I’m about to blow your mind. Especially If you’re a regular reader of my articles and listener of The C.L.I.M.B. Podcast. Ready? Your goal is NOT to sell music, merch, tickets, and make a living as an artist. What? This is Johnny D! What the HELL did I just read? Yep. […]
Too many of you get hung up on the how you’re going to get your dreams accomplished. You should only be focused on the why right now. Why? Because if you’ve read my articles and listened to The C.L.I.M.B. Podcast you know that the “how†is going to change early and […]
I love artists, especially indie artists like you. I live every day to help them. Sometimes I’m motivational, inspirational, educational, and sometimes I’m all three. Today is educational and it’s all about contact lists. Creating a life for yourself as an artist is going to require more than your amazing talent. It’s going to require […]
“I’m not some great philosopher. This is simple shit. ONE AT BAT. THIS IS IT. YOU’RE GOING TO DIE. Like, I don’t understand…here’s what I don’t understand. I want to talk about complaining. I want to talk about complaining. If you are making your own bed you have to sleep in it and you need […]
Success in your artist career depends on your ability to clearly articulate your vision, your goals, and the values that your organization will follow to attain said goals. Essentially you need to be a better leader. You need to be a great leader. Your artist life would be easier if you learned how […]
Too many of you seem to naively rely on your musical gift as if that is the end-all-be-all to success. In fact, many of you seem to be utterly dumbfounded at that lack of attention you receive from the industry solely because of your musical gift (even if you’re delusional about that […]
I hear so many artists pontificating about being “original†or “authentic†in their art. Most artists do not bring their unique authentic selves to their art because that requires a lot of intelligence, work, and vulnerability. All of this for little in return more than pride in the work. It’s too much work […]
Your bridge to reaching new fans and getting them to love you and give your music a chance is amazing content. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m sure you’ve heard that one before. Just like I hear all the record biz people talking about how social media is so important in today’s marketplace. Trouble […]
If you aren’t aware of story branding yet then you’re welcome, in advance. This is your introduction. It’s going to change your life and, YES, I’m going to give you a real world example in this article. Do you know how those memory experts, who during a live performance, can remember 100 random […]
There is an over-promise of artist success amongst all artists in all genres like country, rap, rock, pop, etc. This over-promise has become the key ingredient to your failure. It’s causing you to lose. I give credit where credit is due and this article was inspired by this 3 minute video from Gary […]