you’re doing. You can change what you’re doing to try and fit the system. You can quit all together. Or you can simply keep making.

But it’s not about winning or losing or having something rigged for or against you. It’s about playing the game you want to play.

 

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We Have Stickers

That’s great. They’re a good thing to have at the merch table.

But probably not the thing you want to announce from stage. If you’re doing a stickers announcement, you’re saying something you probably don’t realize you’re saying.

 

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Getting To The Top

What are you going to do when you get there?

We fight and scratch and show up early and stay up late to get to this mythical place…the top.

Lets say The Top really exists.

What we do when we get to the top has everything to do with who we are when we get there.

And who we are when we get there has everything to do with our trajectory today.

 

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For Every Fan Page...

or group meet up

or thoughtful discussion board

or Kickstarter campaign

or WhatsApp community

or skills class

or county fair

there’s a lot of other people thinking that thing just isn’t that big of a deal.

And of course, both sides are right.

But it helps to realize that while you can’t be the expert, top contributor, cheerleader, participant in every niche…it’s worth it to find a few things to make a big deal out of, even though most other people don’t.

 

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Live Show Call In Show

It would be cool if there were a podcast where artists call in with the problems they’re having in their live show and the host helps them.

The only problem is there wouldn’t be any callers.

Most artists don’t think their shows have problems. And if they do, that the problem is the audience.

Making a better show first requires you to admit that you have the power to make it better…to admit that it’s currently not as good as it could be…to admit that there are problems.

Seeing the problems is a gift.

 

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