George Had The Guts

You’ve just written what will become one of the most famous ballads of all time. It’s called Something, and you’re George Harrison.

It’s an acoustic song with a beautiful melody so you’re thinking strings, bgvs, maybe some brass, probably no drums.

And then Paul comes in and wants to put this super busy bass line over it.

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There had to have been fights.

George was already shy about his songs and now Paul wants to step all over it.

It took a lot of guts to have that bass line in there (which would also require a fuller drum groove to blend the rhythm track).

I don’t think most of us could handle Paul playing on our track. Most of us would be too precious to have a lead bass line on our sweet ballad.

Glad George had the guts.

 

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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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