Pecking Order

Last year The Rolling Stones were the highest grossing band. The top prize.

To be a part of that organization you are at the top of the pecking order.

But if you’re somehow lucky enough to be a part, you quickly realize that within the organization there is a pecking order. And you’re not at the top.

And then there’s probably another one within that one too…which you’re also not at the top of.


The music business is famous for flexing what you have and being terrified and painfully insecure about what you don’t. Of knowing and paying way too much attention to the pecking orders you deem important and where you perceive yourself on that scale.

Pick your pecking order. What does it cost to be at the top of it? Is it worth it once you get there if you know there will be another pecking order waiting for you?

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